For lean body mass preservation and training recovery I typically recommend no more than 16 hours daily as liver glycogen that
fuels our brain depletes and will start liberating amino acids from muscle tissue to convert to glucose in the liver.
Not exact matches
Long - term exposure to environments that
deplete sources of
brain fuel from effectively getting into the cells leads to neurodegenerative diseases.
Once that glucose is
depleted your liver produces ketone bodies to
fuel your
brain and body from those released fatty acids.
Other evidence suggests that willpower
depleted individuals might literally be low on
fuel because the
brain is a high - energy organ needing a steady supply of blood sugar.
If glucose is not available from the diet or the body's storage form of glucose (glycogen) is
depleted, the body will convert protein to glucose to supply the essential
fuel to the
brain and maintain blood glucose levels.14