The primary form of carbohydrate is glucose. It is also the preferred energy source of the body.
Glycogen in animals and starch in plants.
monosaccharides
glucose
gigabytes
Glycogen.
the major form of stored energy in the body is carbohydrate, stored as glycogen
Carbohydrates are absorbed by the body and converted into glucose. The glucose can be stored as fat or as glycogen in the liver or the muscles. There is no short term storage of carbohydrates.
Fat storage is different to carb storage because fat is stored abdominal area until it is burnt off. Carbs are stored different because they are broken down in to glucose for energy and sent out to different organs that need to use it up for your energy in your body.
Glycogen is a storage of carbohydrate in the muscles, because that is the way the body is made. To access glycogen, the body needs to get into active mode.
In the human body, glucose is stored in the cells. The function of the stored glucose is the secondary energy storage. The primary energy is stored in the adipose tissue.
Synthesis and storage of glycogen
Carbohydrate and fat
glucose
per gram of carbohydrate, between 3-4 grams of water can also be sequestered in the body. It's for this reason that higher carbohydrate diets can lead to fluid storage while low carbohydrate diets can lead to decreased fluid storage.
Glucose is the most important carbohydrate for the human body. It's the form of carbohydrate which the body can use effectively. Galactose and fructose can beabsorbed but its energy must be stored before it can be used by the body as energy via either fat or glycogen.
Carbohydrates are broken down to glucose molecules which can only be stored in very small amounts. Excess glucose which are not readily used are converted into glycogen and stored in fatty tissues of the body.
When your body needs energy, it will first use carbohydrates stored in your body, sparing the protein and fats in your body. When the stored carbohydrates are depleted, the body will start using protein and fats.