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Body Fuel Metabolism

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The Year in Metabolism 1977

Abstract

Fuel homeostasis in normal man involves the assimilation, storage, and utilization primarily of glucose, fat (triglyceride, free fatty acids, and glycerol), and protein (amino acids and peptides). Body fuel metabolism is of particular importance in such conditions as starvation and exercise and in disease states such as diabetes. This review will focus primarily on normal physiology, with some discussion of the abnormalities observed in diabetes.

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    Philip Felig (Professor and Vice Chairman, Chief)

  3. Section of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, 06510, USA

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Felig, P., Koivisto, V. (1978). Body Fuel Metabolism. In: Freinkel, N. (eds) The Year in Metabolism 1977. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-2499-7_4

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