How are carbohydrates utilized in your body?

Answer 1

Your body gets carbohydrates from the foods we eat. Excellent sources of carbohydrates include bread, cereal, rice, grains, potatoes and other fruits and vegetables. Your body can get carbohydrates from other foods as well but they may be mixed with the other two large nutrients -- fat and protein.

Answer 2

The body stores carbohydrates in two ways; as glycogen in the liver, and as fat after converting the carbohydrates into fat. Glycogen is energy stored for immediate use, and fat is for long term storage.

Answer 3

We get carbohydrates through eating foods such as fruits and vegetables and products made with flour or grains ie breads, crackers, Pizza, pasta, cookies, cakes, cereal and rice to name a few.

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Answer 4

There are 3 types of carbohydrates in your body.

1. Simple sugar

2. Complex carbohydrates

3. Fiber

Carbohydrates energize your body simple sugar gives your body energy, complex carbohydrates help your brain think and heart beat, fiber exercises and tones the muscles in the intestines.

Answer 5

carbohydrates are our bodies lead source of energy, after we run out of carbohydrates, our bodies switch over to another source of fuel, like protein for example. Excess carbohydrates that aren't used are stored as fats, which our bodies can use later.

Answer 6

from foods made with grain or vegetables. :)

Answer 7

They get broken down into sugars, and used. If you consume more than needed, it gets stored in your body

Answer 8

by oxygen