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Carbohydrates are basically sugar and starch. Apples, Oranges, potatoes, grains, candy, bread… are all carbohydrates. Carbohydrates break down into glucose molecules. When used as energy, carbohydrates fuel become fuel for your muscles and brain. If your body does not have any use for the glucose, it is converted into glycogen and stored it in the liver and muscles as an energy reserve. Your body can store about a half a day's supply of glycogen. If your body has more glucose than it can use as energy, or convert to glycogen
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What do carboydrates do?
Carbohydrates are one of two essential nutrients that our body needs to help us grow
How does carbohydrates from fruit affect your body?
carbohydrates from fruit is complex carboydrates that are good for you. so eat up!
Is carb good for food?
in moderation, eating carboydrates is actually very good for your body. Eating food fom all of the food groups every day is important as well
How any grams of carboydrates should you eat each day?
100
Why is the pheloem in a leaf important to the roots of a plant?
it provides the roots wih carboydrates.
What gland is essential in the metabolism of carboydrates and reduces blood sugar?
parathyroid glands
What chemical elements found carboydrates ratio 121?
This compound is glucose - C6H12O6.
Best no car diet for women?
No carb diets are not usually specific from man to women, but some women need more carboydrates for their body. The following website is a no carb diet especially for women: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atkins_diet.
Carbohydrates are essential to provide energy for the body because?
Carbohydrates are essential to provide energy for the body because they are quickest source of the energy for the body. They meet the body's immediate energy needs and are the first source of the energy the body uses.
How does your body get Chemical Energy?
your body gets energy from your movement
What is the difference between thermal energy and kinetic energy?
Thermal energy is the energy possessed in a body due to its temperature.Hotter the substance more the thermal energy will be and vice versa. However ,kinetic energy is the energy of a body possessed in it due to its motion.Higher the velocity of body more will be the kinetic energy.
True or false To maintain your body temperature your body converts chemical potential energy into thermal energy?
It is true that to maintain your body temperature, your body converts chemical potential energy into thermal energy. Thermal energy is energy that comes from heat.
