Dietary amino acids in a meal that are in excess of the body's need to make protein are:

A. converted to glucose in the liver.
B. converted to fatty acids in the liver.
C. excreted without being absorbed.
D. converted to fatty acids in adipose cells.
E. burned for fuel by cells of the nervous system.


B

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