Diets that severely restrict carbohydrate intake often result inketosis for the dieter.
Explain why this occurs by selecting the correct answer.
| A. When carbohydrates are restricted, the body metabolizes fatsfor energy, resulting in a quantity of acetyl-CoA that can't bemetabolized in the citric acid cycle due to the reduced quantity ofacetate, which is used in gluconeogenesis, The body, instead, usesketosis for energy, and ketogenesis results. |
B. When carbohydrates are restricted, the body metabolizes fatsfor energy, resulting in a quantity of acetyl- CoA that can't bemetabolized in the citric acid cycle due to the reduced quantity ofoxaloacetate, which is used in gluconeogenesis, The body, instead,uses ketogenesis for energy, and ketosis results. |
| C. When carbohydrates are restricted, the body metabolizesproteins for energy, resulting in a quantity of acetyl-SCoA thatcan't be metabolized in the citric acid cycle due to the reducedquantity of oxaloacetate, which is used in gluconeogenesis, Thebody, instead, uses ketogenesis for energy, and ketosisresults. |
