…..Answer: Sugar — more specifically, blood sugar.
Glucose is a simple sugar carried in the bloodstream and used by the body as an important energy source.
When more glucose is available than the body needs immediately, some is joined together and stored as glycogen. Glycogen is kept mainly in the liver and muscles.
The liver can break glycogen down and release glucose when blood glucose levels need support. Glycogen stored in muscles provides fuel for physical activity.
An easy way to remember it is:
Glucose is blood sugar. Glycogen is the stored form of glucose.
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