One way that all the energy-yielding nutrients are alike is that _____

a. They produce energy through entirely different pathways.
b. They all go through the Cori cycle.
c. They have the same number of hydrogen bonds.
d. They share the same final metabolic pathway, the TCA cycle.
e. The have the same number of carbon–hydrogen bonds.


Answer: D

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