Sentences with phrase «for use as energy»

After these «fight or flight» chemicals make their way into the body, there's increased demand to break down fat cells for use as energy.

The first job of these amino acids is NOT for use as energy.

The body will typically breakdown protein from muscle or organ for use as energy only in the case of starvation.

An increase in cortisol when carbohydrate stores are low will indeed tap into fat stores for use as energy.

Instead of storing as fat the liver converts them directly to ketone bodies which are then available for use as energy.

After you eat carbs, your body breaks them down into glucose monomers for use as an energy source or stores them as glycogen (in the liver or muscle tissue) for future use.

About 50 % of fructose is converted in liver to glucose for use as energy, with about quarter converted to lactate.

Carbs are also protein sparing; they prevent the breakdown of lean muscle mass for use as energy.

Where glucose can be dispersed throughout the body for use as energy, fructose is targeted like a guided missile to the liver.

Catabolic hormones, including glucagon, epinephrine, norepinephrine, and cortisol, are involved in breaking down nutrients primarily for use as energy.

The pancreas is responsible for secreting enzymes to help dogs digest their food and break down sugar for use as energy.

Caffeine itself has also been shown to improve physical performance by mobilizing fatty acids from the fat tissues and making them available for use as energy (17, 18).