• The first and most direct route into the body for recently converted glucose from the small intestine is the bloodstream, where glucose is immediately available to be converted into ATP, in combination with the oxygen received into the bloodstream from the cardiorespiratory system. (encyclopedia.com)
  • Once stored in the muscles, glycogen cannot be released into the bloodstream, but will be utilized as fuel to produce ATP by the muscle itself. (encyclopedia.com)
  • Some sugars like fructose (the primary sugar in fruits) when consumed in significant amounts (the amount varies but for fructose it is typically 50g or more per meal) may enter the bloodstream in their native form and must be converted to glucose by the liver. (tripod.com)
  • Glucose, or sugar, is released into the bloodstream to regulate blood sugar levels and for a quick burst of energy. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Unlike digestible types of starch, RS is not broken down in the small intestine, where carbohydrates normally are metabolized into glucose and other simple sugars and absorbed into the bloodstream. (eurekalert.org)
  • Then, glucose enters your bloodstream and produces a molecule called adenosine triphosphate (ATP), which is used as fuel for everything from breathing to thinking, to walking and working out. (livestrong.com)
  • Other research shows that strength training can help control blood sugar levels by drawing glucose from the bloodstream to power muscles. (harvard.edu)
  • Taking insulin is necessary for survival, to move glucose from the bloodstream into the body's cells. (healthline.com)
  • Free sugars are digested and reach the bloodstream as glucose more quickly, whereas complex carbohydrates raise blood glucose more gradually. (ovacome.org.uk)
  • However, as we mentioned above, all the carbohydrates that we digest ultimately enter the bloodstream as glucose and there isn't a way to stop only cancer cells from accessing glucose while maintaining the essential supply to healthy cells. (ovacome.org.uk)
  • Checking blood glucose levels provides information on how much glucose is currently in the bloodstream and is a crucial part of managing diabetes. (rch.org.au)
  • Glycogen-branching enzyme deficiency (GBED) is an inheritable glycogen storage disease affecting American Quarter Horses and American Paint Horses. (wikipedia.org)
  • Glycogen branching enzyme is responsible for the required α-1,6-glycosidic bonds needed to start a branch off of these linear chains. (wikipedia.org)
  • GBED is caused by an autosomal recessive mutation to the GBE1 gene, which leads glycogen branching enzyme activity that is reduced to absent. (wikipedia.org)
  • Horses that are heterozygous for the GBED allele have been shown to have glycogen branching enzyme activity levels that were half that of an unaffected horse. (wikipedia.org)
  • Wikimedia Commons has media related to Glycogen-branching enzyme deficiency. (wikipedia.org)
  • Simple carbohydrates are the simple chemical structures of monosaccharides, or single sugars, such as glucose and fructose. (encyclopedia.com)
  • Complex carbohydrates are composed of complex sugars known as polysaccharides, of which glycogen is the most prominent example. (encyclopedia.com)
  • When the intake of carbohydrates exceeds that which can be stored and converted to energy as glycogen or glucose, the body will store the excess carbohydrates as fat, often leading to weight gain. (encyclopedia.com)
  • The body extracts carbohydrates from food sources through a process known as hydrolysis, whereby the warm fluids, commencing with the saliva in the mouth and concluding with the action of the small intestine, break down the carbohydrates in the food into glucose. (encyclopedia.com)
  • While it is commonly stated that the body "burns" its stored carbohydrates, the actual chemical process has an additional component. (encyclopedia.com)
  • When a fruit is eaten, for instance, the complex carbohydrates are broken down in the digestive tract to simpler glucose units. (jrank.org)
  • Because carbohydrates play such an important role in producing energy for the body, they are stored in the form of glycogen in both skeletal muscles and in the liver. (tripod.com)
  • The glycogen stored in muscle and liver comes from dietary carbohydrates if sufficient quantities of dietary carbohydrates are consumed. (tripod.com)
  • In other words, consuming excess carbohydrates (more than is needed to replenish glycogen stores) shifts the body from burning primarily fats at rest to consuming primarily carbohydrates at rest. (tripod.com)
  • If caloric intake is in excess of caloric need, the excess carbohydrates will be stored as fat. (tripod.com)
  • Carbohydrates are stored in the body as glycogen, both in the liver and muscle. (selfgrowth.com)
  • Depending on the duration and intensity of the exercise , your body will rely on more complex carbohydrates (stored as glycogen in the muscles and liver) and fatty acids for its fuel. (selfgrowth.com)
