A Patient Recovering from DKA Asks the Nurse How Acidosis

A patient recovering from DKA asks the nurse how acidosis occurs. The best response by the nurse is that

A) insufficient insulin leads to cellular starvation, and as cells rupture they release organic acids into the blood.
B) when an insulin deficit causes hyperglycemia, then proteins are deaminated by the liver, causing acidic by-products.
C) excess glucose in the blood is metabolized by the liver into acetone, which is acidic.
D) an insulin deficit promotes metabolism of fat stores, which produces large amounts of acidic ketones.