All of the following are features of the metabolism of surplus dietary carbohydrate in human beings EXCEPT
a. excess glucose suppresses fat oxidation.
b. excess glucose is oxidized only very slowly.
c. excess glucose is first used to fill glycogen reserves.
d. conversion of excess glucose to fat occurs only to a very limited extent.
b
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