An 80 kg subject consumed a snack that contained 50 g of carbohydrate.  Before eating the snack the subject’s blood glucose was 5.5 mM.  Calculate the concentration of glucose (mM) that would be reached in the blood after consuming the snack.

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An 80 kg subject consumed a snack that contained 50 g of carbohydrate.  Before eating the snack the subject’s blood glucose was 5.5 mM.  Calculate the concentration of glucose (mM) that would be reached in the blood after consuming the snack.

Assume that all the carbohydrate in the snack was converted to glucose, rapidly absorbed and distributed throughout the extracellular water (ECW) within 30 minutes.  Assume ECW is approximately 20% of body weight and the glucose is not metabolised further.

 

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