How does the body deal with excess energy from a meal containing carbohydrate, fat, and protein? a. Carbohydrate is stored as glycogen, fat is stored in adipose cells, and protein is stored as muscle. b. Some proportion of carbohydrate is stored as glycogen and the rest, along with the excess fat, is stored as fat in adipose cells. c. Carbohydrate is stored as glycogen and excess energy from fat and protein is stored in muscle. d. All excess energy is stored as fat in adipose cells. e. Excess fat is stored in adipose cells and excess carbohydrate and protein are excreted.