Suppose you decided to live on an all-fat diet with whale blubber and seal blubber, with little or no carbohydrate. What would be the effect of carbohydrate deprivation on the utilization of fats for energy? Explain.

a) The absence of glucose in diet causes oxaloacetate to drop and also slows down the citric acid cycle.

b) odd numbered.

Explanation:

a) glucose gives out pyruvate through the process of glycolysis, and pyruvate is the main source of oxaloacetate. The absence of glucose in diet causes a drop in oxaloacetate and slows down the citric acid cycle.

b) odd numbered. The conversion of propionate to succinyl CoA provides a medium for both the citric acid cycle and four carbon precursors for gluconeogenesis.

d. everyone should be treated fairly.