  • Carbohydrates that are used during exercise come from both glycogen stores in muscle and from blood glucose. (selfgrowth.com)
  • Consuming fast-acting carbohydrates, such as fruit juice, candy, or glucose tablets, can help raise low blood sugar. (healthline.com)
  • The liver stores carbohydrates. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • The body can break down stored carbohydrates in the liver, known as glycogen, into glucose. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • After your body converts carbohydrates into glucose, any leftover fuel gets converted into a polysaccharide carbohydrate called glycogen," he explains. (eurekalert.org)
  • The glucose comes from carbohydrates. (roadbikerider.com)
  • Carbohydrates, like glucose and fructose, are monosaccharides and are simple sugars. (coursehero.com)
  • All of the carbohydrates that we eat (apart from insoluble fibre, which passes through our bodies and helps waste to move through the bowels) are broken down through the process of digestion into glucose molecules that our cells use to produce energy. (ovacome.org.uk)
  • You always need to replace your glucose with carbohydrates. (medscape.com)
  • Protein targeting to glycogen (PTG) is a scaffolding protein that targets protein phosphatase 1α (PP1α) to glycogen, and links it to enzymes involved in glycogen synthesis and degradation. (jci.org)
  • If needed for future energy use, glucose units are typically squeezed together into larger, more slowly absorbed units and stored as polysaccharides, whose molecules often contain a hundred times the number of glucose units as do the simple sugars. (jrank.org)
  • Molecules of glucose are linked into linear chains by α-1,4-glycosidic bonds. (wikipedia.org)
  • This allows for glucose to be removed at a faster rate than if all glucose molecules were in a single chain with only two free ends on which amylase could attach. (wikipedia.org)
  • Subsequently, glycogen molecules are produced with few branches, which greatly decreasing the number of nonreducing ends, drastically slowing the rate at which the molecule can be synthesized or broken down. (wikipedia.org)
  • Glycogen is essentially a long chain of glucose (sugar) molecules that are attached end to end with an occasional cross linkage. (tripod.com)
  • Note that the glucose molecules are attached end to end. (tripod.com)
  • In order to derive energy from glycogen the body must liberate individual glucose molecules to use for energy production. (tripod.com)
  • Ketones are molecules produced during the breakdown of fats, which occurs when stored sugars are unavailable. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Fat and carbohydrate (mainly glucose and related molecules) are the two main types of fuel used to support your body's metabolism. (mydr.com.au)
  • Carbohydrate is stored as glycogen (formed by joining many glucose molecules together) in your liver and muscle cells. (mydr.com.au)
  • Glucose is an important energy source because it is the substrate of glycolysis, a series of reactions nearly universal among organisms that breaks glucose down into two pyruvate molecules and releases a small amount of adenosine triphosphate (ATP), the cell's energy carrier. (coursehero.com)
  • Glucose is broken down into two pyruvate molecules during glycolysis, which releases adenosine triphosphate (ATP), the energy currency of the cell. (coursehero.com)
  • Both the liver and muscle are able to store glycogen, with muscle glycogen used primarily to fuel muscle contractions and liver glycogen used (when necessary) to replenish the bloodstream's dwindling supply of glucose. (jrank.org)
  • By depleting your glycogen stores, some of the carbohydrate you eat will be used to replenish the glycogen, and you are less likely to store excess carbohydrate in your diet as fat. (mydr.com.au)
  • The rule of thumb is: If you're exercising for more than 35-45 minutes, you need to replenish your glucose stores. (medscape.com)
  • The energy required to power the human body begins with the consumption of food, and the subsequent extraction by the body of the carbohydrate-based sugars, known as glucose and glycogen. (encyclopedia.com)
  • Glucose is converted into its storage form, glycogen, which is a long string of single sugars stored as a starch, a complex sugar. (encyclopedia.com)
  • More efficient and more stable than the simple sugars, they are much easier to store. (jrank.org)
  • In 1891, German physiologist Karl von Voit demonstrated that mammals could make glycogen even when fed sugars more complex than glucose. (jrank.org)
  • That work ultimately led to his discovery of sugar nucleotides, which are key elements in the processes by which sugars stored in the body are converted into energy. (britannica.com)
