A person consumes 30 g of fructose and 10 g of galactose in a beverage. Assuming complete hepatic conversion of these sugars to glucose, and no immediate utilization elsewhere, how many grams of glucose will the liver acquire from these sugars?

• A. 40 kcal of glucose equivalent rather than grams, because the scenario requires conversion to energy units instead of mass, which changes the measured quantity and is not what was asked.
• B. 30 g of glucose since galactose is excreted intact and only fructose is converted to glucose in the liver, which contradicts the stated complete conversion of both sugars.
• C. 20 g of glucose because the liver converts only half of dietary hexoses to glucose while oxidizing the remainder immediately for ATP production, an assumption not given in the problem statement.
• D. 40 g of glucose will be produced in the liver from the combined 30 g fructose and 10 g galactose.

Answer: (D)