Why do cells of the body store glucose as glycogen and not glucose? What is the actual storage of energy in the muscles? ATP or Glycogen? Excess glucose can be stored as in the body. Where does the energy come when glucose is digested? Carbohydrates make up about 2% of the ...
Is insulin stored in the liver? The liver both storesand manufactures glucose depending upon the body's need. The need to store or release glucose is primarily signaled by the hormones insulin and glucagon. During a meal, your liver will store sugar, or glucose, as glycogen for a later tim...
Explain how glucose and glycogen are interconverted? Why don't humans store a lot of ATP? What are the three ways that skeletal muscles use ATP? What is the function of the Adenosine Triphosphate? Describe what happens to ATP/CP levels during recovery fro...
When we eat, the glucose and othersugarsharnessed from carbohydrates are the first fuel sources. The liver stores the glucose in the form of glycogen and releases it into the bloodstream as necessary to keep our body trucking along. Think of your bloodstream as an interconnected conveyor belt th...
What we put in our mouths as ‘food’ has to be broken down to be used as nutrition by every cell in the human body. There is good nutrition and there is bad nutrition. It seems reasonable that the bad stuff will do the damage!
In von Gierke disease, the person has a deficiency in the enzyme that breaks down the liver's glycogen stores. When a person with von Gierke disease is in a fasting state, they are unable to convert their glycogen stores to glucose. These patients require a continuous supply of carbohydrate...
On that note, it turns out that many bugs accumulate cryoprotectants (in layman’s terms- anti-freeze) in the winter, often glycerol. This essentially works via glycogen breaking down more and more into glycerol as the temperature drops lower and lower. As the accumulation of this in their ...
High insulin levels push the human body to absorb more sugar from the blood and force the adipose tissue and muscles to store more fat and glycogen. During stress, the body tends to ensure that a sufficient supply of energy is available and that the levels of blood sugar do not drop. ...