  • The combination of sugars and fats consumed as snack patterns have been proven to aid in weight management - appetite control - craving management - diabetic glucose regulation - extended cognitive clarity and focus. (wbcboxing.com)
  • Excess sugars are also converted and stored as glycogen in your liver and muscles. (wbcboxing.com)
  • The liver both releases glycogen when it is needed for energy production, as well as regulates the amount of glucose present in the blood, critical to health (known as the blood sugar level). (encyclopedia.com)
  • The process by which liver glycogen is converted into blood glucose is related to the actions of the pancreas, which monitors blood glucose levels. (encyclopedia.com)
  • Since noradrenaline synthesized from blood-borne tyrosine activates not only glycogenolysis but also glycogenesis in astrocytes, we hypothesized that blood tyrosine is a mechanistic-based biomarker of acute exercise-induced brain glycogen supercompensation. (frontiersin.org)
  • To test this hypothesis, we used a rat model of endurance exercise, a microwave irradiation for accurate detection of glycogen in the brain (the cortex, hippocampus, and hypothalamus), and capillary electrophoresis mass spectrometry-based metabolomics to observe the comprehensive metabolic profile of the blood. (frontiersin.org)
  • Endurance exercise induced fatigue factors such as a decrease in blood glucose, an increase in blood lactate, and the depletion of muscle glycogen, but those parameters recovered to basal levels within 6 h after exercise. (frontiersin.org)
  • This substance, he later showed, was not only built out of glucose taken from the blood , but could be broken down again into sugar whenever it was needed. (jrank.org)
  • It is important for providing energy for skeletal and cardiac muscle contraction, and for maintaining glucose hemostasis in the blood. (wikipedia.org)
  • Glycogen can be broken down rapidly when glucose is needed, for instance to maintain normal levels of glucose in the blood between meals or for energy during exercise. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Insulin sensitivity factor, or correction factor, refers to how much one unit of insulin can lower blood glucose levels. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • The American Diabetes Association (ADA) note that careful blood glucose management may reduce the risk of complications for people with type 1 diabetes. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • It also looks at ways of managing blood glucose levels when a person has type 2 diabetes . (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Finally, they will use the 1800 (or 1500) rule to find out how much insulin they need to correct high blood glucose. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Direct oral absorption results in rapid increase of blood glucose concentrations. (medscape.com)
  • Glucose-elevating agents can act in the pancreas or the peripheral tissues to increase blood glucose levels. (medscape.com)
  • Hepatic glycogenolysis and gluconeogenesis are thus accelerated, with blood glucose levels consequently increasing. (medscape.com)
  • However, the body wants to conserve its blood glucose and glycogen stores. (selfgrowth.com)
  • Within carbohydrate metabolism blood glucose and glycogen are used to varying degrees depending on the nature of the activity. (selfgrowth.com)
  • However, the body's first order of business is in maintaining healthy blood glucose levels. (selfgrowth.com)
  • Blood glucose is the main fuel source for the brain, so I'm sure you can appreciate why it's pretty important. (selfgrowth.com)
  • Blood glucose use also increases slightly. (selfgrowth.com)
  • However, to offset its usage and to maintain stable blood sugar levels (for the vital organs), the liver breaks down its glycogen stores into glucose for the blood. (selfgrowth.com)
  • The symptoms of dysglycemia vary depending on whether your blood glucose is too high or too low. (healthline.com)
  • This is a fasting blood glucose test. (healthline.com)
  • The liver or bone marrow stores iron released from hemoglobin, which makes the next generation of blood cells. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • The liver stores iron from hemoglobin in the form of ferritin, ready to make new red blood cells. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • GI measures how fast a food causes your blood glucose to rise. (roadbikerider.com)
  • Tgs are carried by blood in the form of ______ and stored in ____tissue or excreted from the body. (flashcardmachine.com)
  • Blood sugar is the amount of sugar (glucose) in your blood at any given time. (camillestyles.com)
  • Chat with your doctor or work with a Registered Dietitian to get your blood glucose in check. (camillestyles.com)
  • Luckily, managing your glucose levels isn't rocket science-and blood sugar imbalance is very reversible. (camillestyles.com)
