What Is McArdle Disease?
2. Glycogen
Our cell muscles, and other bodily cells, need glucose for energy to help make them work. They will need to be able to work for long after we have ingested glucose, and when there is no longer any glucose left to use. When the glucose runs out, our body will need to turn to what it has stored.
Glycogen is how our bodies store excess glucose in our bodies. When we have run out of glucose, we will then turn to our glycogen stores as an energy source instead. The glycogen is then turned back into glucose so it can then be used by our cells as an energy source.
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