Question

Bethany consumes a very-low-carbohydrate diet that supplies less than 100 g of carbohydrate daily, but she eats high amounts of meat and fat. As a result of her diet, Bethany's cells form more ________ than normal.

Answer 1

Ketone bodies

Step-by-step explanation:

Ketone bodies are water-soluble molecules which contains ketone group which are produced by liver in the body from the fatty acids during the periods of low intake of food (fasting), starvation, carbohydrate constraining diets, alcoholism, prolonged intense exercise or juvenile diabetes.

The Ketone bodies are produced by liver as the result of intense gluconeogenesis, which is production of the glucose from non-carbohydrate sources.

Hence, Bethany consumes a very-low carbohydrate diet. So as a result of her diet, her cells form more ketone bodies than normal.