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edgecrusher
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When ever insulin is present, it pushes nutrients into the liver, muscle cells and fat cells. To much glucose, causes an elevated insulin level.
edgecrusher:
thanks for the reply, but that was more of an explanation of how glucose effects storage of fat.
My understanding was always that CARBS ARE NOT STORED AS FAT, but that they will cause the fat you do consume to be stored.
recently i have seen alot of posts that state that glucose will be converted to fat, or carbs will be stored AS fat.
thanks for the reply, but that was more of an explanation of how glucose effects storage of fat.
My understanding was always that CARBS ARE NOT STORED AS FAT, but that they will cause the fat you do consume to be stored.
recently i have seen alot of posts that state that glucose will be converted to fat, or carbs will be stored AS fat.
plornive
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There are generally two ways carbohydrate energy is stored as fat.
First, glucose may be directly pushed into adipose cells (fat cells). This is not actual storage as fat, but it might as well be.
Secondly, liver glycogen may become full. The liver is the regulator of blood sugar --- excess blood glucose is sometimes stored as liver glycogen. This is used later in the event of low blood glucose. When liver glycogen becomes full, the liver converts glycogen energy to fatty acids and sends it into the blood stream. This is why a high carb diet still results in fairly high blood fatty acid levels.
Insulin causes fatty-acids in the blood to be stored in adipose tissue. Insulin is secreted then blood glucose rises above baseline. This means that the ingestion of carbohydrate causes insulin to rise and causes fatt-acids to be stored in fat cells. This continues until blood glucose returns to baseline. At this point, all of the excess blood glucose has been stored in either muscle cells (as muscle glycogen), fat cells, or liver glycogen stores.
Conversely, when blood glucose falls below baseline, fatty-acids are mobilized from fat cells and liver glycogen is used to replenish blood glucose.
First, glucose may be directly pushed into adipose cells (fat cells). This is not actual storage as fat, but it might as well be.
Secondly, liver glycogen may become full. The liver is the regulator of blood sugar --- excess blood glucose is sometimes stored as liver glycogen. This is used later in the event of low blood glucose. When liver glycogen becomes full, the liver converts glycogen energy to fatty acids and sends it into the blood stream. This is why a high carb diet still results in fairly high blood fatty acid levels.
Insulin causes fatty-acids in the blood to be stored in adipose tissue. Insulin is secreted then blood glucose rises above baseline. This means that the ingestion of carbohydrate causes insulin to rise and causes fatt-acids to be stored in fat cells. This continues until blood glucose returns to baseline. At this point, all of the excess blood glucose has been stored in either muscle cells (as muscle glycogen), fat cells, or liver glycogen stores.
Conversely, when blood glucose falls below baseline, fatty-acids are mobilized from fat cells and liver glycogen is used to replenish blood glucose.
