BIOMOLECULES AND ENZYMES

Detailed explanation-1: -If the glucose is not immediately needed for energy, the body can store up to 2, 000 calories of it in the liver and skeletal muscles in the form of glycogen and is primarily found in the liver and muscle. The liver contains approximately 100 grams of glycogen.

Detailed explanation-2: -In general, your body can store up to 100 grams of glycogen in your liver, which is around 400 calories. And about 350 grams in your skeletal muscles, which is about 1600 calories worth.

Detailed explanation-3: -Glucose is the main source of fuel for our cells. When the body doesn’t need to use the glucose for energy, it stores it in the liver and muscles. This stored form of glucose is made up of many connected glucose molecules and is called glycogen.

Detailed explanation-4: -In postabsorptive humans, there are ∼100 g of glycogen in the liver and ∼400 g of glycogen in muscle. Carbohydrate oxidation by the working muscle can go up by ∼10-fold with exercise, and yet after 1 h, blood glucose is maintained at ∼4 g. Blood glucose is preserved at the expense of liver and muscle glycogen.

Detailed explanation-5: -A pound of glycogen only contains about 1800 calories. This is because a pound is 450 or so grams and each gram of glycogen contains 4 calories.