What is the primary organ that metabolizes fructose and galactose following absorption?
a. Liver b. Pancreas
c. Skeletal muscle d. Small intestines
a
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A) the nutrition paradox. B) the fetal origins theory. C) the overnutrition dilemma. D) the poverty-obesity paradox.
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