What happens to the extra glucose in your body when you eat more carbohydrates than you can immediately use?

Answer 1

If a meal with excessive carbohydrates is consumed, after digestion the excess glucose is first converted into a storage carbohydrate called glycogen. Glycogen is stored in skeletal muscles and liver cells. In muscles it serves as a ready store of energy for muscle contractions and in liver cells it can be readily reconverted into glucose and used during sleep or between meals to provide and sustain energy. However, if there is excessive glucose in the body and the muscle and liver tissues have made its maximal amount of glycogen, the excess glucose is converted to fat! High concentration of glucose can be toxic and contribute to the following :

· Diabetes

· Damage To Teeth And Gums

· High Blood Pressure

· Poor Eyesight

· Obesity

· Accelerated Aging

· Heart disease

Answer 2

I believe if you eat to much carbohydrate regularly you will put see weight gain and will not feel energetic. Eating more protein is much better for you all around, however there are good carbohydrates that should be eaten as well.

Answer 3

It is most often stored as fat on your body.

Answer 4

If you eat more carbohydrates than your body needs, it can turn into fat. This is why it is not good to eat too many carbs if you don't exercise.

Answer 5

If they are not burned of or used for other body processes they are stored as fat.

Answer 6

when you eat more carbohydrates than you need the excess carbs turn to fat, meaning you'll gain weight.