Your body stores energy in special cells, like a piggy bank for later. When you eat more than you need right then, your body saves the extra as fat, like putting coins into a savings jar. Later, when you don’t have food around, it takes those coins out and turns them back into energy so you can keep going.
Examples
- When you eat a big meal before going to sleep, your body saves some energy for later like putting coins into a piggy bank.
- A child who eats candy every day but plays soccer at school gets energy from the stored fat in their body during the game.
- Your body uses stored energy when you skip breakfast and still have enough strength to run around all day.
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See also
- How Does the Human Body Process ‘Alcohol’?
- Is Sugar the Key to Glut5 Energy?
- What Causes the ‘Hunger’ We Feel in the Evening?
- Why Do People Have Different ‘Body Types’ and How Does It Affect Health?
- Why Do People Feel ‘Hungry’ in the Afternoon?
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