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Which of the Following Statements Is FALSE

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Which of the following statements is FALSE?


A) The brain can use only glucose and fatty acids as its energy sources.
B) During the first 24 hours of fasting, blood glucose level is maintained by the breakdown of glycogen (glycogenolysis) in the liver and skeletal muscle.
C) Conversion of amino acid into glucose (gluconeogenesis) occurs if fasting continues for more than two days.
D) During prolonged starvation, triglycerides are broken down to fatty acids (lipolysis) , which will undergo a series of processes to produce ATP via the TCA cycle.
E) In ketogenesis, ketone bodies are produced through the breakdown of fatty acids and ketogenic amino acids.

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