Sentences with phrase «stored by the liver»

My understanding of what Paul says about fructose in the book is that first thing in the morning may be the best time to consume fructose because the liver's store of glycogen has been depleted overnight and so the fructose can be stored by the liver rather than converted to fat and thereby become toxic.

Remember, vitamin A is a fat soluble vitamin and what the animal's body doesn't need will be stored by the liver.

Not exact matches

Fructose is processed by your liver into triglycerides or stored as fat.

MCFAs are immediately converted by your liver into energy rather than being stored as fat.

For example, the half - life (time to reduce drug blood levels by half) for the local anesthetic bupivacaine (Marcaine) is 8.1 hours in the newborn, compared to 2.7 hours in the mother.82 Also, drug blood levels may not accurately reflect the baby's toxic load because drugs may be taken up from the blood and stored in newborn tissues such as brain and liver, 83 from where they are more slowly released.84

In addition, the researchers observed that adiponectin regulated the production of glucose by rat liver cells — suggesting that the hormone helps suppress the release of sugar stores.

This should not be surprising, because the main function of the gallbladder is to store bile, not produce it (as the liver does), and the loss of such function is usually compensated by the main bile duct and the other bile conduits.

Retinal and retinoic acid are the two active forms of vitamin A that are stored in the liver and used by the body.

Our liver is the main organ for detoxification, while our gallbladder stores bile produced by the liver, aiding the digestive process.

Breakfast increases your energy by restoring depleted liver glycogen stores from your overnight fast, suppresses your counter regulatory stress hormones so you feel more calm when you start your day, programs your body to burn energy all day instead of store energy, and eating breakfast increases cognitive function so you feel on top of it instead of foggy minded.

This signals the body to start releasing the stored sugar (glycogen in the liver) into the bloodstream for use by muscle, brain and other organs.

The FFAs that are not burned as fuel must quickly be taken up by the liver or recycled and stored back in your fat tissue.

Your liver then responds by converting stored fatty acids into ketone bodies, to be used as an emergency backup fuel to keep your brain happy.

But, other times, high cortisol might be caused by something else like, let's say, I don't know what it would be, like epinephrine or adrenaline perhaps, to mobilize liver glycogen stores or something along those lines.

So, it's either gonna be stored in the muscle for exercise or movement, it's gonna be a small amount will be used by the brain, 20 grams a day, and the rest could be stored as Glycogen in the liver.

By releasing and transporting vitamin A stores from the liver, zinc helps carry this other incredible acne - fighting vitamin to the skin for reduced inflammation and skin repair (check out my blog post about vitamin A and why you need it for clear skin here!)

These digestive juices are secreted by the liver and stored by the gall bladder.

It has a low glycemic index, primarily because it is stored in the liver and converted slowly to glucose to be released into the blood stream and used by the body.

«Under stressful conditions, cortisol provides the body with glucose by tapping into protein stores via gluconeogenesis in the liver.

Its purpose is to store bile that is manufactured by the liver, and then release the bile into the small intestine.

Intermittent fasting makes weight loss possible by allowing the body access to its stored fat mainly through the depletion of glucose and liver glycogen.

While insulin removes sugar from your blood stream, cortisol and adrenalin work in tandem to counteract too much sugar being taken out by releasing stored glucose from your muscles and liver.

A kinder, gentler version of «training low» is doing your workout before breakfast, without restocking the glycogen that you've burned overnight (your liver glycogen stores drop by about 50 % while you sleep).

Medium Chain Fatty Acids (MCFA's) are different than the long chain fatty acids because they are converted into energy by your liver rather than being stored as fat.

If you were a really keen student in high school, you may remember that insulin takes sugar away from your blood and stores it in your liver and muscles by converting it to a molecule called «glycogen».

A low carb high fat (LCHF) diet plan tells your body to burn stored fat by converting this fat into fatty acids and ketone bodies in your liver.

It does this by signaling to the liver to release glycogen, its stored sugar, when there isn't food on board.

A study shows that approximately 80 % of ATP demands are covered by glycogen (polysaccharide) which is mainly stored in your liver, muscles and fat cells.

Fasting gradually becomes «pure» fat burning, once (diabetic) stores of glycogen and liver fats and ARE GONE AND proteins scavenged by autophagy has been used up.

