The Fat Maker - Insulin
High Insulin is your worst enemy in the battle for a lean physique. When you eat a meal or snack that spikes your blood sugar rapidly, Insulin comes to the rescue to lower it again. It clears out the sugar and stores it away as glycogen and/or bodyfat. Glycogen is stored carbohydrate. This is energy that is readily accessible to be used for intense physical activity.
Your body stores glycogen in two places: the muscles and the liver. Anytime you spike your blood sugar, your body will store away as much glycogen as it currently needs, and then the remainder will go to be stored as bodyfat.
For this reason, it is critical that you learn to control your blood sugar. By controlling your blood sugar, you can control Insulin and its fat storing effect.
We teach all of our personal training clients to do this so that you can insure that you NEVER store fat and can thereby turn your body into a 24/7 fat burning machine.
Your body stores glycogen in two places: the muscles and the liver. Anytime you spike your blood sugar, your body will store away as much glycogen as it currently needs, and then the remainder will go to be stored as bodyfat.
For this reason, it is critical that you learn to control your blood sugar. By controlling your blood sugar, you can control Insulin and its fat storing effect.
We teach all of our personal training clients to do this so that you can insure that you NEVER store fat and can thereby turn your body into a 24/7 fat burning machine.
- Eating too many carbs or too much total food in one sitting = high blood sugar = high insulin = fat gain