lec 3- fed and fasted states

Question 1

major fuel storage form

Answer 1

fat

Question 2

food stores following an overnight fast (4)

Answer 2

fat (85%)
protein (14.5%)
mm glycogen (0.4%)
liver glycogen (0.2%)

Question 3

how is excess glucose stored?

Answer 3

excess glucose is converted to TAG in the liver and is exported as VLDL, fat is then liberated from VLDL and is taken up by adipocytes

Question 4

how is dietary fat managed?

Answer 4

packaged in chylomicrons, then fat is liberated and stored in adipocytes

Question 5

what are the fates of amino acids in the fed state?

Answer 5

used for protein synthesis, excess aa restored as fat, nitrogen is excreted as urea