What type of energy is associated with food? How is that energy stored? How does food energy change when it is used to do work?

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What type of energy is associated with food? How is that energy stored? How does food energy change when it is used to do work?

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AVprozaik [17] · Answer 1 · 2022-04-16T15:52:33+03:00

The energy associated with food is chemical energy.

The food contain carbohydrates, proteins, vitamins and minerals, that are used by chemical reactions in the live organisms (the metabolism) to build the cells that form our tissues (muscles, bones, blood).

The chemical energy is stored as chemical bonds in the cells and is released when the bonds break giving energy that we use to run about, and move and talk (kinetic and sound energy).