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doors that permit sugar molecules to enter the cells are
opened.
7. But these doors do not open randomly. The reservoir
molecules distinguish sugar molecules from among all the
hundreds of other molecule types in the blood; they inter-
cept them and lock them inside themselves.
8. The cells always obey the commands sent to them.
Glucose
They do not misunderstand this command and try to inter-
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cept the wrong material, or to store more sugar than is nec- cells
essary. They work with great discipline and effort.
When you drink some tea with too much sugar, this
remarkable system goes into action and stores the excess
sugar in your body. If this system did not function, the level
of sugar in your blood would rapidly increase and you
could eventually go into a coma. This wonderful system
can even work in reverse when necessary. If the level of
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sugar in the blood falls below normal, the pancreas cells
produce a different hormone called glucagon. Glucagon The
that a
sends a command to those cells that were storing sugar and T
causes them to release it to be mixed with the blood. The c
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cells that obey this command release the sugar they had
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How can it be that cells without a brain, nervous sys-
cos
tem, eyes or ears can manage to make such a complex calcu-
lation and carry out their function perfectly? How can these
unconscious cells formed by the coming together of proteins
and fat molecules do things too complicated for humans to
achieve? What is the source of this remarkable awareness
demonstrated by these unconscious molecules? Surely all of
these delicate operations taking place in our bodies show us
the existence and power of God Who rules over the universe
and all living things.

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