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Short answer - Please do not feel the need to write in compiute 4 points) Provide an example of an anabolic hormone and an example of one of its anabolic functions. 3e (4 points) Provide an example of a catabolic hormone and an example of one of its catabolic functions. (2 points) Name the primary storage form of carbohydrates in humans. (2 points) Why are humans not capable of digesting cellulose from plants? (4 points) Provide at least two dietary recommendations you could make to someone who is trying to lose weight but complains of "feeling hungry all of the time.' Explain your answer (3 points) What are the three types of non-carbohydrate sources that can be used to make glucose via gluconeogenesis 4 points) Besides replacing the sodium that is lost during sweat, what is an advantage to adding sodium to sports drinks such as Gatorade? (3 points) What is the physiologic advantage of glycogen being so highly branched? (4 points) If you were trying to minimize your glycemic response following meals would you inclu foods that contained more simple carbohydrates or complex carbohydrates? Explain your answ

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"Anabolic" it means building up, In our body, some hormones are anabolic in nature which produce growth in the muscle and bone mass, body. Ex. Insulin,growth hormone,testosterone,estrogen

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"Catabolic" It means breakdown, some hormones cause muscle wasting in our body, such as cortisol or glucocorticoid

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In human, primary storage form of Carbohydrates is glycogen which are stored in liver when excess glucose is present in our blood.

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Animals such as ruminants like cows and sheep contain certain symbiotic anaerobic bacteria ex. Cellulomonas in the flora of the rumen, and these bacteria produce enzymes called cellulases that help the microorganism to digest cellulose.

In human being this enzyme cellulase is absent that is why digestion of cellulose does not occur in our GIT.

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