The Lion King meets Vet School Nutrition

So tonight after being overly done studying for my nutrition midterm tomorrow I decided it would be fun to try to change some lyrics to a Disney song to match what I was learning... Here's what I came up with, enjoy!

“Be Prepared”  A Nutritional View (from the Lion King)

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I never thought carbs were essential

Polysaccharides were simply a pain

But once broken down I transport them

as glucose for my neurons and brain

I know that your views of nutrition

Aren’t relaxed as you study tonight

But scared as you are, it’s apparent 

You are ready to put up a fight

It's a swift metabolic reaction

That makes lactate reduce without air

For electrons they must be disposed of

When the transport chains broken downstairs

So prepare for a test of a lifetime

Be prepared for absorption of food

What happens in fasting

You shouldn’t be asking

        I don’t need a preacher?

Just listen to teacher

When more keytones frolic

You’re net catabolic

Gluconeogenic paths rule

In the liver with glucogon there

Be prepared!

         In cows we have help from the microbes

         As they eat beta glucose away

In the rumen of sheep around the globe

But not Horses though they still eat hay

Proteins as amino acids

Absorb through duodenum terrain

And the reason they deaminize is

So the liver ATP can gain!

So prepare for the oligopeptide

         (Oooh!)

Be prepared for the insulin too

         (Oooh... La! La! La!)

For Beta cells secrete

         (We'll have food!)

When they see that we eat

         (Lots of food)

Glycolysis churn

         (We repeat)

And fat cease to burn

         (Endless meat)

Until we stop eating

         (Aaaaaaah...)

Keep LPL reeling

         (...aaaaaaah...)

To say in adipocytes stay

         (...aaaaaaah!)

No, there’s no reason you should be scared

         (Oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo)

Be prepared!

         No, there’s no reason you should be scared-

         Be prepared!

Lyrics reworked by -Shawnon Kaiser