Sentences with phrase «bind energy in food»

Wrangham noted cooking loosened the structures of the cell walls that bind energy in food, making it easier for digestive enzymes to access more calories.

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Slow - twitch muscles have a high blood supply and plenty of mitochondria (energy providing structures in cells that convert food into an energy source the cells can utilize) and myoglobin (oxygen and iron binding muscle protein that provides cells with oxygen).