Sentences with phrase «less carbohydrate fuel»

While dieting or performing intense exercise, your body typically has less carbohydrate fuel available, so sometimes it will break muscle tissue down to use amino acids as fuel instead.

Not exact matches

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.

By following a macronutrient ratio of around 70 % fats, 25 % protein and 5 % carbohydrates for 2 - 7 days, with your daily net carbohydrate intake limited to 50g or less, your body will begin to use these circulating ketone bodies for fuel.

Therefore, as you increase your exercise intensity level the fuel for your muscles will become increasingly derived from carbohydrates and less derived from fat.

If carbohydrate levels are low in the blood, the body will tap into the fat stores for energy, BUT you may actually burn less energy (calories) overall because your body will slower the metabolism in order to adapt to the perceived fuel shortage.

So if you want to reduce your body fat you're going to have to train your body to use more fat as fuel and less carbohydrate.

When there are less carbohydrates in the diet, the body has to rely on fats for fuel.

Any diet that supplies less fuel than needed will cause the body to form ketones — this can occur regardless of the levels of carbohydrate and fat intake in the diet.