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Andrea was told by her physician that she could develop metabolic syndrome if she didn't lose weight. She started a diet and checked her urine for ketone bodies to see if she was breaking down fat. She went on a high-protein diet, assured that she could still maintain a normal blood glucose level while eating few carbohydrates. Exercising caused muscle fatigue and pain, which her trainer said was normal, but a pain developed in her chest that required medical attention.
Some of the new terms and concepts you will encounter include:
Anaerobic pathway and aerobic respiration; myocardial ischemia
Glycogenesis, glycogenolysis, lipogenesis, lipolysis, and ketogenesis
How does liver glycogen help maintain blood glucose?
How does gluconeogenesis help maintain normal blood glucose?
Andrea was in danger of developing metabolic syndrome. She went on a diet and checked her urine for ketone bodies to see if she was breaking down fat.
What are the symptoms and dangers of metabolic syndrome?
What are ketone bodies, and how are they produced?
Andrea went on a high-protein diet and was assured that she could maintain an adequate blood glucose concentration.
What are the steps by which amino acids are metabolized for energy?
What are the steps by which amino acids can be used in gluconeogenesis to form glucose?
Explanation / Answer
1.The liver acts as a body glucose reservoir which helps to keep your blood sugar level and other body fuels in the body steady and also constant.The high level of insulin and suppressed level of glucagon during a meal promote the storage of glucose into glycogen.
2.Glucogenis is a metabolic process which makes glucose a important body fuel.Blood glucose levels should be maintained for good therefore the ability of the liver and the kidney to make new sugar and also control blood sugar levels is very important.Without glucogensis we can't live long,as our body needs constant blood glucose levels
3.Metabolic syndrome has 5 dangers.They are high BP,high sugar,excess fat around the waist,Lowell level of good cholesterol and excess fat around the waist.
4.Ketone bodies are made up of three water soluble molecules that are produced by liver from fatty acids when we take low intake of food, carbohydrate restrictive diet, prolonged intense exercise.Ketone bodies are produced by the the liver in the above situations.
5.The liver is the most important site for degradation of amino acid.Nitrogen is been removed from the carbon skelton.The carbon skeletons are converted to the intermediates of carbon oxidation.Surplus nitrogen is been removed from glutamate.