  • Blood glucose concentration is vital for normal neuronal metabolism because glucose oxidation is the primary energy source. (vin.com)
  • During sleep, blood glucose gets stored in the muscle as muscle glycogen. (issaonline.com)
  • While glucose exists in other locations in the body (the blood and liver), muscle glycogen is a preferred location because it produces more energy than when glucose comes from the blood. (issaonline.com)
  • Maternal diet apparently does not have a significant role on neonatal cord blood insulin, C-peptide, or plasma glucose levels although a lower maternal glycemic load appears to be associated with lower adiposity in infants born to these women. (medscape.com)
  • Soluble fiber is a gel-like fiber that helps lower cholesterol and an help improve blood glucose, according to the U.S National Library of Medicine . (livestrong.com)
  • Insulin allows the glucose to pass from your blood into your body's cells. (healthline.com)
  • This leaves too much glucose circulating in your blood. (healthline.com)
  • The body struggles to move glucose from the blood into the cells, despite having adequate levels of the hormone. (healthline.com)
  • Insulin is normally produced by the pancreas and allows glucose (sugar) to move from the blood to tissues such as muscle where it is required for energy. (rch.org.au)
  • When there is not enough insulin the blood glucose levels build up and eventually "spill over" into the urine. (rch.org.au)
  • If this situation is allowed to progress unchecked, fat stores begin to break down, weight loss occurs and the blood becomes increasingly acidic. (rch.org.au)
  • It's important to note that despite our best efforts, blood glucose levels (BGLs) will not always be in our target of 4-7 mmol/l pre meals. (rch.org.au)
  • Often we can account for blood glucose levels that are out of the target such as the impact of food which may raise BGLs or exercise that may lower BGLs. (rch.org.au)
  • These blood tests measure the amount (as a percentage) of haemoglobin in red blood cells that has glucose attached to it. (rch.org.au)
  • The higher the glucose levels in the blood (the more BGLs out of target per day/week) the more will become attached to the haemoglobin. (rch.org.au)
  • When a mother has diabetes, her fetus is exposed to increased levels of glucose because of the elevated maternal blood glucose levels. (merckmanuals.com)
  • Assessment of finger-prick blood glucose levels, which may be markedly depressed in children with severe Sapindaceae fruit poisoning, provides a rapid and convenient screening tool to identify suspected cases. (cdc.gov)
  • For fasting glucose testing, collect the blood sample in the morning after an overnight or 8-hour fast. (medscape.com)
  • For postprandial glucose testing, collect the blood sample 2 hours after a regular meal. (medscape.com)
  • For oral glucose tolerance testing, after oral intake of 75 g of glucose, collect blood samples at 1 hour and 2 hours. (medscape.com)
  • Blood glucose determination: plasma or serum? (medscape.com)
  • This hyperglycaemia is the result of defects in insulin regimens, self-monitoring of blood glucose, changes action, insulin secretion or both. (bvsalud.org)
  • The number of subjects in dietary patterns from nutritional education and with diabetes is increasing due to population growth and realization of planned physical activities and information aging, greater urbanization, the increasing prevalence about the prevention and treatment of acute and chronic of obesity and sedentary lifestyle, as well as increased complications in order to maintain blood glucose levels survival of people with DM(1). (bvsalud.org)
  • 1981. Effect of oximes and atropine on the concentration of cerebral glycogen and blood glucose in malathion-treated rats. (cdc.gov)
  • A blood sample was taken at each visit for glucose, lipid profile and HbA1c. (who.int)
  • Glycogen is the form in which most of the body's excess glucose is stored. (jrank.org)
  • This additional energy expenditure will therefore increase your use of fat and carbohydrate, some of which will come from your body's stores. (mydr.com.au)
  • Insulin is a hormone that helps your body's cells use glucose (sugar) for energy. (healthline.com)
  • If the body's glycogen stores are full, any extra glucose is converted to fat. (ovacome.org.uk)
  • This causes low levels of muscle glycogen that is very resistant to amylase. (wikipedia.org)
  • The glycogen supercompensation effect (achieving supraphysiological glycogen levels due to carbohydrate depletion followed by loading) was first demonstrated in 1967. (tripod.com)
  • Agents that inhibit insulin secretion increase glucose levels by reducing peripheral glucose metabolism. (medscape.com)
  • By replacing your glycogen storage levels quickly allows your body to recuperate faster and re-charge your fuel system for the next workout or event. (criticalbench.com)
