What does the body do with excess calories?

Answer 1

Excess calories are turned into fat, and it takes 3500 extra calories to add one pound of body weight. So if you consume 500 more calories a day than what your body burns, then you will gain one pound of body weight per week.

Answer 2

Food provides energy, and too much food = too much energy so it will be stored. It will be stored and it is what we call fat. Fat can be stored almost anywhere on the human body, their usually stored around our bellys, butts, legs and arms.

Answer 3

Energy is stored in body in the form of Adinosine triphosphate(ATP). Main energy source is carbohydrate and fats.carbohydrate is consumed first and fat is deposited .so one can say that if he is eating both carbohydrate and fats together then fat9excess energy) will be stored in the form of free fatty acids lower the skin.

Answer 4

The body stores extra and un-used calories for future use for energy. After digestion, the calories are stored for about 36 to 48 hours in the liver. If they are not used up there, then they are transported and stored as fat cells.

Answer 5

Excess carbohydrates(glucose) are stored in muscles and our liver.

However, once our muscles and liver reaches its capacity limits, carbohydrates are hence converted into fatty acids which then combines with glycerol to form triglycerides(fat cells).

In simpler saying, too much carbohydrates means more fats.

Answer 6

It is stored as fat below the skin and in blood vessels.

Answer 7

Excess fat is stored in fat cells all over the body. Some goes in the membranes lining organs such as the liver and the heart. Some goes to the hips, thighs and the tummy...

Answer 8

After it has been digested, either in the liver or in the fat cells

Answer 9

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