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Q27: Describe what happens to your blood glucose levels after you eat a bag of Skittles candy

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Q27: Describe what happens to your blood glucose levels after you eat a bag of Skittles candy.  How does your body control blood glucose to ensure the concentrations stay in a "normal range"?  (i.e. how does your body respond to high and low blood glucose?)

Q28: Describe how your body digests and absorbs a peanut butter and jelly sandwich (made with white wheat bread).  Be sure to address what happens in every digestive organ and include the roles of the accessory organs.

Q29: Ken is aware that amino acids and protein are important in making muscle, but he would like to know other functions that they have in the body. Describe four other functions that protein performs in the human body.