  • Intravenous administration of glucose is the first line of treatment, along with serial monitoring of glucose, serum aminotransferase, and serum creatinine levels. (cdc.gov)
  • You have to balance the insulin with glucose levels. (medscape.com)
  • After exercise, you need to make sure that their glucose levels aren't going to go low because, all of a sudden, insulin action has improved dramatically. (medscape.com)
  • Irrespective of the route through which glucose is directed in the body, it will be metabolized into energy in the same fashion. (encyclopedia.com)
  • No matter where the glucose is stored, when it is used it creates a compound known as adenosine triphosphate (ATP), which is the actual energy source within the body. (encyclopedia.com)
  • Brain glycogen, localized in astrocytes, produces lactate as an energy source and/or a signal factor to serve neuronal functions involved in memory formation and exercise endurance. (frontiersin.org)
  • Countless varieties of plants use this process to synthesize a simple sugar (glucose, mostly) from the light energy absorbed by the chlorophyll in their leaves, water from the soil , and carbon dioxide from the air. (jrank.org)
  • The glucose is then used primarily to produce energy in a process which involves oxidation and the excretion of carbon dioxide and water as waste products. (jrank.org)
  • It stores energy in the form of a sugar called glycogen . (kidshealth.org)
  • Glycogen is a molecular polymer of glucose used to store energy. (wikipedia.org)
  • The body cannot use glycogen as a source of energy in its storage form. (tripod.com)
  • The main source of cellular energy is a simple sugar called glucose. (medlineplus.gov)
  • As a result, glycogen accumulates in and damages cells, and glucose is not available for energy. (medlineplus.gov)
  • The muscles on the other hand, tap directly into their glycogen stores for energy production. (selfgrowth.com)
  • Insulin helps tissues in your body take in glucose (sugar) to use for energy. (healthline.com)
  • The oxidative system produces energy from two different fuel sources: glucose and triglycerides. (roadbikerider.com)
  • This system metabolizes glucose anaerobically to provide the energy. (roadbikerider.com)
  • Glucose is a type of sugar that is stored within the body and used for energy. (issaonline.com)
  • Any other kind of sugar that we ingest is broken down into glucose before our muscles can use it for energy. (issaonline.com)
  • The net result is an energy surplus, which is efficiently stored as body fat by physiology that developed in times when famine was a likely and life-threatening risk. (mydr.com.au)
  • After a workout, your body gets busy restoring that glycogen and has to rely on fat as an energy source, says Mekary, who is also a professional fitness instructor. (harvard.edu)
  • Photosynthesis builds the monosaccharide glucose using carbon dioxide from the air and water, and energy from sunlight, which provides usable energy to other organisms within an ecosystem. (coursehero.com)
  • Because of the utility of glucose in providing energy for the cell, many polysaccharides are made up of repeating units of glucose. (coursehero.com)
  • This allows organisms to store energy for later use. (coursehero.com)
  • In plants, the glucose polysaccharide that stores energy is starch . (coursehero.com)
  • In animals, the glucose polysaccharide that stores energy is glycogen . (coursehero.com)
  • Most excess energy in humans is stored as fat. (coursehero.com)
  • Glycogen is broken down to glucose to produce energy when primary sources are scarce. (wbcboxing.com)
  • The aim of the diet is to cause cells to 'switch' from using glucose as their energy source to 'ketones' produced in the liver. (ovacome.org.uk)
  • Glucose is a monosaccharide and is a primary metabolite for energy production in the body. (medscape.com)
  • Calcium ion movements between cellular stores and the cytosol govern muscle contraction, the most energy-consuming function in mammals, which confers skeletal myofibers a pivotal role in glycemia regulation. (bvsalud.org)
  • Once processed, glucose will take one of three pathways into the body. (encyclopedia.com)
  • As the largest organ in the body, the liver performs a number of purifying and metabolic functions within the body, one of which is to store glucose in its glycogen form. (encyclopedia.com)
  • It was not until the 1930s, however, that the complicated process by which glycogen, stored in the liver and muscle, is broken down in the body and resynthesized was discovered by Czech-American biochemists Carl Cori and Gerty Cori. (jrank.org)
  • You'll find this thick, yellow-green substance in the gallbladder, where it's stored until the body needs some to digest fats. (kidshealth.org)
  • The body breaks down most carbs into a type of sugar called glucose, which is the main source of fuel for our cells. (kidshealth.org)
