Sentences with phrase «out of glycogen as»

When the body runs out of glycogen as fuel, it turns to other sources, such as fat.

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«Sooner or later the body runs out of its preferred fuel source, glycogen, and starts to break down muscles and organs to use as fuel — which is bad news,» says Dr Barclay.

The carbohydrates will boost your glycogen synthesis as well and will make your muscles regenerate more quickly, as opposed to when you work out, when your muscle protein starts degrading and you will need a lot of protein in your after - workout meal just to fix the structural problems of the muscle that arise when you lift heavy weights.

But if you max out your body's capacity for glycogen storage — easy to do with today's rampant availability of empty calories from sugar - heavy carb sources like soda, candy, and processed food — then the extra glucose from the carbs is stored as fat instead.

When your body has run out of glucose and glycogen stores, it will then turn to your stored fat as a source of energy, which is exactly what we want when we are looking to lose weight or increase our muscle tone.

As hypothesized, the «low» group learned to burn more fat instead of carbohydrate — a physiological strategy that some experts think might allow your body to last longer before running out of glycogen.

As for «muscle chemistry,» there are some straightforward factors (like the amount of glycogen the muscle can store) and some more complicated stuff that's getting a little out of my depth.

As well, I am assuming this is why it's okay to eat a lot of carbs after working out — as the glycogen depletion is therAs well, I am assuming this is why it's okay to eat a lot of carbs after working out — as the glycogen depletion is theras the glycogen depletion is there!

As you check out the graph above, think of plasma glucose as something you'd get from a gel or sports drink or bar (or from the breakdown of protein); plasma free fatty acids as something you'd get from breaking down your own fat tissue, or from a dietary source of fat; muscle triglycerides as stored fat in muscle (or perhaps from an external source like coconut oil, if that's your fuel of choice), and muscle glycogen as your body's storage carbohydratAs you check out the graph above, think of plasma glucose as something you'd get from a gel or sports drink or bar (or from the breakdown of protein); plasma free fatty acids as something you'd get from breaking down your own fat tissue, or from a dietary source of fat; muscle triglycerides as stored fat in muscle (or perhaps from an external source like coconut oil, if that's your fuel of choice), and muscle glycogen as your body's storage carbohydratas something you'd get from a gel or sports drink or bar (or from the breakdown of protein); plasma free fatty acids as something you'd get from breaking down your own fat tissue, or from a dietary source of fat; muscle triglycerides as stored fat in muscle (or perhaps from an external source like coconut oil, if that's your fuel of choice), and muscle glycogen as your body's storage carbohydratas something you'd get from breaking down your own fat tissue, or from a dietary source of fat; muscle triglycerides as stored fat in muscle (or perhaps from an external source like coconut oil, if that's your fuel of choice), and muscle glycogen as your body's storage carbohydratas stored fat in muscle (or perhaps from an external source like coconut oil, if that's your fuel of choice), and muscle glycogen as your body's storage carbohydratas your body's storage carbohydrate.

Taking in about 20 - 40 grams of fast - digesting carbs as soon as you get out of bed will boost insulin and quickly restock your glycogen levels and stop the muscle onslaught.

Additionally, regular exercise will help upregulate a protein called GLUT - 4 which acts to pull sugar out of the blood stream and store it in muscles or the liver as glycogen (7).

The GLUT - 4 receptor acts to pull sugar out of the blood stream and store it as liver and muscle glycogen.

This cleared out all the glycogen I had stored in my body as well as reducing the amount of water I was carrying (water attaches itself to carbs in your body - when you clear out the carbs, several pounds or more of water will be flushed out with it).

The liver actually has a whole slew of amazing functions including organizing useful nutrients, cleaning out the toxins (and sending them off to be disposed of properly), detoxifying the metabolites, maintaining the balance of fats and carbs, storing glucose as glycogen, and feeding the tissues in the body.