Does anyone know the story after carbohydrates have been consumed, where do they go after that?

Question

Is it true that they are stored as glycogen after been digested? Or only the unused glucose are stored? Because insulin are made whenever carbohydrates are consumed, and insulin causes most of the body's cells to take up glucose from the blood storing it as glycogen.

Can someone explain?

Answer 1

The is no one direct path. There is a pool of glucose. Insulin stimulates the breakdown of glucose in glycolysis, the synthesis of glycogen,(which is a chain of glucose) and the conversion of glucose to fat. It all depends on the tissue and the energy demands at that time.

Answer 2

simply carbs give you energy and if the energy isnt used it turns into fat. thats why you shouldnt eat carbs late at night cause you might not burn them off

Answer 3

Nutrients absorbed from the intestines are routed to the liver for processing.  If they are needed for energy, they enter the bloodstream as glucose.  They may also be stored in the liver as glycogen for later use, or converted by the liver into fats.  If all available sugar reserves are used for metabolism, fats may be broken down and used for energy, as in ketosis where fats are incompletely metabolized during starvation or as in diabetic acidosis.

Answer 4

Carbohydrates after consumption and digestion are absorbed in the small intestine.  Here they enter the bloodstream.  The increase in glucose in the bloodstream will stimulate insulin release.  Insulin will cause glucose uptake by cells and stimulate storage pathways.  Muscle and the liver will undergo glycogenesis to form glycogen.  Once saturation of glycogen stores occur, and there is still excess blood glucose (which is normal in a meal), then lipogenesis occurs in the adipose tissue and the liver to form fat stores from glucose.