When the blood sugar levels drop below 80 mg / dl the body responds by kicking out some cortisol which tells the body to break the glycogen (stored sugar) in the muscle and liver in order to get more sugar into the bloodstream.

It helps the overburdened liver by «dredging» it of old, stored - up waste matter, and strengthening it with nourishing herbs.

If you consume it with fats; it may bypass any attempt by the liver to store it.

In normal healthy people, regular vitamin A consumption should mostly be stored, and stored very quickly, and efficiently by the liver.

To summarize this biological phenomenon, when a food source is consumed that has similar protein structure and amino acid proportions to our own body, our liver reacts by releasing IGF - 1 as well as storing IGFBP - 1.

NOTE: Glucose that is not taken up by cells for energy use is either converted in the liver into glycogen and stored for later use or is stored as fat.

Metformin works by lessening the release of glucose (sugar) from the liver, where some sugar is stored as glycogen.

Elevated insulin prevents the use of stored fuel by inhibiting the breakdown of fat and the breakdown of glycogen (stored glucose in the liver).

Extrapolated to conditions of postprandial elevation in blood glucose and insulin (particularly after a high - carbohydrate meal), de novo lipogenesis in skeletal muscle, like in the liver, could also contribute to blood glucose homeostasis by disposing some of the excess circulating glucose as muscle triglycerides, particularly if the glycogen stores are full.

The bile juice is produced by the liver and stored in the gallbladder where it's released to the small intestines where it helps emulsify or break down fats.

Bile is an important digestive fluid that is produced by the liver and stored in a concentrated form within the gallbladder.

First, it's stored as liver and muscle glycogen; beyond that it is mostly converted to fat by de novo lipogenesis.

An alkaline fluid secreted by the liver and stored in the gall bladder.

Bile is made by the liver and stored in the gallbladder, and breaks down and emulsifies fats.

Your body then tries to increase the glucose in the blood by encouraging the liver to release some of its stored sugar and fat.

The gallbladder stores bile, a chemical made by the liver that emulsifies fat, and secretes it into the small intestine when needed.

When you consume excessive carbohydrates, the excess carbohydrates are eventually converted into fatty acids by your liver and later stored as adipose (fat) tissue.

The journey continues, through the liver, where some is stored and some is released (to grandmother's house they go), to be taken up by the cells for food and fuel.

Bile is secreted by the liver and stored in the gall bladder.

In a healthy pet, the liver functions by removing toxins from the bloodstream, storing sugars, and distributing proteins.

