07 February 2011

Glycogen is such a beautiful molecule

When you hit that sugar low, do you know actually what is happening in your body?

Do you know how and where your body stores its energy?

Glycogen structure (PNG Image, 200×198 pixels) Glycogen - a ball of glucose molecules

Its pretty simple . . .

Your body stores sugar in your liver as balls of glucose, macro-molecules called glycogen. This glycogen "forms an energy reserve that can be quickly mobilized to meet a sudden need for glucose"