The body doesn’t have a reserve of proteins or amino acids for energy production. Which class of protein may be used initially during fasting to maintain glucose and energy levels? What is the difference between a glucogenic and ketogenic amino acid and why are both important during fasting?

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Q: Where does Triglyceride digestion occur? Explain how?

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Q: Why is much of the protein consumed in a typical American Diet used as an energy source?

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Q: How does the body maintain energy substrates to tissues during starvation using the liver, muscles…

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Q: Define the following nutritional terms.a) glycolytic-b) glucogenic-c) glycogenic-d)…

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

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Q: Acetoacetate is mostly formed from fatty acids in the:     Adipocytes     Intestinal epithelia…

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Q: Excessive breakdown of fatty acids produces large amount of acetyl CoA that result in the production…

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Q: How do the pathways for the synthesis and breakdown of glycogen differ in liver and muscle? How does…

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Q: hich weight loss suggestion will lead to an increased need for gluconeogenes

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Q: What metabolic and hormonal changes account for decreased gluconeogenesis during the first several…

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Q: How are glycolysis, gluconeogenesis, pentose phosphate pathway, glycogen synthesis and degradation,…

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Q: Arrange the following pathways in order of their occurrence as source of energy for the body during…

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Q: How do fasting glucose levels in a diabetic person compare to those in a nondiabetic person?

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Q: A patient with pancreatic cancer has increased glucagon secretion. Which of the following would you…

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Q: List the steps in the digestion of dietary triacylglycerols and their transport into the…

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Q: Which of the following processes would happen on a large scale during starvation (and not in a…

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Q: What metabolic and hormonal changes account for decreased gluconeogenesis during the first several…

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Q: Consuming too many carbohydrates causes deposition of fats in adipose tissue. How does this happen?

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Q: List the fat-soluble vitamins, and give a physiological role for each.

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Q: What is the role of lipid-soluble vitamins in the body?

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