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| Author | Topic: when does fat storage take place? |
| mengyao 02-12-2003 04:54 PM | well, excess calories will be converted to fat for later storage. i was wondering when that happens. does it happen at the meal that you eat too much at one sitting, or does it happen at the end of the day when u go to bed? also, when u eat foods that are very glycemic, too much blood sugar will enter your body (if u dont eat fat), so the body will change it to fat right? u wouldnt need to eat excess calories, because the high blood sugar level altering food will change to fat. will b but will that happen right at the moment u digest/consume the food, or when u go to bed? i was always wondering what period of time the action of excess calories are changed to fat. thanx for any info!! |
| Wai 02-13-2003 12:26 PM | quote:At the meal that you eat too much it happens the moment that your glycogen depots are completely filled up; all the extras are converted into fat almost immediately. quote:no, consuming too much sugars in one meal, triggers the insulin system very much. Insulin causes these sugars to be converted into energy that can be stored. If the glycogen depots are not filled up, the sugars that are converted into glycogen, will be stored as glycogen, but the moment these glycogen depots are full, the glycogen will be re-converted into glucose, and that will be converted into glycerol, which is deposited in your fat depots. So, it doesn't matter 'how glycemic' the consumed foods are, but how full your glycogen depots are... has this answered your questions? |
| mengyao 02-13-2003 04:59 PM | aha! yes, that does answer my questions! ![[Razz]](../tongue.gif) . thats why we should eat "little but often". thanx! |