29. When you eat a candy bar, how does your body store the Gibbs free energy that is released during oxidation of thesugars (glucose and other carbohydrates) in the candy bar? What was the original source of the Gibbs free enerayneeded to synthesize the sugars before they went into the candy bar?

Gibbs free energy is the amount of free energy available to do work. If the value of Gibbs free…

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When you eat a candy bar, how does your body store the Gibbs free energy that is released during oxidation of the ugars (elucose and other carbohydrates) in the candy bar? What was the original source of the Gibbs free energy needed to synthesize the sugars before they went into the candy bar?