Is food you eat a source of energy?

Answer 1

for humans, food supplies the body with necessary molecules that make the body function. in the case of energy, humans get their glucose from consuming photosynthetic organisms such as plants. the body then breaks down the glucose in a process called cellular respiration. This process produces ATP, which is the molecule that animal cells use for energy.

Answer 2

food helps energy because the body breaks the food down into its simplest forms. The body will take the glucose monomers that the body has broken the food up into and deliver it to the cells. Once the cells have received the glucose cellular respiration will begin. Cellular Respiration is the process in which the mitochondria of a cell take in glucose monomers and produce ATP (energy in a cell). The steps of cellular respiration are Glycolysis, Krebs Cycle, Electron Transport Chain, and then ATP Synthase. The ending result of this (energy wise) is around 38 ATP molecules which provide energy for our cells that keep our body moving.

Answer 3

The digestive system converts food into chemicals which are blood transportable. These then flow with the blood to the cells of the body. In a cell these chemicals are sent to mitochondria, where they are used for energy and as building blocks for the cell's needs.

Food energy is used for basic metabolic needs such as breathing, pumping blood, maintaining body temperature, brain activity, immune system function, kidney function, and liver function.

Food energy is used when you perform any labor. The reason some people get hungry after exercise is because they are using up food energy.

Answer 4

While physical activity body needs energy and that energy comes from food. Food you eat gets processed and produce energy and you can do more physical activity but if you are not using those energy then that become stored in your body as fat and you will gain weight.

Answer 5

The Food we take daily contains various types of vitamins and body internally converts these vitamins into energy.

Answer 6

The food that you eat will go inside your body and it will use nutrients to make your muscles work

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Answer 7

food contain nutritions and vitamins which your body turns into energy...no idea how the body does it,though

Answer 8

When you eat food, chemical energy is converted to mechanical energy. This happens when ATP is supplied to the muscles, enabling movement.

Answer 9

Yes, the chemical energy from food is the source of energy for most living beings - except those that make their own food through photosynthesis.