How the Liver Makes Glycogen | Part 14 Carbohydrate Foundations | Macronutrients Lecture 60

The liver gets the first pass of monosaccharides which it uses for glycogenesis. Subscribe to Nourishable at / nourishable
This video is part 14 of the Carbohydrate Foundations module within a lecture series on the nutrition science of macronutrients.
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References
Chapter 5 Carbohydrates in Wardlaw’s Perspectives in Nutrition, 2019 (Editors: Byrd-Bredbenner, Moe, Berning and Kelley, 11th edition)
Chapter 2 - Carbohydrates in Modern Nutrition in Health and Disease, 2014 (Editors: Ross, Caballero, Cousins, Tucker and Ziegler; 11 edition)
Glucose enters the liver during the fed state and is shuttled towards glycogenesis, or building glycogen. Insulin activates the enzyme glycogen synthase which requires an ATP investment. Similarly, galactose is shuttled towards glycogenesis. The liver takes in all the galactose from the meal.