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Explanation:
This question seeks to test the knowledge of anaerobic respiration during the process of glycolysis. During intense exercise (or suffocation) the energy/ATP produced (for the short period of about 2 minutes) is as a result of the breakdown of glucose in the absence of oxygen (known as anaerobic glycolysis).
When an individual is fasting or experiencing starvation, the glycogen storage is quickly converted to glucose and then released into the body for cellular breakdown or respiration for the production of energy or ATP. Glycolysis leads to the formation of pyruvate; during suffocation/exercise, the pyruvate (serves as reactant) undergoes fermentation to either produce lactate in humans or ethanol and carbon dioxide in yeast cells (where lactate, ethanol and carbon dioxide serve as products).
Hence, starvation can be said to deplete glycogen storage while suffocation or anaerobic respiration (breathing in the absence of oxygen) causes the cellular breakdown of glucose (glycolysis) to be anaerobic. However, when the glycogen storage starts getting depleted, stored lipids starts getting converted to energy also in the presence of water in body.
It should be noted that the glucose (which is stored as glycogen) is synthesized/obtained from the food we eat.
