Table 4.

Describing normal glycemic thresholds

Glucose level	Response	Effects	Role in the correction of hypoglycemia
80-85 mg/dl	Decreased insulin	Increased lipolysis, increase fatty acid	1st defense against hypoglycemia
65-70 mg/dl	Increased Glucagon	Increased glucose production	2nd defense against hypoglycemia
65-70 mg/dl	Increased Epinephrine	Increased lipolysis, Increased free fatty acid	3rd defense, critical when glucagon is deficient
65-70 mg/dl	Increased Cortisol and growth hormone	Increased glucose production Decreased glucose clearance	Involved in defense against prolonged hypoglycemia
50-55 mg/dl	Symptoms	Recognition of hypoglycemia	Behavioral defense (food ingestion)
< 50 mg/dl	Decreased cognition	-	Compromises behavioral defense against hypoglycemia