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Lesson 5 Lab
Carbohydrates: Blood Glucose Homeostasis
1. Define glycemic response and the glycemic index. Provide two examples in which using the glycemic index may provide health benefits and explain how these foods convey these benefits. (15 pts)
2. Is selecting foods based on the glycemic index a scientifically valid method for preventing or treating disease? Why or why not? Provide three reasons for your response. (15 pts)
3. Choose three carbohydrate-rich foods from the food records you entered in your dietary analysis and using Table 4.4 in your textbook, determine the glycemic index for those foods. Considering the components in these foods, why do you think that they fall in the category that they do? (20 pts)
4. Explain how blood glucose homeostasis is maintained in the body. Be sure to include in your answer how the hormones involved regulate blood glucose levels under the following conditions: after a meal; during the night when you’re asleep; when you’re under stress.
(15 pts)
5. Compare the two major types of diabetes and explain at least three ways in which they differ. (15 pts)
6. Identify three chronic (long-term) complications that can occur with uncontrolled diabetes and explain how this disease causes these complications. (20 pts)