Pleasse ! think about the last food you ate. how do you know the chemical bonds in your food were broken?

I know that the chemical bonds in the last food I ate was broken because I got some energy after eating the food.

Chemical energy is stored in food substances. This chemical energy is stored in chemical bonds in food substances.

During digestion, these chemical bonds in the food substances are broken and this chemical energy stored in food substances is released and converted to mechanical energy.

This energy enables a person to perform day to day activities.

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