What does your body do with fats, carbs, and protiens (how it breaks it down)?!


Question: Here's the deal: Your body uses the acids in your stomach and in your digestive tract to break down the foods you eat and use them primarily for fuel to keep you going. Some nutrients are used to boost your metabolism, some are used to bolster your immune system, some are used to repair cells in your body, the list goes on and on.

Carbs, fats, and proteins are not all broken down the same way, however. It takes more energy to break down protein than the other nutrients -- that's why eating more protein can help if you need to lose weight. Fats can be helpful or harmful -- saturated fat and trans fat lead to weight gain and increase your cholesterol levels, but monounsaturated fat, polyunsaturated fat, and Omega-3-6-9 fatty acids actually help you maintain a healthy weight and lower your cholesterol levels. Carbs are the ones to watch. If you eat too many carbs (or the wrong types of carbs) they can easily be converted to body fat. Fruits/vegetables and whole grain breads/cereals/pasta are "good" carbs. White flour, white sugar, white rice, white potatoes, and snacks and baked goods containing any of these are "bad" carbs. You also have to be careful of products containing cane syrup (which is sugar) and high-fructose corn syrup because they are also "bad" carbs.


Answers: Here's the deal: Your body uses the acids in your stomach and in your digestive tract to break down the foods you eat and use them primarily for fuel to keep you going. Some nutrients are used to boost your metabolism, some are used to bolster your immune system, some are used to repair cells in your body, the list goes on and on.

Carbs, fats, and proteins are not all broken down the same way, however. It takes more energy to break down protein than the other nutrients -- that's why eating more protein can help if you need to lose weight. Fats can be helpful or harmful -- saturated fat and trans fat lead to weight gain and increase your cholesterol levels, but monounsaturated fat, polyunsaturated fat, and Omega-3-6-9 fatty acids actually help you maintain a healthy weight and lower your cholesterol levels. Carbs are the ones to watch. If you eat too many carbs (or the wrong types of carbs) they can easily be converted to body fat. Fruits/vegetables and whole grain breads/cereals/pasta are "good" carbs. White flour, white sugar, white rice, white potatoes, and snacks and baked goods containing any of these are "bad" carbs. You also have to be careful of products containing cane syrup (which is sugar) and high-fructose corn syrup because they are also "bad" carbs.





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