Sentences with phrase «major calorie sources»

The other two major calorie sources are protein and carbohydrate.

Coconut fats are the major calorie source in this recipe and they provide healthy medium chain fats that are easy on the digestive system and help our body to stabilize blood sugar and produce ketones.

Coconut fats are the major calorie source in this recipe and they provide healthy medium chain fats that are easy on the digestive system and help our body to stabilize blood sugar and produce ketones.

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Since portobello pizza is not using the traditional pizza crust, it's cutting out the major source of carbs, calories and all of the gluten.

Among the plants are almonds, lima beans, and cassava, a starchy root that provides a major source of calories for people living in tropical areas such as sub-Saharan Africa.

They're all clean diets that reject hyper - processed, nutrient - poor meals that are the major source of calories in the Western diet.

Pork sausage is loaded with fat and calories and should not be a major source of protein in your diet.

The single major source of calories for Americans comes from sugar — especially in the form of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), a food sweetener and preservative.

Those are big ones, but remember that sugar is a carbohydrate too, and a major source of calories.

Emphasis on «small» because fructose has a major caution as a calorie source: it is chemically reactive, reacting with proteins to form advanced glycation end products (called AGEs) that disrupt normal bodily functions.

Carbohydrates form the major energy source for your brain and muscles; hence, they help in keeping you active along with boosting your intake of calories.

In any case, spirulina is very high in protein and may therefore not be suitable as a major source of calories.

Genetics and lifestyle factors, such as a diet high in calories (regardless of the source), being overweight or obese and being physically inactive, are major risk factors for type 2 diabetes.

In populations where cereal grains provide a major source of calories, rickets and osteoporosis are common.10

Adhering to these traditional concepts the US Department of Agriculture has concluded that diets, which reduce calories, will result in effective weight loss independent of the macronutrient composition, which is considered less important, even irrelevant.14 In contrast with these views, the majority of ad - libitum studies demonstrate that subjects who follow a low - carbohydrate diet lose more weight during the first 3 — 6 months compared with those who follow balanced diets.15, 16, 17 One hypothesis is that the use of energy from proteins in VLCKD is an «expensive» process for the body and so can lead to a «waste of calories», and therefore increased weight loss compared with other «less - expensive» diets.13, 18, 19 The average human body requires 60 — 65 g of glucose per day, and during the first phase of a diet very low in carbohydrates this is partially (16 %) obtained from glycerol, with the major part derived via gluconeogenesis from proteins of either dietary or tissue origin.12 The energy cost of gluconeogenesis has been confirmed in several studies7 and it has been calculated at ∼ 400 — 600 Kcal / day (due to both endogenous and food source proteins.18 Despite this, there is no direct experimental evidence to support this intriguing hypothesis; on the contrary, a recent study reported that there were no changes in resting energy expenditure after a VLCKD.20 A simpler, perhaps more likely, explanation for improved weight loss is a possible appetite - suppressant action of ketosis.

Most vegan diets rely upon a high amount of carbohydrates as the major source of calories so these individuals would not produce ketones.

Eating less carbohydrate can lead to significant change, because carbohydrates are the major source of calories.

Hi Bryan, I don't think it's necessary to soak white rice, unless it's a major source of calories in which case it might be wise, I don't know.

As always, Little Big Cat recommends feeding on a timed - meal schedule, and avoid dry food as much as possible, as it is the major source of concentrated calories.

Interesting, though, that you singled out «nuts» while ignoring «legumes and tubers» which are the major vegetarian sources of protein and calories.