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  1. Fig. 20.5 
  2. Fuel utilisation by the human brain. 
  3. Although the brain normally uses glucose as its sole fuel, it can adapt. It uses b-hydroxybutyrate and aceto-acetate in infants, and also in adults, during starvation.