Why should you maintain a normal range blood sugar level?-by Dr harold Gunatillake Transcript: Why should we maintain a normal range blood sugar level, and that is our topic of talk, today? A non-diabetic individual maintains a normal range blood sugar, due to the normal hormonal and metabolic activities of the pancreas and the liver. This is done by storing glucose as glycogen in the liver to make the blood sugar level remain steady between meals and during sleep. When blood glucose falls, cells in the pancreas secrete glucagon from the alpha cells of the Islet cells, and glucagon instructs the liver to convert the stored glycogen to glucose, making glucose more available and sustained in your blood stream. The pancreas further secretes insulin in the Islet beta cells, which enables the blood sugar to courier to specific cells in the body, such as the fat cells called lipocytes, ...