Essential Biochemistry - Integration Of Metabolism And Metabolism In Starvation (Section 2 - No. 26)
Which of the following is NOT a metabolic change that occurs during prolonged starvation?
Increased levels of epinephrine
Decrease in insulin levels
Increase in the rate of muscle protein breakdown
Decrease in ketone body production
Explanation
In prolonged starvation, ketone body production increases, not decreases.
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