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Carbohydrates (breads pasta sugar, etc) are converted to a form known as glycogen. This is stored mostly in the liver and slowly released into the blood as glucose as needed to keep the blood sugar within a certain range.
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Where in body are nutrients stored?
i think it depends on what type of nutrients it is eg. fat is stored in different places to carbs and proteins, etc.
How are carbs stored in animals?
In their stomach
Is rice fattening?
Pretty much anything can be fattening if enough of it is eaten. It has no fat in it, but the carbs may be stored in the body as fat.
If no glucose is available from carbohydrates glucose in the blood may be derived from?
When carbs are eliminated or greatly reduced, the body begins using stored fat for glucose by the process of Ketosis. When abundant carbs are available the body stores the excess as fat.
How long will you have bad breath on the Atkins diet?
As long as you continue not eating carbs, which forces your body to burn stored fats. When you run out of stored fats to burn, that seems to be the goal of the diet, and then you would slowly go back on carbs, which would then reduce the bad breath.
In what form are carbohydrates stored in animals?
Excess carbs and calories are stored as fat.
How does carbohydrate affects man's diet?
Carbohydrate is a food stuff which is the bodies preferred fuel. Your body will choose to burn carbs first, except whilst doing aerobic exercise where it will choose to burn fat. Any carbs your body does not burn off through the day will be stored on the body as fat.
What form are excess carbohydrates stored as in animals?
Excess carbs and calories are stored as fat.
Why does your body need carbs?
our body needs carbs for strenght and good health
How can low carb sweets improve your health?
Carbs are a fancy name for sugars. A lot of sugars eventually build up if they aren't being used by your body. Over time this would cause you to gain weight. By immediately using the carbs you take in, you prevent them from being stored in your body.
Carbohydrates that are not used for energy is stored as .?
If the calories from extra carbohydrates (carbs not needed for energy) they are stored as fat.
Which energy does the body use first?
Hands down, sugars, eg. circulating circlating blood glucose. The body next uses complex carbs. When intake of sugars or carbs exceeds body's energy needs, it converts to glycogen stored in fat cells. As the body continues to receive more than it uses, it continues to build fat cells.
