If Your Diet Supplies More Glucose Than You Need, the Excess

question 58

Multiple Choice

If your diet supplies more glucose than you need, the excess can be

• A) stored as glycogen in the liver and muscles.
• B) metabolized to form ketone bodies and excreted by the kidneys.
• C) unabsorbed by the digestive tract and eliminated in bowel movements.
• D) converted to proteins that are metabolized for energy.

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