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Effects of glucose levels when drinking Diet Mt. Dew and Mt. Dew.
 * Title:**

A study was done to determine if different types of Mt. Dew would affect your blood glucose levels. Diet Mt. Dew and regular Mt. Dew were used for this experiment and we had 3 males and 1 female drink the types of Mt. Dew and check their blood glucose levels. The study showed that Diet Mt. Dew decreased the blood glucose levels slightly and the regular Mt. Dew increased the blood glucose levels significantly.
 * Abstract:**


 * Introduction:** Glucose is an extremely important source of energy for both plants and animals. The Diet Mt. Dew and regular Mt. Dew have similar calories, but the difference is of the sugar. Diet has less sugar then regular, but why did it lower the subjects glucose levels? We fasted for seven hours, so our glucose levels were already low to begin with. Drinking something with less sugar did not increase the levels, but the other substances in the drink might have lowered the glucose levels instead. Why did we do this experiment? Mt. Dew is apart of many people's diet because it tastes good, therefore a large amount of people drink it. We showed the difference between the two Mt. Dew's to let people know that it will not effect you greatly with which one you choose.


 * Method:** This study explores the effects of diet Mt Dew and Mt Dew on the bodies system that regulates blood sugar. The control group in this experiment is the results of testing your blood at the end of an eight hour fast. Participants will eat nothing for eight hours previously to the test and then their blood will blood glucose level tested. After the blood is tested, either Diet Mt. Dew or just Mr. Dew will be immediately consumed. The second test on the blood sugar (the test is done half an hour after the liquid is consumed) will be the experimental group. The two tests of each subject will then be compared to reach a better understanding of both Mt. Dew and Diet Mt. Dew.

Table showing the different reactions of the blood glucose levels when either diet Mt. Dew and Mt. Dew were consumed. The results show that when Male 1 drank Diet Mt Dew his blood glucose level decreased by 18.6% which proved to be significant, however when the Female 1 drank the diet Mt. Dew there was no significant change. When Male 2 drank regular Mt. Dew his blood glucose increased by 82.9% which proved to be extremely significant. When Male 3 drank the regular Mt. Dew his blood glucose increased by 39.2% which also is significant. By examining these results, it is clearly evident that diet Mt. Dew had a minimal change on the blood glucose level and any significant change that occurred was negative. It is also clear that regular Mt. Dew increased the blood glucose level by a substantial amount.
 * Result:**
 * Test Subject || Test 1 || Test 2 || Percent change || Type of Mt. Dew ||
 * 1 Male || 102 || 83 || -18.6% || Diet ||
 * 1 Female || 84 || 82 || -2.3% || Diet ||
 * 2 Male || 88 || 161 || 82.9% || Regular ||
 * 3 Male || 84 || 117 || 39.2% || Regular ||

When the test was done, the test subjects expected their to be a very minimal increase in the diet Mt. Dew. It was also expected that the Mt. Dew would increase the blood glucose level a substantial amount. Some of these expectations were met, for example both subjects that were tested after drinking Mt. Dew had high blood glucose levels. However Male 2 had an extraordinarily high and completely unexpected level. Although this test seems like it may have been inaccurate a simple theory may reveal what had happened. Because insulin acts like a key to let glucose into the cells and out of the blood stream, Male 2 may have just simply been tested before the insulin was produced, thus resulting in a spike of the blood sugar. If Male 2's blood would have been tested a short time later (after the insulin was produced), it might have read at a level similar to Male 1's level. Male 1, and Female 1 also had unexpected results, Female 1's test results weren't significant however, Male 1's test results were negative. Although these results did not match exactly to the subjects expectations, they matched the nutrition labels of the different types of Mt. Dew. These labels state that Diet Mt. Dew doesn't have any sugar, and that Mt. Dew has a whole heaping 46 grams of sugar(2,3)
 * Discussion:**


 * References**:

Glucose (Blood Glucose, Blood Sugar). Los Angeles Chinese Learning Center. Web

Mnt Dew. Pepsico inc. Feb 15, 2012. Web

Diet Mnt Dew. Pepsico inc. Feb 15, 2012. Web