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CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE CELL
NO FORMULA CAN COME ABOUT BY ITSELF,

BY COINCIDENCE

Insulin is yet another hormone that humans cannot live with-
out. In cases where not enough of this hormone is secreted, blood
sugar levels rise and cannot be balanced. This can lead to a person
falling into a glucose (or diabetic) coma. Insulin, so crucial to the
human body, is a protein made up of 51 amino acids. The diagram
below shows the order of amino acids (shown in the circles) found
in insulin. Should there be the slightest mistake in this order of
amino acids, the insulin will not be able to perform its duty.
If a person reads a formula written on paper, he or she would
know that it could not have appeared by itself, that someone must

insulin hormone

Below: The formula for the
hormone insulin. If even one
amino acid is lacking in this
formula or if their order is
mixed up, insulin will not be
able to carry out its function.

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