A Group of Students Has Declared a Hunger Strike to Protest

Multiple Choice

A group of students has declared a hunger strike to protest a perception of low-quality dorm food.Jose is one of the protesting students and he has not eaten for three days.A blood test reveals that there are high levels of ketones in Jose's blood.These ketones

A) are a waste product of amino acid metabolism that the kidneys must excrete.
B) can be used by the brain as an energy source.
C) are a by-product of anaerobic metabolism.
D) are converted to fatty acids and released into the blood.
E) are used to synthesize glucose by gluconeogenesis.