Saturday, 10 November 2012

Starvation period


During periods of starvation in humans

(a) glycogen stores are depleted in 24 h
(b) amino acids are converted to glucose
(c) tissue breakdown initially provides 900 calories per day
(d) urinary nitrogen loss progressively increases
(e) a loss of 40% body cell mass is compatible with survival


(a) true (b) true (c) false (d) false (e) true

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