There is a component in our food which gets stored in our body and acts as an energy bank. Which component is this?

Fats

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Mineral

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Vitamin

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Carbohydrate

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Solution

The correct option is A
Fats

Fats are the energy banks of our body. They 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 process of carbohydrate breakdown takes over to produce the needed energy from glucose and glycogen.

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