Fuel Your Future: Conquer the Nightingale Nutrition Test 2026!

When the body has more carbohydrate than it needs for immediate energy and for filling glycogen stores, the surplus glucose is turned into fatty acids in the liver through a process called de novo lipogenesis. These fatty acids are then packaged into triglycerides and stored in adipose tissue. Insulin drives this fat-building and storage process, helping the body shift excess glucose into fat rather than waste it. So the excess carbohydrate ends up stored as fat, rather than being exhaled as CO2, used to make protein, or kept only as glycogen.