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Monday 7 October 2013

Carbohydrate metabolism


Carbohydrate metabolism is less efficient metabolism of your body type. Leads to unnecessary weight gain, bouts of hunger, fluctuations of vital energy and susceptibility to viral diseases. Carbohydrate metabolism is the most common type of metabolism in our civilization.

Most textbooks and professional books he considered the only type of metabolism in which the human body may be. The main propellant in carbohydrate metabolism of glucose, respectively. its stock form - glycogen. The use of fat or ketones as the main propellant is also in the professional community generally unknown concept (or is considered to be exotic matter that concerns only the Eskimos). carbohydrate metabolism is kept activated when the daily consumption of carbohydrates in excess of 150 grams, while off in the fall daily carbohydrate consumption below 150 grams.

It is important to note that glucose is actually theonly fuel for some types of cells - for example, red blood cells or some brain cells - other tissues in the body but are unable to adapt to the fat or ketones as the main source of energy.

 Why "getting fat"?

 If the total amount of carbohydrates eaten during the day exceeds a threshold (approx.) 150 g, the human body reacts to the excess secretion of excessive amounts of the hormone insulin. In our traditional "Western" diet, which is full of sugars and starch Neolithic foods is common during the day and consume 300 or 400 grams of carbohydrates.

Any excess carbohydrates, which the body can not be used as an immediate source of energy - in this case, the vast majority - are converted by the liver into triglycerides (storage form of fat in the body) and glycogen (storage form of starch). insulin called. "Storage" hormone, in response to excess consumption of carbohydrates excreted in excessive amounts in blood and subsequently indicates all cells in the body

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