Question

Following his afternoon classes, Darren stops at the cafeteria and eats a hot dog and french fries. If you were to run a blood test on Darren shortly after his meal, what would you expect to find?

Answer 1

high glucose and insulin

Step-by-step explanation:

This meal has a high carbohydrate content.Therefore digestion and absorption into blood stream of Glucose should follow, thus high glucose level.

Insulin levels of the blood should rise by its secretion from the beta cells of the pancreas into the blood. This is to ensure entry of the elevated blood glucose into cells; via GLUT transporters 1 and 4. for cellular utilisation.