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What are the sources of energy used in the body?
chemical energy
Why do you need startch to make energy?
Because the body breaks down starch with enzymes to make glucose, which is used as an energy source for the body and muscles and is also used in respiration.
What source of energy is used as a last resort?
When the body is being starved, it uses different means of finding energy sources within the body. When the body is extremely starved, it uses muscle mass as a last resort source of energy.
What happens to energy in the body if it is not used up?
It is stored, typically as fat.
What type of energy from food is used to maintain body temperature?
thermal
What is does it mean when your triglycerides are high?
Triglycerides are a type of fat in your body used for energy. You need some for good health, but a high amount puts you at risk for heart disease. A high triglyceride level is normally above 200.
What does it mean to have high triglycerides?
Triglycerides are a kind of fat found in your blood, that your body uses for energy. You need triglycerides to be healthy, but having too much can cause Heart disease. High triglycerides generally doesn't have symptoms, but if it is caused by a genetic condition, you may see xanthomases.
Lipids which are used to store energy and cushion structures are called?
Triglycerides
What lipid is the body's long term energy storage molecule?
Triglycerides are a common lipid for energy storage. Triglycerides help in the process of moving blood glucose and adipose fat from the liver.
During moderate exercise a body gets most of its energy from?
Most energy when a person is at rest is provided by fats. These are very important to the body's function.
Why do muscle cells use triglycerides for energy instead of carbohydrates?
Muscle cells use triglycerides for energy instead of carbohydrates because triglycerides make energy for storage, insulation, and organ protection
How human body deal with excess glucose?
The human body deals with excess glucose by turning it into glycogen, fatty acids, triglycerides, or energy.
What is a major form in which body fat is stored?
neutral fats, or triglycerides, represent the body's most abundant and concentrated source of usable energy.
Function of triglycerides?
One of the functions of triglycerides is that they contribute to the structure of membranes by the forming a lipid bilayer. Triglycerides also provide you with energy, and they also store energy for later use.
Most of the fat found in the human body is in the form of what?
triglycerides
Where in the body are of the majority of triglycerides stored for future energy needs?
It can be stored in the muscle or adipose tissue as a triglyceride for later use
What are triglycerides anyways?
Triglycerides are a type of fat found in your blood that your body burns to create energy. A high triglyceride level is not good for the heart as it causes unnecessary strain and as you age could become a problem.
