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For carbohydrates to be oxidized or burned for energy they must first be broken down to what?

For carbohydrates to be oxidized or burned for energy, they must first be broken down into simple sugars (glucose) through the process of digestion. Glucose can then enter cells and undergo further processes such as glycolysis and the citric acid cycle to produce energy in the form of ATP.


What effect does soil have on fertilizer?

Most fertilizers must be broken down in the soil before they can be broken down by a plants' roots. Nitrates of N-P-K are not immediately water solluble, and thus are not readily available to the plant as 'food'


Is glucose a reactant in respiration?

Glucose must be present in order for cellular respiration to occur. Cellular respiration is the process in which glucose is broken down in to ATP (energy), Carbon Dioxide, and water. Glucose is a reactant in the sense that it must be present for the reaction to occur.


What covalent bonds in sulfamic acid and water must have been broken to form this anion?

The covalent bond between the hydrogen atom and the oxygen atom in sulfamic acid must have been broken to form its anion. In water, the covalent bonds between the hydrogen and oxygen atoms must also have been broken to form the hydronium ion.


What must happen to the proteins you ingest before they can be used by your body?

Proteins must be broken down into amino acids through digestion before they can be absorbed into the bloodstream and used by the body for various functions such as building and repairing tissues, producing enzymes and hormones, and supporting the immune system.

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Why must be food be broken down in your body?

Fat reserves in the body can be mobilized and broken down to release energy.


What food you eat must be broken down by this system into nutrients your body cells can use?

The digestive system breaks food down into useful nutrients.


Without digestive enzymes the meal is useless to the body is this statement valid?

Yes. In order for the body to use food, the food must be broken down into it's most basic elements. Complex carbohydrates are broken into simple carbohydrates, proteins are broken down into amino acids and fats are broken down into fatty acids. Some of this break down takes place because of the acids in your stomach, but enzymes in the stomach and mouth are required to further dismantle food into usable nutreints.


Why must food be digested?

Digestion is necessary because for energy from the food to be released and carried into the cells in our body the food must be broken down into soluble molecules for it to diffuse into the cells. Then energy is released during respiration.


Why do we break down food?

We break down food so we get things like water and nutriants into our blood!


Why do cells break down sugar?

To get energy. Sugars are particularly important fuel molecules. They are oxidized in the food we eat and must be broken down into smaller molecules before our cells can use them.


When food is broken into nutrients how does it gt to the cells of the body?

Food has nutrients in it- substances that give our body many important ...Beforenutrients can go to work foodmust be broken down so that they canpass into ourbody. ... Starches must be broken down into sugars before our body can use them. ...It is a component of haemoglobin, which carries oxygen to red blood cells.


Why do humans have digestive systems?

Food must be broken down into components that can be used by your body. That is digestion. Without it, you would starve.


When do the nutrients in food get sucked out of the food?

The small bowel absorbs nutrients from food but first it must be broken down into amino acids ie: proteins, carbohydrates, fibre etc... before being transported round the body.


Why does alcohol absorb faster than food?

Alcohol is a liquid that is absorbed directly into the blood stream from the stomach. Food is absorbed through the intestines, but it must be broken down first. That is why alcohol is absorbed faster.


What must happen to the other molecules for them to get into the blood?

they must be broken down and it should absorb into the blood


What must be broken in reactants in order for a chemical reaction to take place?

The chemical bonds among the reactant atoms or molecules must be broken down.