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It is 3pm and you are hungry, but it is too early for dinner soyou decide to eat a Snickers bar. Since a Snickers has sugar, fatand protein many of the metabolic pathways you have learned aboutthis semester kick into gear.

a. Explain (words or diagram or combo of both) how the fat fromthe candy is processed, starting with absorption in the digestivesystem and ending with storage in adipose cells.

b. Apply the redundancy = efficiency theme specifically betweenglucose metabolism and protein metabolism from theingested candy bar. You may write sentences, draw diagrams, make abulleted list, etc. or any combo.

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a The fat digestion starts in the mouth where it is broken down into its components by the enzymes present in the saliva lingual lipase The fat then go to the stomach via the esophagus The acid acid present in the stomach also    See Answer
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