  • Since 1 gram of carbohydrate contains 4 Calories, the body stores approximately 2000 Calories in the form of muscle and liver glycogen. (tripod.com)
  • If the exercise continues for any length of time the body begins to produce hormones that also activate glycogen phosphorylase. (tripod.com)
  • Insulin helps the body to store glucose in the liver as glycogen. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • If you are in ketosis and have a sudden surge in sugar or carbs, your body will burn glucose instead of producing ketones. (marksdailyapple.com)
  • In order to get back into ketosis, you have to use up the glucose you just consumed, and the glycogen your body just stored. (marksdailyapple.com)
  • The glucose is stored in the body as glycogen. (roadbikerider.com)
  • The body stores just enough for glycogen for 60 - 90 minutes of hard racing. (roadbikerider.com)
  • Max Keto Gummies will help you out in burning that stored fat from your body completely. (hometownstation.com)
  • If the body senses a surplus of carbs that is above and beyond what's needed, the surplus gets stored as fat tissue. (livestrong.com)
  • Fat is stored as adipose tissue around your body, including under your skin, in muscles, and around vital organs. (mydr.com.au)
  • Burning fat' or 'fat-burning' means using stored fat as a fuel to support body function. (mydr.com.au)
  • Reducing total body fat (which is what most people desire when they say that they want to 'lose weight') involves burning more calories each day (whether from stored fat or stored glucose) than are replaced by calories consumed as food. (mydr.com.au)
  • Your body gets glucose from the food you eat. (healthline.com)
  • With type 1 diabetes, your body is unable to process glucose due to the lack of insulin . (healthline.com)
  • Restoration of body fluid, electrolytes, glucose, and pH balance is the goal of supportive treatment. (cdc.gov)
  • This agent increases hepatic glucose output by inhibiting pancreatic insulin release and, possibly, through an extrapancreatic effect, as well as decreases cellular glucose uptake. (medscape.com)
  • As intensity increases, muscle glycogen is increasingly used. (selfgrowth.com)
  • Scientific studies show that consuming a carbohydrate-protein supplement within 30 minutes following exercise increases the rate of muscle glycogen storage. (criticalbench.com)
  • We demonstrate that a JPh44-like construct induces transcriptional changes predictive of increased glucose utilization in myoblasts, including less transcription and translation of GSK3ß and decreased transcription of proteins that reduce utilization of glucose. (bvsalud.org)
  • Dextrose is a monosaccharide absorbed from intestine and distributed, stored, and used by tissues. (medscape.com)
  • Although this brain adaptation is likely induced due to the accumulation of acute endurance exercise-induced brain glycogen supercompensation, its molecular mechanisms and biomarkers are unidentified. (frontiersin.org)
  • Brain glycogen decreased during endurance exercise and showed supercompensation within 6 h after exercise. (frontiersin.org)
  • This is the first study to produce a broad picture of plasma metabolite changes due to endurance exercise-induced brain glycogen supercompensation. (frontiersin.org)
  • Endurance athletes benefit from glycogen supercompensation because fatigue in events lasting longer than one hour is related primarily to glycogen depletion. (tripod.com)
  • Glycogen supercompensation is probably of little use to power athletes since fatigue in these events is not related to glycogen depletion and the weight gain may be a liability. (tripod.com)
  • Glycogen supercompensation occurs only when a low carbohydrate diet is combined with vigorous exercise followed by a high carbohydrate diet. (tripod.com)
  • Glycogen supercompensation occurs only in muscles that were trained and is maximal at a carbohydrate intake of approximately 25 grams per hour for average adults and possibly 40 grams or more per hour for bodybuilders. (tripod.com)
  • Glycogen storage disease type IX (also known as GSD IX) is a condition caused by the inability to break down a complex sugar called glycogen. (medlineplus.gov)
  • When you eat food that contains carbs, your digestive system breaks the carbs down into glucose, a type of sugar. (livestrong.com)
  • Muscles store glycogen, a molecule that breaks down into glucose (sugar) to fuel strenuous activity like weight lifting. (harvard.edu)
  • Although the liver has a higher concentration of glycogen than muscle there is more glycogen stored in muscle tissue because muscle tissue is more abundant than liver tissue. (tripod.com)
  • the rest is stored away for later use in the form of seeds , roots, or fruits . (jrank.org)
  • Disorders that affect electrolytes and glucose homeostasis can result in neuromuscular dysfunction, resulting in weakness. (vin.com)