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.
How Carbohydrates Are Stored. When you eat carbohydrates, they are broken down into small sugar molecules in your stomach. These molecules are transported through your digestive system and then converted into glucose by the liver to make a usable form of energy for the brain and your muscles.Any glucose that is not needed immediately for energy is converted into glycogen and stored for later use.hoto Credit Jochen Sand/Photodisc/Getty Images. Carbohydrates are the body's preferred energy source. Eating carbohydrates provides energy to your muscles, brain and nervous system; facilitates the metabolism of fat; and ensures that the protein in your muscles is not broken down to supply energy.