And why would our body actually want to carry out that process in the first place? Well, let's suppose we ingest the meal that is rich in carbohydrates. And so what that means is inside our blood plasma, we're going to have a rise in blood glucose levels. And once the blood glucose levels actually rise, the liver cells will want to maintain the proper blood glucose levels. And so they will uptake some of that glucose into the liver cells. And these liver cells will take the glucose precursor molecules and begin building the glycogen.