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.
  Answer   Your body gets carbohydrates from the foods we eat. Excellent sources of carbohydrates include bread, cereal, rice, grains, potatoes and other fruits and â¦ vegetables. Your body can get carbohydrates from other foods as well but they may be mixed with the other two large nutrients -- fat and protein.he function of carbohydrates is to give energy to all the cells in our body and they fuel the basal. metabolic rate (the rate at which we use energy at rest) and activity levels. Carbohydrates are split into four groups each have their own role in the body.