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Calories, on a molecular level, are broken up into only a few main groups (carbohydrates / sugars, proteins, and lipids / fats). When these molecules are broken down in your body, your liver converts them into a form where they can be used for energy for your body.
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How do body get energy from food?
When u eat food your body takes out the calories to burn. That is wat produces energy. However if have to many calories at one time your cant burn it fast enough and will eventually becomes fat
How are calories important to your bodies?
Calories are only a measure of how much energy you can get from a nutrient or a food source. The more calories you get, the more energy you can burn. However if you burn less calories of what you ingest, you get stored fat. Calories are how we measure energy from foods for our body. When we get more calories than we burn, we store the extra in fat cells. This is how we gain weight. When we eat less calories than we burn, we use the extra calories tored in fat cells. This is how we lose weight.
When you burn more calories than you take in your body breaks down fats for energy What happens when you use more calories than you take in?
Your body stores that extra energy as fat.
What happen when the body takes in more calories than will be expended by the body as energy?
Either you must exercise to burn the extra calories, or it will turn into fat.
What happens when the body takes in more calories than will be expended by the body energy?
Either you must exercise to burn the extra calories, or it will turn into fat.
What happens when the body takes in more calories than will be expended by the body as energy?
Either you must exercise to burn the extra calories, or it will turn into fat.
What would provide a body with the most energy?
Foods high in fat have the most energy per gram (i.e. 9 calories/gram vs. 4 calories/gram for carbohydrates or proteins). This is why it is easy to get fat if you eat fatty food and are not performing work involving lots of physical labor to burn those calories.
Why does squash burn a lot of calories?
Squash involves a lot of movement and running and this is all exercise. The more the body has to move and the more energy this takes, the more calories it will burn.
What term is defined as the body ability to burn nutrients to provide energy?
Metabolism.
Does purring in cats burn calories?
Purring does burn calories in a cat. Anything a cat does requires energy. Energy is gained by calories in a cat's diet.
What is the main function of calorie in your body?
A certain amount of calories can do you a lot of favor. These calories are equivalent to the amount of energy unit present in the food that we take into our body. And the energy that we get from it allows us to perform well in our day-to-day activities
What happens when the body uses more energy than the calories it takes will produce?
When you don't get enough calories or you burn more calories than you take in, you become tired and fatigued. Another Answer: When you burn more calories than you consume, you will lose weight.
