{"id":4481,"date":"2019-09-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/stronglife\/?p=4571"},"modified":"2023-10-11T12:33:27","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T12:33:27","slug":"what-is-carbohydrate-tolerance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stronglifehp.com.au\/wpdemo2\/what-is-carbohydrate-tolerance\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Carbohydrate Tolerance?"},"content":{"rendered":"

What is Carbohydrate Tolerance?<\/strong> <\/p>\n

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Carb Tolerance is basically what happens and what our body does with ingested Carbohydrates.<\/p>\n

Eat carbs > turns to sugar molecules > said molecules are used for muscle+liver glycogen OR stored FAT. <\/p>\n

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Let’s take what happens next step by step<\/strong><\/p>\n

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From my last post on Carbohydrates, we know that our body breaks the macronutrient down in the stomach and small intestines into SIMPLE SUGAR MOLECULES.<\/p>\n

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When we have increased blood glucose, receptors in the pancreas picks this up.<\/p>\n

The pancreas then secretes the hormone INSULIN to get the blood sugar out of the bloodstream<\/p>\n

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What insulin does? <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Insulin’s job is to get you back to a normal level of blood glucose. It directs that blood glucose in different directions.<\/p>\n

e.g. Muscle Glycogen, Liver Glycogen, Fat storing cells.<\/p>\n

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 Factors that influence our Carbohydrate tolerance<\/strong><\/p>\n

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