Let’s suppose you are teaching science in a part of the world without easy access to a doctor and you’re worried that you may have developed diabetes. (Diabetics are unable to regulate blood glucose levels, and glucose accumulates in urine.) How could you perform a test to gain an indication of whether or not you have diabetes?

What will be an ideal response?


You could collect some urine, find some Benedict’s solution and perform a Benedict’s test. As in class, a reddish-orange precipitate the presence of high urine glucose levels.

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