Kua whakaaro koe he aha te kaupapa matua o te whakahaere i te mate huka? Ko te whakautu ko te insulin. Ko te insulin he homoni e hangaia ana e te repeure e whai wāhi nui ana ki te whakahaere i ngā taumata huka toto. I roto i tēnei tuhinga, ka tūhuratia e tātou he aha te insulin me te hiranga o taua mea.

He māmā noa iho, he rite te mahi a te insulin ki te kī e whakatuwhera ana i ngā pūtau o roto i ō tātou tinana, e tuku ana i te huka (glucose) kia tomo mai, kia whakamahia hoki hei pūngao. Ina kai tātou i ngā warowaihā, ka pakaruhia hei huka ka tukuna ki roto i te toto. Hei whakautu ki te pikinga o ngā taumata huka toto, ka tukuna e te repe taiaki te insulin, e neke ana i te huka mai i te toto ki roto i ō tātou pūtau.

Heoi, mō te hunga mate huka, ka whakararuraruhia tēnei tukanga. I roto i te mate huka momo 1, he iti noa te insulin e whakaputaina ana e te repe taiaki, ā, me werohia te insulin ki waho. Ko te mate huka momo 2, i tētahi atu taha, e tohuhia ana e te ātete insulin, he ngoikore te urupare pūtau ki te mahi a te insulin, ka piki ake te taumata huka toto. I ngā āhuatanga e rua, he mea nui te whakahaere i te insulin hei pupuri i te pumau o ngā taumata huka toto.

Ka tukuna te maimoatanga insulin mā roto i ngā momo tikanga maha, tae atu ki ngā werohanga, ngā papu insulin, me te insulin manawa. Ko te horopeta me te wā o te insulin e whakawhirinaki ana ki ētahi āhuatanga, pērā i te kai e kainga ana, te korikori tinana, ngā taumata ahotea, me te hauora whānui. Mā te aroturukitanga auau o ngā taumata huka toto ka āwhina i te whakatau i te horopeta insulin e tika ana e hiahiatia ana hei pupuri i te whakahaere huka toto pumau.

Kāore te māramatanga ki te insulin e herea ana ki te hunga mate huka anake; he mea nui ki te oranga o te katoa. Mā te kore taurite o te whakaputanga me te mahi a te insulin ka arahi pea ki ngā raruraru nui, pērā i te hyperglycemia, te hypoglycemia, te mate ngakau, te kino o te whatukuhu, me ētahi atu.

Hei tāpiritanga, mā te pupuri i tētahi momo noho hauora ka āwhina i te ārai, i te whakaroa rānei i te tīmatanga o te mate huka momo 2. Mā te whakakori tinana auau, te kai taurite e nui ana i ngā hua, huawhenua, me ngā witi katoa, me te rahinga o ngā kai e tika ana ka āwhina i te whakapai ake i te aro o te insulin me te hauora whānui o te pākia o te tinana.

Hei whakarāpopototanga, he homoni nui te insulin e whakahaere ana i ngā taumata huka toto, e whakarite ana hoki i te whakamahinga tika o te pūngao pūtau. He mea nui te mārama ki te mahi a te insulin mō te hunga mate huka, nā te mea koia te pou tuarā o te whakahaere mate huka. Hei tāpiri, mā te whakawhanake i ngā tikanga hauora ka taea te whakatairanga i te whakamahinga whai hua o te insulin, he mea whai hua mō te hauora whānui o te katoa.