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Btec Level 3 Unit 1 M1

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M1
Discuss the role of energy and what we need energy for in the body
Energy is the fuel for the body internal functions, builds, repairs and maintains cells and body tissues and also supports the external activities that allow you to interact with the physical world. The most important nutrient in the body is water this helps facilitate which is the chemical reactions that produce energy from food.
Energy is used for many things in our body like moving our body parts, talking, walking, carry things all other things we do which is made possible by the energy. If we didn’t have energy in our bodies, we would be useless by useless I mean we won’t be able to do anything like being able to move we also wouldn’t be able to communicate if we didn’t have energy in the body we would just not survive. We need energy to extract oxygen in the area’s in the body and to diffuse it into the bloodstream. Energy is needed to keep the body temperature at certain level as humans are warn blooded we can only digest food and the body will only function at a certain temperature. energy is needed for movement of the muscle but they only function when they are warm. Coldblooded people use energy from food and the energy from the environment which then …show more content…

This is a chemical process of the cells which is known as metabolise. The metabolise cells have a mitochondrion which releases energy to help the metabolise to break down complex organic molecules into simple molecules and energy which is known as catabolise. This how the body burns fats from your body as it is broken into small molecules and energy were the body uses the nutrients from the food you have eaten to use for other body parts to functions. If you eat more food that doesn’t match the energy reequipments this can cause you to store fats in your body making you weigh

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