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Fat
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Exercise burns extra calories Extra calories that your body doesn't used are stored as?
Fat
Why eating a fat free but high calorie diet can lead to fat gain?
Your body stores extra calories as fat. If you take in more calories than you use the extra calories will be stored as fat regardless of what food type you got the calories from.
Where do unused calories go in the body?
Unused calories in the body are typically stored as fat.
If you eat more than your body requires what happens to the extra?
The extra calories are typically stored as fat in the body for future energy use. Continually consuming more calories than your body needs can lead to weight gain and potential health issues like obesity.
Are calories in fiber stored as fat in the body?
Your body does not digest fiber
Are the calories in fiber stored as fat in the body?
Your body does not digest fiber
Where do un-used calories go in the body?
Unused calories in the body are typically stored as fat for later use.
Extra energy is primarilly stored?
Extra energy is primarily stored in the form of glycogen in muscles and the liver, and also as adipose tissue (body fat) for long-term energy storage. When energy is needed, the body can break down these reserves to release stored energy in the form of ATP to fuel various metabolic processes.
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.
Calories can be stored in unlimited amounts in the body as what?
Fat cells.
How many calories are stored in a healthy adult's body?
4,000
What happens to calories that don't burn?
They are stored as fat in the body.
