Coke Vs Cok Research Paper
1. The graph shows the blood glucose concentrations (in mMol) at fixed times over 2 hours (0, 15, 30, 60, 90, 120 minutes) after the intake of drink (diet coke and coke).
2. At time-point 0, there was no differences between the groups (p=0.743, t-test, n=6). The difference in the mean values of the two groups is not great enough to reject the possibility that the difference is due to random sampling variability. There is no statistically significant difference between the blood concentrations after drinking coke and diet coke.
At time-point 15, there was a significant difference between the groups (p=0.000203, t-test, n=6). The difference in the mean values of the two groups is greater than would be expected by chance; there is a statistically …show more content…
The experiment was to examine the blood glucose concentrations over a period of time after the intake of carbohydrate (coke) compared with a controlled test (intake of diet coke that has no sugar content).
b) Coke contains sugar, a type of carbohydrate, which will be absorbed by the liver from the gastrointestinal tract after being digested into monosaccharides, mainly in the form of glucose, into the bloodstream. The body will maintain the blood glucose level between 80 to 100 mg/dL and some glucose will be stored as glycogen in the liver. When blood is taken from the bloodstream, the glucose concentration will increase after drinking coke as insulin is actively being produced and released from the pancreas to convert glucose into glycogen lowering the blood glucose level.
c) This is due to homeostasis regulating the body system back to normal. When the blood glucose concentration is high, the hypothalamus of the brain will detect this and transmit signal to the β-cells of the islets of Langerhans in the pancreas to release insulin into the bloodstream. With the release of insulin, there will be an increase in glucose uptake by increasing transporters in muscle and adipose tissue and by increasing glucokinase activity in the liver. Insulin will also activate glycogen synthetase to promote glycogen production in the liver and muscle. Glycogenolysis and gluconeogenesis will be inhibited as well. All these will cause the decrease in blood glucose level to
2. At time-point 0, there was no differences between the groups (p=0.743, t-test, n=6). The difference in the mean values of the two groups is not great enough to reject the possibility that the difference is due to random sampling variability. There is no statistically significant difference between the blood concentrations after drinking coke and diet coke.
At time-point 15, there was a significant difference between the groups (p=0.000203, t-test, n=6). The difference in the mean values of the two groups is greater than would be expected by chance; there is a statistically …show more content…
The experiment was to examine the blood glucose concentrations over a period of time after the intake of carbohydrate (coke) compared with a controlled test (intake of diet coke that has no sugar content).
b) Coke contains sugar, a type of carbohydrate, which will be absorbed by the liver from the gastrointestinal tract after being digested into monosaccharides, mainly in the form of glucose, into the bloodstream. The body will maintain the blood glucose level between 80 to 100 mg/dL and some glucose will be stored as glycogen in the liver. When blood is taken from the bloodstream, the glucose concentration will increase after drinking coke as insulin is actively being produced and released from the pancreas to convert glucose into glycogen lowering the blood glucose level.
c) This is due to homeostasis regulating the body system back to normal. When the blood glucose concentration is high, the hypothalamus of the brain will detect this and transmit signal to the β-cells of the islets of Langerhans in the pancreas to release insulin into the bloodstream. With the release of insulin, there will be an increase in glucose uptake by increasing transporters in muscle and adipose tissue and by increasing glucokinase activity in the liver. Insulin will also activate glycogen synthetase to promote glycogen production in the liver and muscle. Glycogenolysis and gluconeogenesis will be inhibited as well. All these will cause the decrease in blood glucose level to