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. 2011 Dec 30;2:112. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2011.00112

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Excess energy intake is stored after meals as glycogen and triacylglycerols. Carbohydrate can be stored as glycogen mainly in skeletal muscles or the liver; fat is manly stores as triacylglycerol in adipose tissue. With filled glycogen stores, glucose can be the substrate for de novo lipid synthesis and stored in adipocytes, muscles, or the liver and cause insulin resistance. Glycogen and fat are important energy substrates during exercise.