Blood glucose control, diabetes and the urinary system

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A student consumes a high-glucose sports drink at 0 minutes. The graph in Figure 1 shows how the concentration of glucose in their blood changes over the next 120 minutes.

Figure 1: A line graph plotting Blood Glucose Concentration in mg per 100 cm³ on the y-axis against Time in minutes on the x-axis. The y-axis scales from 60 to 160. The x-axis scales from 0 to 120. The curve starts at 80 mg per 100 cm³ at 0 minutes, rises to a peak of 145 mg per 100 cm³ at 45 minutes, and then steadily decreases back to 80 mg per 100 cm³ by 90 minutes, remaining stable until 120 minutes.

Explain why the concentration of glucose in the blood decreases between 45 minutes and 90 minutes.

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