How The Things You Eat Get Turned Into Fat Cells

Unless you are willing to accept the dangers and risks of ketosis, your fat loss plan should include a balanced diet. Because a balanced diet will give you more energy per calories consumed.

Unfortunately, even balanced nutrition can STILL lead to excess weight gain. So it is very important for you to grasp how different types of food interact and get shuffled away in your body.

So without further delay, here is how nutrients get stored as fat in your body:

1. Sources of energy like carbohydrates. Every single carbohydrate that you consume has to be broken down into units of sugar. This is why you constantly hear how carbs increase blood sugar levels. Once the carbs are broken down, they get stored as either glycogen or fat.

2. Dietary fatty acids. When you eat fat it gets stored as body fat very easily. You see, it gets broken down into fatty acids and glycerol. Having said that, do NOT restrict your fat intake as it is critical for maximizing fat loss hormone production.

3. Protein. All protein is broken down to simpler units called amino acids. Once digested, these amino acids are reassembled and will form lean muscle tissue ONLY in a person who is exercising. Excess amino acids will have their nitrogen stripped away and will be burned as energy or stored as fat?

4. Alcohol. The thorn in your fat loss spine, alcohol is usually absorbed without any break down and is converted to excess body fat with ease. It will also slow down the rate at which your body burns fat. Even worse, it leads to the worst kind of fat storage: visceral fat.

Now no matter what you eat, food can only be stored as three things: glycogen, lean tissue protein and fat. Your body has a limited ability to store macro nutrients as glycogen and lean tissue protein. Thus, any excess gets readily stored as extra body fat.

Contrary to what many experts claim, excess dietary protein (or any macro nutrient) WILL be stored as body fat. So the key to any successful fat loss plan is the consumption of a balanced diet with a net negative caloric intake. Oh, and do not forget to avoid alcohol!

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