You Have Been on a Strict Atkins Diet for the Past

Multiple Choice

You have been on a strict Atkins diet for the past 2 weeks.Of your calories, 80% come from fat, 15% from protein, and 5% from carbohydrate.What is the major source of blood glucose under these conditions?

A) Gluconeogenesis from amino acids.
B) Muscle glycogenolysis.
C) Gluconeogenesis from lactate.
D) Hepatic glycogenolysis.
E) Gluconeogenesis from acetyl-CoA.