So let's have a look at fats and how the body processes facts. We know now how carbohydrates are processed. But let's look in more detail at fat, especially body fat. fats that we ingest, as well as the stored fats are also a wonderful source of energy just to keep us alive, but they are always burned after carbohydrates. So if you take in a meal that has fats as well as carbs and protein, the fats are going to temporary going to be temporarily stored. The body is going to burn the carbohydrates first, and then when it needs an energy source, when you're not taking any any food, it's going to turn to the fats.
Remember that insulin will store a small amount of fats. right at the beginning. Remember I said it was about 5% of the fats. Insulin is going to store when you ingest a meal. So when you have no food coming in the temporary Fat will be burned between meals or during sleep to keep the body alive. I want to emphasize that carbs are always burned first.
So if you want to burn fat, as long as you have insulin in your blood, and available carbohydrates, your body will not burn the fat it will go first to the carbohydrates. Also remember that insulin is for burning carbs, and glucagon will trigger fat burning and the end and the release of the stored glycogen. Now, the pancreas does not secrete both insulin and glucagon at the same time, it's going to secrete either insulin if you've got carbohydrates and glucagon if you're in a fasting state, and we want to deplete the liver storage, as well as our fat storage. So let's just have a little look at the summary here. If we have a look at the carbohydrate We need insulin to burn carbohydrates. Insulin is going to take the carbs that we ingest, and it's going to store a certain amount in the liver, it's about 55%.
In the liver, it's going to store a certain amount in the muscle. It's about 40% of the muscle so that we've got our energy and our muscles for activity. And it's going to store a certain amount straight to fat. It's about 5% that goes to fit. This storage is really in waiting so that when we're sleeping, or when it's between meals, about five or six hours between meals, the body has got a storage of energy that it can draw on to keep us alive. protein.
Protein is made of amino acids. amino acids are small building blocks. So when we ingest protein, our body breaks down the protein into these small amino acids. And our body then uses the amino acids to make things and everything in our body is made made. Protein amino acids. So that's not just our organs, the obvious ones, but also our humans and our enzymes are all made of protein.
In an emergency, the body will burn protein as fuel. But it's not an ideal situation. But you can see that protein is very necessary because if you deplete your protein supplies your body doesn't have enough to to make the hormones and the enzymes that we need for healthy living. As far as fats are concerned, when we consume fats in our meal, our body's going to take 5% of the fats, and it's going to immediately put it in a storage. And this has said that it's got energy for when we sleeping. But if you take in a lot of fat and a lot of carbohydrates, there is too much that the body can't process.
So more of the carbohydrates are there. They are going to be pushed into the fat store. And obviously we're going to get fatter with regard to that. But I'm going to go into that process. In a little bit more detail just now