Fatty acids cannot be converted to glucose because:

A. They lack the proper ratio of carbons to hydrogens
B. The body does not produce an enzyme to catalyze the reaction acetyl CoA--->pyruvate
C. Acetyl CoA can be synthesized only from amino acid skeletons or glucose, not fatty acids
D. Fatty acids cannot cross the mitochondria membrane to go to the cytoplasm for glucose synthesis


Answer: B. The body does not produce an enzyme to catalyze the reaction acetyl CoA--->pyruvate

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