Meat Is NOT a Good Dietary Source of Glycogen

question 94

Multiple Choice

Meat is NOT a good dietary source of glycogen. Why?

• A) Glycogen is resistant to intestinal enzymes and cannot be broken down by the human digestive tract.
• B) Most of the glycogen found in meat is broken down when the animal is slaughtered.
• C) The highly branched structure of glycogen is difficult for human digestive enzymes to break apart.
• D) Glycogen is a protein and will be broken down by the human digestive tract before it is absorbed in the small intestine.

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