A young man has said to you that he is eating much more protein in his diet than the recommendation but he feels he needs the extra amount just in case he wants to build more muscle mass in the near future. How would you respond to him?
a. It should be fine because the cells will store the extra amino acids for future use.
b. If he has excess calories in his diet, he may gain fat weight from converted protein.
c. The extra protein will be used for fuel instead of the carbohydrate.
d. The body won't digest the extra protein and it will be eliminated in feces.
e. The excess amino acids can only be stored for up to 48 hours.
Question 2
In times of energy shortage due to inadequate carbohydrates or fats in foods, the body uses protein in what way?
a. decreases the breakdown of food proteins for energy and uses stored glycogen
b. stores amino acids in the cells to be used later for energy
c. removes the nitrogen portion and uses the remaining fragments for energy
d. converts it to fat to provide more concentrated energy
e. strips off its acid groups so that they can be used elsewhere for energy
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