Sentences with phrase «glycogen synthesis process»

These reserves are created through the glycogen synthesis process, and gives the athlete's muscles the energy needed to perform or recover.

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Both glucose transport and glycogen synthesis are stimulated by insulin, and defects in both processes have been postulated to take part in the development of insulin resistance in type 2 diabetic subjects in vivo.

High glycemic index (GI) carbs in particular, cause an insulin spike, which not only helps restore muscle glycogen, stimulates protein synthesis and kick starts the recovery process, it also helps lower the exercise - induced rise in cortisol.

To optimize and expedite the recovery process, athletes need to rehydrate and replenish lost stores, with a goal of repleting 100 - 150 % of body mass losses within one hour of exercise cessation (side note: repleting 150 % may be hard on the stomach for heavy sweaters).1 Endurance athletes especially should replenish with water, sodium, and carbohydrate within the first hour after exercise to ensure the highest rates of glycogen (our stored energy) resynthesis.15 Recovery drinks with protein have been reported to maximize protein synthesis rates, consisting of approximately 0.2 — 0.4 g / kg / h protein and 0.8 g / kg / h of carbohydrates.16 Chocolate milk has a nice carbohydrate to protein ratio of 4:1 and is an inexpensive, but still palatable, recovery option.17

Insulin lowers blood glucose levels partly by suppressing the release of glucose from the liver, by increasing glycogen (a kind of starch) synthesis and storage, and by inhibiting glycogen breakdown and the formation of glucose from other sources such as glycerol (from fat), lactate (from the metabolism of fuels like glucose and fructose by the liver and muscles) and amino acids (from proteins) by the process known as gluconeogenesis.