If blood glucose levels decrease, gluconeogenesis is a process in the body that produces glucose internally by ________.

A. converting amino acids to glucose during the glucose-alanine cycle
B. chemical reactions that occur in the villi of the small intestine
C. converting fatty acids to glucose
D. utilizing substrates obtained only from glycerol


Answer: A

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