National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) Certified Nutrition Coach (CNC) Practice Exam

The statement that ethanol metabolism is regulated by hormones and excess ethanol is stored in soft tissues is indeed not accurate, making the answer false. Ethanol is primarily metabolized in the liver, where its breakdown is regulated by various enzymes rather than hormones. During this metabolic process, ethanol is converted into acetaldehyde and then into acetate before being used for energy or converted to fat.

Furthermore, the body does not store ethanol in soft tissues. Instead, any excess ethanol that is not metabolized promptly is more likely to lead to increased fat production in the liver and other metabolic disturbances, but it does not accumulate in tissues in the way that fat or glycogen might. The digestion and metabolism of ethanol lead to its utilization for energy or conversion into fat, which may subsequently be stored in adipose tissues, but ethanol itself is not a substance that the body stores like macronutrients.