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Our daily food choices resupply the potential energy, or fuel, that the body requires to continue to function normally. This energy takes three forms: carbohydrate, fat, and protein. (See table 2.1, Estimated Energy Stores in Humans.) The body can store some of these fuels in a form that offers muscles an immediate source of energy. Carbohydrates, such as sugar and starch, for example, are readily broken down into glucose, the bodyâs principal energy source. Glucose can be used immediately as fuel, or can be sent to the liver and muscles and stored as glycogen.
There are two ways. 1. Glucose is the human bodyâs key source of energy. The breakdown of carbohydrates (eg: starch) yields mono- and disaccharides, most of which is glucose. (source) If glucose is available, the body will use it first since it is easiest and quickest to metabolize. Whole simple carbohydrates like raw fruit and whole complex carbohydrates like grains, legumes, and tubers are excellent sources of glucose for the brain.