Prior to a marathon run, an athlete consumes large amounts of complex carbohydrates to do what is known as "carbohydrate loading." What happens in the body to the glucose molecules present in these complex carbohydrates and why is carbohydrate loading important?

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Q: Map out the metabolic pathway of lipid metabolism

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Q: Describe the central role of glucose in carbohydrate metabolism.

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Q: /on Gierke's disease is a glycogen storage disease that results from the absence of…

A: Glucose-6-phosphatase converts glucose-6-phosphate to glucose. Absence of glucose-6-phosphatase…

Q: The total carbohydrate intake of sucrose was 50 moles. These carbohydrates are absorbed such that…

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Q: In a state of starvation, several changes happen within our bodies. Discuss these metabolic changes?

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Q: Define glycogenesis, glycogenolysis, gluconeogenesis, and lipogenesis. Which is (are) likely to be…

A: Carbohydrates, proteins, and fats are the three macronutrients that are present in our food.…

Q: Which of the following statements about gluconeogenesis is correct? * Muscles have a large glycogen…

A: Gluconeogenesis is the metabolic mechanism by which organisms generate sugars (specifically glucose)…

Q: After the reserve has been depleted during starvation, how would the body obtain more glucose?

A: Glucose is the main type of sugar in the blood and is the major source of energy for the body's…

Q: If you drank a soda (high in carbohydrates), what would happen to the glucose concentration in your…

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Q: Would eating candy bars, high in sucrose rather than complex dietary carbohydrates, help build up…

A: Carbohydrates  are the polyhydroxy ketones or polyhydroxy aldehydes or their derivatives. In…

Q: After the first step in the metabolism of amino acids, which of the following statements

A: Metabolism of Amino acid: Breakdown of amino acids takes place in the Liver, Kidney, and small…

Q: you follow a carbohydrate-free diet, certain metabolic problems occur. Describe glucogenesis and the…

A: Glucogenesis is the formation of glucose within an animal body from any product of glycolysis.…

Q: If metabolites from fats, amino acids and lactate are to be converted to glucose, which of the…

A: Fats or fatty acids are oxidized through the process of beta-oxidation in the mitochondrial matrix.…

Q: The amount and composition of dietary fat are important factors for influencing blood lipid…

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Q: Identify whether the fatty acid is essential or non-essential: HO, O Non-essential Fatty Acid O…

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Q: n what form does the body primarily store any excess glucose

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Q: Experienced runners know that it is poor practice to ingest very large amounts of glucose/sucrose…

A: After having a meal insulin start acting on the ingested food to regulate the glucose level.

Q: Describe how the acetyl units would be used during [normal/low] [glucose] periods.

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Q: Which one of the following organs/tissues has a strict glucose requirement for their energy…

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Q: In Type I diabetes, the Beta cells of the pancreas produce little to no insulin. What effect does…

A: In type 1 diabetes our immune system attack and deatroy our insulin producing beta cells of…

Q: W ich of the following statements about glucose metabolism is correct?

A: Glucose metabolism:      It involves multiple processes: glycolysis, gluconeogenesis,…

Q: Describe three important health disorders or diseases related to abnormal cholesterol metabolism

A: Cholesterol is a class of certain organic molecules which is found in the body of living organisms.…

Q: Gierke disease

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Q: Make a flowchart that indicates the pivotal intermediates through which glucose can be converted to…

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Q: Describe five possible fates for glucose 6-phosphate in the liver.

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Q: During periods of stress or fasting, blood glucose levels fall. In response, fatty acids are…

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Q: Which of the following is NOT an important precursor of glucose in animals when gluconeogenesis…

A: GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE is not an important precursor of glucose in animals when gluconeogenesis occur.

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Q: The synthesis of glucose inside the body from non-carbohydrate substances is called gluconeogenesis.…

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Q: Many processes in fat metabolism are regulated by hormones. Which of the following are activated by…

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Q: Depending on the body’s needs, into what type of compounds is glucose converted in the pentose…

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Q: If there is a shortage of glucose in the body, the body then utilizes fats as a source of ATP.…

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Q: Explain the phrase “diet-induced thermogenesis” and relate it to the problem of obesity in some…

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Q: TRUE or FALSE: Fatty acids are synthesized thru a chain of elongation that starts from Acetyl-CoA as…

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Q: Advertisements for a food supplement to be taken by athletes claimed that the energy bars contained…

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Q: Explain and illustrate the complete metabolism of a glucose molecule starting with digestion.

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Q: The carrier of carbon dioxide in fatty acid synthesis is____________________.

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Q: Explain how blood glucose can be maintained through the different pathways of carbohydrate…

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Q: How many molecules of ATP are required to store one glucose molecule as glycogen?

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