Sentences with phrase «higher body fat stores»

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While most of the store - bought packaged granolas are high in sugars, fat and filled with unnecessary and unhealthy ingredients, this homemade granola only contains ingredients that are beneficial for your body and wellbeing.

The excess fuel from this high - sugar, high - carb diet is stored as fat which the body uses as a source of insulation and energy for the long, cold -LSB-...]

Typical diets convert carbs -LCB- sugars -RCB- into glucose and if these levels become too high, extra calories are much more easily stored as body fat which results in unwanted weight gain.

A high protein / low carb diet (like «Atkins») is not good for you (the «ketosis» it causes is not a healthy state for your body), and a high protein / low fat diet isn't healthy either (it can deplete your stores of vitamin A which will cause a variety of problems).

A growing body of scientific research suggests that small amounts of BPA may leach into foods or beverages stored in polycarbonate containers, especially when the contents are acidic, high in fat, or heated.

Having a sugar - sweetened drink with a high - protein meal may negatively affect energy balance, alter food preferences and cause the body to store more fat, according to a study published in the open access journal BMC Nutrition.

High intensity exercise prompts your body to condition itself for max performance by burning your body's stores of sugar and fat for up to 36 hours after your workout.

In other words, eating more calories than you need and having chronically high levels of insulin in the bloodstream will keep the body in «fat storage mode», while feeding your body with less calories than it normally burns will make it turn to its stored fat as an energy source.

If the level of glucose in our bloodstream is too high, our body stores the extra glucose as fat and the insulin — secreted by the pancreas in reaction to high blood sugar — signals the body to stop burning fat altogether.

First of all, high alcohol intake leads to greater weight gain around the abdomen, which is the most dangerous type of fat your body can store.

The bottle says this: «XCTs follow a special metabolic pathway to burn fat instead of storing it,» the label reads, while giving your body «the clean, high quality fuel it needs — and nothing else.»

By contrast, if you're a couch potato all holidays, «Higher glucose levels and insulin can lead to increased fatigue and make it harder for your body to access fats stores to burn for energy,» Armarego says.

Small meals high in protein and low in carbs encourage the body to use its own fat stores for fuel, she says.

Eating high - lectin foods like wheat cues your body to store fat because the lectins they contain wage war on your gut, and the troops need food (aka stored fat) to keep battling.

Higher quantities of carbohydrates after the workout have less chance of being stored as excess fat, simply because depleted glycogen has to be stored first while fat storage is a secondary objective of your body.

Estrogen is deposited and stored in body fat, so women who are overweight can have higher levels of estrogen than women who are not.

Try not to freak out: High levels of the stress hormone cortisol can trigger fat and sugar cravings, and can also cause the body to hang onto fat and store it around the midsection.

Since insulin is high, you must get your energy from food, and can not get any from your body fat stores.

«Fast sprinting caused the body to release high levels of a specific group of hormones, called catecholamines, which drive the release of fat, especially abdominal and visceral fat, from fat stores so it can be burned by working muscles.»

The high - intensity interval cardio also creates a huge lipolytic effect in the body, as it creates enough oxidative stress to stimulate the release of stored fat from your fat cells via glucocorticoids like cortisol.

And when blood sugar reaches high levels in your system, it translates into fat and is stored around the body.

High levels seem to worsen bingeing and hunger; moreover, too little sleep could keep your body from burning carbohydrates, which translates to more stored body fat.

The problem here is that if you are consuming high levels of chemicals or toxins (not fats) you can store these in your body and they can reach high enough levels to cause disease.

The problem is that many people find themselves storing unsightly high amounts of body fat on their backs, which can make them look bulkier than they actually are, and certainly lower a person's self - confidence.

It's a sort of vicious circle - the more carbohydrate eaten, the higher the insulin, the less stored fat can be accessed to fuel the body, so more carbohydrate has to be eaten to provide fuel instead.

If you're getting too much glucose, it creates high blood sugar levels, which your body stores as fat.

You see, when we are stressed out and cortisol levels are higher, our bodies tend to store fat in preparation for survival.

And remember, because insulin levels are high, the body is dependent on carbohydrate for fuel, since stored fat can't be accessed.

You might have noticed by now that certain areas of your body have a higher tendency to store fat.

This keeps your metabolism high and stops your body going into starvation mode which is when it will store fat.

If you've been surviving on a low carb diet for a long period, your body will be used to this and switching to a higher carb diet will cause your body to store fat.

Lack of sleep can cause you to have higher blood sugar levels, and your body will be more likely to store the food that you do eat as fat, especially around the midsection.

Our bodies generally draw upon a combination of carbohydrates and fats to produce ATP, with the exception being very short - duration, high - intensity anaerobic activities, such as a 100 - meter sprint where the primary fuel sources are creatine phosphate, stored ATP, and muscle glycogen (i.e., carbohydrates stored in the muscle).

As a result of that, a higher percentage of your calorie surplus (even if it is a smaller surplus to begin with) will still end up as stored body fat since it won't have anywhere else to go.

Under high insulin levels, the body stores energy in the form of glycogen and fat.

Feldman believes that his findings thus far demonstrate that the combination of higher energy demands, lower body fat stores, and lower glycogen stores in LMHRs trigger increased production of LDLs for the purpose of carrying energy (triglycerides) to cells that need them, with cholesterol mainly along for the ride but also used by the cells for repair and other purposes, as needed.

Most low carb dieters want to be in ketosis at least some of the time, because it means they are at least somewhat burning their body fat stores (unless caloric intake is too high).

Since having high blood sugar levels can lead to your body storing fat, cinnamon helps prevent the increased storage of fat, enabling you to lose weight.

Controlling your blood sugar is one of the simplest ways to not only BLOCK your body from storing fat on your gut, butt, and thighs, but turning your body to into a more efficient fat - burning machine...... meaning you'll stop storing excess calories as fat, control your appetite, and stop craving high sugar, or other carbohydrate rich foods.

Cortisol, when it's at high levels in our bodies, makes us store fat and burn muscle, one of the ways we measure testosterone is in direct relation to our cortisol levels.

Eating these foods results in an abrupt rise in your blood sugar levels and a higher likelihood that your body will store their carbs as fat.

Eating foods that are high in sugar can release insulin hormones into your body and can cause the fats and carbohydrates to be stored in your body which leads to obesity.

A high - intensity cardio of equal duration can help your body burn up to 400 calories per session, about 150 of which comes from fat stores.

The ketogenic diet is a low carb, high - protein, high - fat diet designed to activate a state of ketosis in your body, which then begins to burn stored fat as energy instead of using carbohydrates.

It's pretty easy gaining weight, but the human body will fight as hard it can to keep your fat stores high.

In a normal diet that contains high amounts of carbohydrate, the body converts carbs into glucose, which is used by the body, as well as the brain, for fuel and any leftover glucose that is not used is then stored as fat.

A low carb high fat (LCHF) diet plan tells your body to burn stored fat by converting this fat into fatty acids and ketone bodies in your liver.

A higher metabolism necessarily means a higher demand for energy, and one of the sources that can give you this is previously stored body fat.

To achieve a really high fat diet, one that would put her into a state of metabolic ketosis (where the body burns off stored fat), she would need to eat a rib eye steak instead of brisket.

Basal metabolism stays high, and instead we change fuel sources from food, to stored food (or body fat).