Q. A person who is on a long hunger strike and is surviving only on water, will have
A) less amino acids in his urine
B) more glucose in his blood
C) less urea in his urine
D) more sodium in his urine
Explanation
[Solution from source] Urea is made in the liver from the amino groups of dietary and body proteins. With no protein intake, far less nitrogen enters the urea cycle, so urea in urine falls. Blood glucose drops during starvation rather than rising, and normal urine has almost no amino acids anyway. Answer (3).
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