ACT - activated clotting time (bleeding disorders) ACTH - adrenocorticotropic hormone (adrenal gland function) Ag - antigen test for proteins specific to a disease causing organism or virus Alb - albumin (liver, kidney and intestinal disorders) Alk - Phos, ALP alkaline phosphatase (liver and adrenal disorders) Allergy Testing intradermal or blood antibody test for allergen hypersensitivity ALT - alanine aminotransferase (liver disorder) Amyl - amylase enzyme — non specific (pancreatitis) ANA - antinuclear antibody (systemic lupus erythematosus) Anaplasmosis Anaplasma spp. (tick - borne rickettsial disease) APTT - activated partial thromboplastin time (blood clotting ability) AST - aspartate aminotransferase (muscle and liver disorders) Band band cell — type of white blood cell Baso basophil — type of white blood cell Bile Acids digestive acids produced in the liver and stored in the gall bladder (liver function) Bili bilirubin (bile pigment responsible for jaundice from liver disease or RBC destruction) BP - blood pressure measurement BUN - blood urea nitrogen (kidney and liver function) Bx biopsy C & S aerobic / anaerobic bacterial culture and antibiotic sensitivity test (infection, drug selection) Ca +2 calcium ion — unbound calcium (parathyroid gland function) CBC - complete blood count (all circulating cells) Chol cholesterol (liver, thyroid disorders) CK, CPK creatine [phospho] kinase (muscle disease, heart disease) Cl - chloride ion — unbound chloride (hydration, blood pH) CO2 - carbon dioxide (blood pH) Contrast Radiograph x-ray image using injected radiopaque contrast media Cortisol hormone produced by the adrenal glands (adrenal gland function) Coomb's anti- red blood cell antibody test (immune - mediated hemolytic anemia) Crea creatinine (kidney function) CRT - capillary refill time (blood pressure, tissue perfusion) DTM - dermatophyte test medium (ringworm — dermatophytosis) EEG - electroencephalogram (brain function, epilepsy) Ehrlichia Ehrlichia spp. (tick - borne rickettsial disease) EKG, ECG - electrok [c] ardiogram (electrical heart activity, heart arryhthmia) Eos eosinophil — type of white blood cell Fecal, flotation, direct intestinal parasite exam FeLV Feline Leukemia Virus test FIA Feline Infectious Anemia: aka Feline Hemotrophic Mycoplasma, Haemobartonella felis test FIV Feline Immunodeficiency Virus test Fluorescein Stain fluorescein stain uptake of cornea (corneal ulceration) fT4, fT4ed, freeT4ed thyroxine hormone unbound by protein measured by equilibrium dialysis (thyroid function) GGT gamma - glutamyltranferase (liver disorders) Glob globulin (liver, immune system) Glu blood or urine glucose (diabetes mellitus) Gran granulocytes — subgroup of white blood cells Hb, Hgb hemoglobin — iron rich protein bound to red blood cells that carries oxygen (anemia, red cell mass) HCO3 - bicarbonate ion (blood pH) HCT, PCV, MHCT hematocrit, packed - cell volume, microhematocrit (hemoconcentration, dehydration, anemia) K + potassium ion — unbound potassium (kidney disorders, adrenal gland disorders) Lipa lipase enzyme — non specific (pancreatitis) LYME Borrelia spp. (tick - borne rickettsial disease) Lymph lymphocyte — type of white blood cell MCHC mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (anemia, iron deficiency) MCV mean corpuscular volume — average red cell size (anemia, iron deficiency) Mg +2 magnesium ion — unbound magnesium (diabetes, parathyroid function, malnutrition) MHCT, HCT, PCV microhematocrit, hematocrit, packed - cell volume (hemoconcentration, dehydration, anemia) MIC minimum inhibitory concentration — part of the C&S that determines antimicrobial selection Mono monocyte — type of white blood cell MRI magnetic resonance imaging (advanced tissue imaging) Na + sodium ion — unbound sodium (dehydration, adrenal gland disease) nRBC nucleated red blood cell — immature red blood cell (bone marrow damage, lead toxicity) PCV, HCT, MHCT packed - cell volume, hematocrit, microhematocrit (hemoconcentration, dehydration, anemia) PE physical examination pH urine pH (urinary tract infection, urolithiasis) Phos phosphorus (kidney disorders, ketoacidosis, parathyroid function) PLI pancreatic lipase immunoreactivity (pancreatitis) PLT platelet — cells involved in clotting (bleeding disorders) PT prothrombin time (bleeding disorders) PTH parathyroid hormone, parathormone (parathyroid function) Radiograph x-ray image RBC red blood cell count (anemia) REL Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever / Ehrlichia / Lyme combination test Retic reticulocyte — immature red blood cell (regenerative vs. non-regenerative anemia) RMSF Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever SAP serum alkaline phosphatase (liver disorders) Schirmer Tear Test tear production test (keratoconjunctivitis sicca — dry eye,) Seg segmented neutrophil — type of white blood cell USG Urine specific gravity (urine concentration, kidney function) spec cPL specific canine pancreatic lipase (pancreatitis)-- replaces the PLI test spec fPL specific feline pancreatic lipase (pancreatitis)-- replaces the PLI test T4 thyroxine hormone — total (thyroid gland function) TLI trypsin - like immunoreactivity (exocrine pancreatic insufficiency) TP total protein (hydration, liver disorders) TPR temperature / pulse / respirations (physical exam vital signs) Trig triglycerides (fat metabolism, liver disorders) TSH thyroid stimulating hormone (thyroid gland function) UA urinalysis (kidney function, urinary tract infection, diabetes) Urine Cortisol - Crea Ratio urine cortisol - creatine ratio (screening test for adrenal gland disease) Urine Protein - Crea Ratio urine protein - creatinine ratio (kidney disorders) VWF VonWillebrands factor (bleeding disorder) WBC white blood cell count (infection, inflammation, bone marrow suppression)