Sentences with phrase «slower than carbohydrates»

Plus, it digests slower than carbohydrates, which helps keep you feeling fuller for longer.

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Fat, whilst essential in any diet, is slower to be digested than protein and carbohydrate and can therefore impede the speed at which we digest them.

Their glycemic index is substantially lower than that of the whole - grain breads, resulting in slower release of carbohydrate energy.

Another benefit of the slow break down of carbs is that it makes the body store more of the carbohydrates as muscle glycogen rather than body fat.

«When you go at a slower pace for a longer amount of time, your body burns more fat than carbohydrates,» says Cohen.

I have also learned that eating raw veggies before eating a substantial amount of carbs (more than 200 calories from carbohydrate) slows down digestion of those carbs and helps those carbs go to muscle rather than fat.

For instance, a skinny hardgainer needs more calories and a higher carbohydrate base than an endomorph like myself who has a slower metabolism.

High - fiber foods generally require more chewing time and are digested slower than refined carbohydrates or sugars, so they can help keep the stomach feeling full longer.

Because of the fact that a fat molecule has twice the amount of calories than a carbohydrate it gets digested a lot slower.

Although you are burning more energy stores from carbohydrates than fat during HIIT, you are still burning overall more fat than you would be burning during your slow cardio.

Most doctors agree that in most cases a «Slow» carbohydrate diet is better than a «Low» or «No» carbohydrate diet.

You're going to have to diet harder than you did before, cycle carbohydrates to ensure that your metabolism doesn't slow down and energy levels plummet, and do more tracking than you might be used to.

Foods high in fat digest much slower than protein and carbohydrates sources.

In a study done by scientists at Canada's British Columbia Cancer Research Centre, it was found that mice fed on a high - protein, low - carbohydrate diet had slower tumour cell growth than those fed a typical Western diet high in carbohydrates.

Their high fiber content makes them «slow burning» in our systems, meaning that our bodies can use them more slowly and efficiently for energy than a lower fiber carbohydrate.

Fast twitch muscle fibers are not only larger than their slow twitch counterparts, they also store a lot of carbohydrates.

The theory behind this idea stems from the fact that you'll be going to bed so your metabolism will slow down while your sleeping thus storing those carbohydrates as fat rather than utilizing it as energy.

These diets rely on higher protein and lower carbohydrate to help stabilize blood glucose since the protein in food is converted to glucose slower than the starch.