How does glucose become fat? After a meal, carbohydrates are broken down into glucose, an immediate source of energy.
Excess glucose gets stored in the liver as glycogen or, with the help of insulin, converted into fatty acids, circulated to other parts of the body and stored as fat in adipose tissue. Dec 6, 2012
adipose tissue (fat cells)
Everything becomes glucose. It's a process called gluconeogenesis. The body uses glucose as part of its ATP cycle. If you eat no carbs, then fats and proteins are turned into glucose or if needed one of the other 6 sugars the body needs. Any excess of calories whether it's from carbs, fats or proteins is stored. Period.
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