How does the body know when to convert glucose into glycogen or to breakdown glycogen into glucose?

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Conversion of glucose into glycogen and vice versa is determined by hormones in the blood which sense the level of free glucose in the blood and initiate action. Normally insulin hormone regulates the level of blood sugar in the body.

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