Question

Have you ever wondered, when your mom is on a fast from where does she get energy? Sakshi was also thinking about the same thing so she asked Bala. Bala said 'There is a component in our food which gets stored in our body and act as an energy bank', but somehow Bala was not able to recall the name of that component. Can you help Bala to recall the name from the given options?

• A. Fats
• B. Mineral
• C. Vitamin
• D. Carbohydrate

Answer 1

The correct option is A

Fats

Fats are the energy banks of our body. Fats are converted to energy by being split into fatty acids and glycerol. Glycerol is then converted to either glucose or glycogen. At this point, the usual processes of carbohydrate breakdown take over to produce the needed energy from glucose and glycogen.