Competent. Possessing the necessary reasoning abilities or legal qualifications; qualified; capable; sufficient. A court is competent if it has been given jurisdiction, by statute or constitution, to hear particular types of lawsuits.
Your body uses mostly carbohydrates as well as fats for energy. Because the body doesnât store carbs efficiently, theyâre used first. Carbohydrates turn into glucose, which your body burns immediately or converts to glycogen to be stored in the muscles and liver for between meals. If you eat more calories from carbs or other sources than your body can use, the cells store the excess as fat. How the Body Uses Carbs Of the three major nutrients -- carbohydrates, fat and protein -- the body burns carbs first for energy because they canât be stored in great quantities.
Carbohydrates provide your body with its basic fuel. Your body thinks about carbohydrates like a car engine thinks about gasoline. The simplest carbohydrate is glucose. Glucose, also called blood sugar and dextrose, flows in the bloodstream so that it is available to every cell in your body. Your cells absorb glucose and convert it into energy to drive the cell.