The chemical process by which your body breaks down the nutrients in foods to release energy for the cells in your body describes _____.
(1 point)
Responses
Calories
Calories
cholesterol
cholesterol
metabolism
metabolism
nutrition
A. metabolism
B. Fiber
C. protein
metabolism
The correct answer is metabolism.
The correct answer is metabolism.
Metabolism is the chemical process by which your body breaks down the nutrients in foods to release energy for the cells. To arrive at this answer, you can eliminate the options that are not related to the breakdown of nutrients or energy release.
Calories are a measure of the energy content in food, but they do not describe the actual chemical process. Cholesterol is a type of fat found in the body, but it is not directly involved in the breakdown of nutrients. Nutrition refers to the study of food and its effects on the body, but it does not specifically describe the chemical process of breaking down nutrients.
Therefore, the most appropriate answer is metabolism.