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Sportsfan2111 · **on:** Aug 20, 2018

Meat is NOT a good dietary source of glycogen. Why?

A) Glycogen is a protein and will be broken down by the human digestive tract before it is
absorbed in the small intestine.
B) Glycogen is resistant to intestinal enzymes and cannot be broken down by the human
digestive tract.
C) Most of the glycogen found in meat is broken down when the animal is slaughtered.
D) The highly branched structure of glycogen is difficult for human digestive enzymes to
break apart.

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the metabolic syndrome?

A) hypertension
B) unhealthful levels of blood lipids and blood glucose
C) waist circumference in women greater than 35 inches
D) osteoporosis