Your Roommate Demetrius Is Participating in a Weightlifting Course and Complains

Your roommate Demetrius is participating in a weightlifting course and complains of a burning pain during workouts.You explain to Demetrius that the rapid breakdown of glucose in his muscles produces large amounts of pyruvate,which leads to a fall in pH within the muscle and that the muscle responds by converting excess pyruvate to

A) lactate.
B) glycerol.
C) acetyl CoA.
D) amino acids.