How would you explain the connection between glucose entering the body and energy created by the body to a friend, using your new biochemistry knowledge?

If I had to explain between glucose entering the body and energy created by the body I would first explain what is glucose and how it gives us energy. First glucose is “fuel” for our body because we need glucose in order to function. When we eat a meal there is rise in our blood glucose level and insulin is produced from the organ pancreas. The pancreas is like a vacuum because it picks up all of our glucose and sends it to our cells by glucose transporters. Once glucose is inside of the cell it starts to make ATP which is a molecule that creates and stores energy required by the cell. Glucose is metabolized into energy in combination with oxygen and without oxygen. More ATP is created when oxygen is available because the products of glucose, pyurvic acid, move forward into the other pathways. The products of glucose produce 4 ATPs, but only a net gain of 2 ATPs. This is why the rest of the pathways are needed for more ATP production.

GLYCOLYSIS PATH!