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Can the process of gluconeogenesis raise blood sugar?


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Gluconeogenesis:

  1. Gluconeogenesis is a metabolic pathway that produces glucose from certain non-carbohydrate substrates of carbon.
  2. The process which converts pyruvate into glucose is called gluconeogenesis.
  3. As gluconeogenesis produces glucose, hence, it can raise blood sugar.

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