Then, make sure to pair the drinking of water with carbs consumption — that way you're helping your body store glucose as glycogen, the favorite food of your muscles. (fitnessandpower.com)
In a normal human body, the liver helps regulate blood sugar by stimulating the body to absorb glucose as glycogen (for future use as energy). (sciencedaily.com)
Taken together, our data suggest that insulin resistance in patients with type 2 diabetes contain at least two important defects: a reduced glucose transport under basal conditions and a reduced GS activity under acute insulin stimulation, implicating a reduced glucose uptake in the fasting state and a diminished insulin - mediated storage of glucose as glycogen after a meal. (diabetes.diabetesjournals.org)