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Where does our body get energy from and can you describe it?

2006-11-09 02:57:09 · 7 answers · asked by spykid_345 1 in Science & Mathematics Biology

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The main mechanism of energy production in the body is through the formation and oxidation of adenosine triphosphate, ATP. Cells convert carbohydrates (which we eat) into ATP, and then oxidize the molecules later to access the energy in their chemical bonds.

2006-11-09 02:59:42 · answer #1 · answered by DavidK93 7 · 0 0

Your body gets energy from many different sources. The most preferred is carbohydrates and sugars. They don't need to be broken down as much. Lipids, fats, oils, things like that can also be used as energy sources, though they are not preferred.

So you eat these things, then in your guy proteases cleave and break down your food. Chopping up the compounds present into viable forms. Sugars and carb's eventually enter into the ATP pathway as described above. ATP is the main energy source for cells. However energy can be modified into many different forms. Some cells store energy as in the form on an electrical potential across the cell membrane. Others use chemical potentials across membranes to store energy. There are other molecules besides ATP that hold energy. ADP and AMP both store energy, difference, ATP...Tri-Phosphate, ADP...Di-Phosphate, AMP...Mono-Phosphate. On this molecule there are several high energy phosphate bonds that store energy. When the bond is broken, it releases the energy often in the process of doing work, or inciting work. GDP is another energy molecule, there are a few.

2006-11-09 03:40:11 · answer #2 · answered by jimmytownnative 2 · 0 0

from the food that we eat. The chemical energy from the foods convert into an energy when the metabolic process occurs in our body

2006-11-09 21:54:42 · answer #3 · answered by jayveelim1323 2 · 0 0

Complex carbohydrates that the body metabolizes from our food. The simplest form of energy are glucose and sucrose.

2006-11-09 03:00:41 · answer #4 · answered by Big Blue 3 · 0 0

potential, derived from our foodstuff, is converted into ATP (Adenosine Triphosphate) it somewhat is an potential "battery" in our cells. This ATP activates categories of biochemical reactions that are mandatory by potential of our physique to accomplish events (like flow of muscle mass) or to construct up complicated biomolecules from straight forward precursors in our anabolic metabolism.

2016-12-28 17:03:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

From the food we eat.

2006-11-09 03:04:54 · answer #6 · answered by CuteWriter 4 · 0 0

food

2006-11-09 04:32:29 · answer #7 · answered by t_roy_e 3 · 0 0

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