Sentences with phrase «source of fuel during»

It can be a source of energy when carbohydrates are in short supply, but it's not a major source of fuel during exercise you're well - fed.

One of the substances that carbs are converted to in the body is glycogen, which is stored in the muscles and liver and is the primary source of fuel during intense exercise like weightlifting and high - intensity interval training.

Not only do they hydrate, but the protein helps the body recover from exercise by enhancing muscle repair, and the carbohydrate replenish glygogen stores in muscles, which are a source of fuel during prolonged exercise of an hour or more.

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«The spill in the Gulf, which is just heartbreaking, only underscores the necessity of seeking alternative fuel sources,» President Obama said during a tour of Fremont, Calif. - based Solyndra, a thin - film solar cell manufacturer backed by a federal loan guarantee on May 26.

The steam - powered «aeolipile» was invented by Hero of Alexandria in Roman Egypt during the 1st century AD, but it wasn't until some 1700 years later that the steam engine as we know it emerged, thanks to better construction materials, plentiful fuel and, critically, growing industrial demand for an alternative source of power.

Glycogen, the muscle's primary fuel source during exercise, is replenished more rapidly when athletes ingest both carbohydrate and caffeine following exhaustive exercise, new research from the online edition of the Journal of Applied Physiology shows.

This happens because glucose (from carbohydrates) is the easiest to convert into energy and hence is the body's main source of fuel, especially during exercise.

However, fat is another abundant source of fuel that can replace the role of glycogen during exercise, and that's where coffee comes in.

To sustain life during times of scarcity, the body is thought to have developed the ability to utilize fat as an alternative fuel source.

Human brains, unique amongst animals, can use ketones as a major fuel source during prolonged starvation, allowing the conservation of protein such as skeletal muscle.

All carbohydrates are eventually broken down by the body into glucose, which is: — A universal fuel for most organs and tissues in our bodies — The only fuel source for our brain, red blood cells and a growing foetus, and — The main source of energy for our muscles during strenuous exercise

Starchy foods like pasta, rice, potatoes, sweet corn, cereal, bread, beans and so on are an important source of carbohydrates, the main source of fuel for muscles during exercise.

Ketogenic diets have gained popularity for a variety of health benefit claims, but scientists are still teasing out what happens during ketosis, when carbohydrate intake is so low that the body shifts from using glucose as the main fuel source to fat burning and producing ketones for energy.

In contrast to dietary fat, body fat stores are of tremendous importance during physical activity, as long as the intensity is not too high and there is adequate O2 delivery to use fat as a fuel source.

Whereas fat can store a lot of calories without requiring a lot, and comes in rather handy during excessive marathon - like distances — operating as the predominant fuel source when stored carbohydrate runs dry.

I'll get in a second to why this could be important for you if you're trying to boost your sports performance or to figure out what you're supposed to eat you know, during endurance but the other thing that was interesting was that there was another study that looked at basically how your body taps into this intramuscular triglyceride and it was found that the, when your body is tapping into intramuscular triglyceride sources, your intramuscular triglyceride pool to use that stuff as an energy source during exercise, it can actually cause a little bit of an insulin response and cause your pancreas to have to work a little bit, to churn out insulin in order for you to be able to effectively tap into this adipose tissue and so it's one of those things where there is a little bit of stress on the pancreas when you're tapping into these intramuscular triglycerides even though they're used as a really really potent source of fuel for you when you're out there performing specifically endurance exercise and in this case, for this fasted, male endurance athletes, 60 - 70 % intensity.

Actually start to use this stuff during endurance exercise based of a lot of these studies I'm seeing in terms of the body's preference that tap into these triglycerides is a very significant source of fuel so....

Many people will feel considerably fatigued during the first few weeks of ketosis — the body is trying to adapt to using ketones as a fuel source.

A high - fat, low - carb diet may impair exercise performance by reducing the capacity to utilize carbs effectively — which would typically go on to be a key fuel source of skeletal muscles during intense, endurance - based exercise.

While I definitely agree that people tend to mishandle carbs, it's important to recognize that this macronutrient is a major source of fuel for your body, especially during extremely intense workouts like those involved in CrossFit.

During the first 20 minutes of aerobic activity, glycogen (stored carbohydrates) is the primary fuel source.

Ubisoft have cited the positive feedback from players during season five's hero updates as the main source of fuel for their rework engine that seems to be chugging in full force.

A great moment, reflecting the inevitability of diverse responses to climate risk on a variegated planet, came during a plenary panel focused on ways to satisfy fast - growing human energy needs while moving away from burning fossil fuels, which remain the world's dominant energy source.

If we are going to make a transition, for example, from fossil fuels to nuclear energy or to solar energy or to wind energy, if you think about that as a major source of energy during the next 50 years from now, you better start right now.

As more coal and nuclear plants close, PJM wants to make sure the region or parts of it don't become overly dependent on a single source of fuel, PJM President and CEO Andrew Ott said during an April 30 press call announcing the fuel security initiative.

Believers of human - caused global warming insist that Earth's CO2 (carbon dioxide) has increased abnormally during the latter half of the twentieth century and that the source of abnormal CO2 increase has been the burning of fossil fuels.

Our investments in additional natural gas production during the past decade were driven in part by a recognition of the value and benefits of this fuel source in an increasingly carbon - constrained world.

During a 10 - year investigation detailed in the latest issue of the Journal of Geophysical Research, Stanford University scientist Mark Jacobson isolated the widespread warming effects from all sources of soot â $» the visible residue of burned wood, crops, oil, biomass and other fuels â $» from the climate impacts caused by greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane.

According to several news reports (for example, by the Times Picayune, Sept. 9), the Associated Press collected raw data from state regulatory agencies and other sources and performed an analysis which revealed that more than 30 fuel and chemical storage tanks at facilities in the region collapsed or otherwise failed during Hurricane Harvey, releasing more than 600,000 gallons of crude oil, gasoline, and other fuels and chemicals.

Solar can't produce electricity at night, but as we've seen in Germany and Australia it doesn't take a lot of solar capacity to start pushing down electricty prices during the day and that is very bad for the economics of nuclear power as it's a high capital cost, low fuel cost source of energy and reducing output during periods of low demand doesn't do much to reduce costs.

Further, renewable energy sources, especially if paired with needed energy storage technologies, tend to have a lower (some say much lower) EROEI than fossil fuels offered during the glory days of world economic growth after World War II.

During the past century, fossil fuels — petroleum liquids, natural gas and coal — were the dominant source of world energy production.

The cooling and leveling off of average global temperatures during the 1950's and 1960's is attributed primarily to aerosols from fossil fuels and other sources, when the greenhouse warming was overwhelmed by aerosol cooling.

In the near - term, i.e., during this decade, it should be possible to keep fossil fuel use flat by means of concerted efforts in energy efficiency, fuel switching, and development of renewable energy sources.

Underground storage tanks can also be an issue for older multifamily assets as they have a useful life of only 15 to 20 years, resulting in multiple generations of tanks that often lack proper closure reports when replaced or during conversion to an alternative fuel source.