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The best way to gain weight is to increase your _______ intake.

A. protein
B. mineral
C. fat
D. carbohydrate

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The best answer is D.

Carbohydrates get rapidly digested and are quickly converted to glucose . Once glucose levels in the blood rise, insulin that is produced by the pancreas begins to remove excess glucose from the blood and stimulates the liver to turn it into a type of starch called glycogen, which is stored in the liver and muscles.

However the body can only store a limited amount of glycogen so the excess glucose is stored as body fat (adipose tissue). This is the process of putting on weight.




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