TrueFalse Insulin spikes in the postabsorptive stateSolution

True/False: Insulin spikes in the postabsorptive state.

Solution

This statement is false. Glucagon stimulates and insulin suppresses the hydrolysis of liver glycogen, or glycogenolysis. Thus during times of fasting (post absorptive state) , when glucagon secretion is high and insulin secretion is low, liver glycogen is used as a source of additional blood glucose.