BIOL 2160 Chapter : HP3

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Chapters 21 and 24 energy balance and diabetes. Basic energy dilemma: food intake is intermittent, glucose requirement, especially for nervous system, is continuous, therefore, the body must have a way to store and to mobilize nutrients to maintain blood glucose at a constant level. Once glucose level gets high (big meal), glucose gets linked together in our skeletal muscles and liver through glycogenesis in chains called glycogen. The more fat you have, the longer you can go without eating; after fat is burned, body breaks down lean muscle mass (late stage starvation). Whenever blood sugar levels get low, the danger comes because the nervous system cannot function. Brain needs glucose, and it functions better when it has glucose. If you are trying to study and you are hungry, it is counterproductive. Inside of cells, biomolecules can be: broken down to release energy, used to synthesize other molecules, converted to energy storage molecules, glycogen (carbohydrate, triglyceride (fat)

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