If a person uses fasting to lose weight, how will his or her body react?

a. increase its basal metabolism to burn energy
b. break down fat into ketone bodies to provide fuel
c. become internally cleansed
d. conserve its minerals by restricting their excretion
e. convert fatty acids to glucose for the nervous system


b

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