Why do you, as a living organism, need to continually consume food? choose 1 answer. food is broken down by endergonic reactions and converted to atp, which is then used to driveexergonic reactions. food is broken down by catabolic pathways and converted to atp, which is then used to fuelanabolic pathways. food is broken down by anabolic pathways and converted to atp, which is then used to fuelcatabolic pathways. dimmediately upon consumption, food enters cells to directly fuel a variety of reactions.