A 58-year-old female patient with type II diabetes mellitus decides to discontinue insulin treatment because she believes she can control the disease with diet alone. What would you expect to happen to this patient shortly after insulin is discontinued?
A) Blood glucose concentration decreases.
B) Excretion of nitrogen increases.
C) Glycogen content in the liver increases.
D) Extracellular concentration of potassium decreases.
E) Rate of conversion of alanine to glucose decreases.
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