An Athlete Consumes Large Amounts of Meat in an Effort

question 58

Multiple Choice

An athlete consumes large amounts of meat in an effort to build extra muscle tissue. This practice does not work because:

• A) the body has no place to store extra amino acids.
• B) the body will dismantle its tissue proteins in this situation.
• C) the body converts amino acid residues to fuel or stores them as fat.
• D) a and b
• E) a and c

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