Nutrition: Concepts and Controversies
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Whether the given statement ‘under circumstances, amino acids can be converted to and so serve the energy needs of the brain’ is true or false.
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Amino acids are nitrogen-containing building block element of the proteins. Amino acids are majorly produced proteins in the human body. However, they can be converted into glucose to provide energy to the energy-deficient tissues.
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