http://www.traineo.com/8_2925_0.html traineo forum thread - How long to digest - calories turning to fat Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:19:12 +0000 http://www.traineo.com/8_2925_0.htmlQuoting: wayofthewarriorSo in answer to the question about when to eat. It is more about when is your glycogen stores low? If you haven't eaten all day and your stores are totally empty, then what you eat will ot be stored as fat until your stores are refilled. Only the energy that can not be stored is converted to fat. This is the basis of GI diets, where a steady stream of digestion never overfills the stores, so to speak. However, it has to be balanced as this will not always suit the go...http://www.traineo.com/8_2925_0.htmlThu, 19 Jun 2008 19:19:12 +0000http://www.traineo.com/8_2925_0.htmlWhat an interesting thread with a whole range of opinions. For the record, here is my 2 pennyworth. In a crude sense calories are just calories and it really is that simple. However, there are a whole range of factors that determine how many calories you can get away with eating and how many you can't that go way beyond the simple formulas we all cling on to for our maths. At the end of the day if your body has no use/ requirement for calories then they are stored as fat. I think a...http://www.traineo.com/8_2925_0.htmlWed, 18 Jun 2008 12:18:54 +0000http://www.traineo.com/8_2925_0.htmlhi i have glanced your article it is interesting. i got more information about burning our calories. as per my knowledge drinking the ice cool water rebuses the calories faster... thank you for the great information [url=http://www.burning-calories.com/] [/url]Burning Calorieshttp://www.traineo.com/8_2925_0.htmlWed, 18 Jun 2008 11:05:15 +0000http://www.traineo.com/8_2925_0.htmlI didn't read the article, but basically your body operates on a supply-demand cycle. It's not so much a time frame. At any point in time, if your blood sugar is elevated, insulin is produced. Insulin is a storage hormone that will send the excess sugars first into your muscles (can store about 100 g of carbs IIRC), and then what's left over will be converted to fat and stored in the adipose tissue. What that means is that if you eat a high GL meal in which you've ea...http://www.traineo.com/8_2925_0.htmlTue, 17 Jun 2008 12:55:54 +0000http://www.traineo.com/8_2925_0.htmlI would argue that dedicating too much time and energy into thinking about this is a distraction at best and a justification of poor eating habits at worst. Your body is burning calories constantly throughout the day, even if you are completely stationary. Your heart pumps blood and all sorts of other things happen as long as you're alive (which is a reasonable assumption if you're reading this). If you've exercised, especially weight training or other muscle building activitie...http://www.traineo.com/8_2925_0.htmlTue, 17 Jun 2008 05:28:24 +0000http://www.traineo.com/8_2925_0.htmlWell it looks like I'm a year behind in adding a comment to this... But, I think there is more to it than just 2000 calories in 2000 calories used. For instance, I've been running about 2.5 to 3 miles about 3 times a week. I've also been on a calorie restricted diet fairly low in carbs. What I noticed today at lunch when I went for my run was that I had a huge amount of stamina and engergy compared to every other day I've run since I started up again after a 25 yea...http://www.traineo.com/8_2925_0.htmlTue, 17 Jun 2008 02:30:16 +0000http://www.traineo.com/8_2925_0.htmlNow this is not a scientific explanation in the strictest sense; however, this is how I understand the process. Fat "synthesis" or the creation of fat in the body can only happen if there is a caloric surplus in the body. Basically if you eat more than you expend then you can gain fat. As far as I understand, that's pretty much the end all be all of the entire equation. If you burn 2000 calories in a day, and you eat all 2000 calories right before you go to bed, then ...http://www.traineo.com/8_2925_0.htmlSun, 24 Jun 2007 00:11:07 +0000http://www.traineo.com/8_2925_0.htmlWOW - that is a lot of information, and much over my head. I am still not sure how to make heads or tails of it. Thanks Joel for your interpretation of what the sites are saying. There is a lot of good information there to help understand how your body processes it. Thanks! Timhttp://www.traineo.com/8_2925_0.htmlSat, 23 Jun 2007 23:25:21 +0000http://www.traineo.com/8_2925_0.htmlJoel, Thanks for your hard work. I am just now getting to sit down and take a look at it and it is almost time for bed for me. I will read up on it tomorrow morning. I am glad I wasn't the only one that was having trouble finding anything about it. I didn't do much searching, but usually I find something more than what I did. Thanks again! Will post something back in the morning. Tim...http://www.traineo.com/8_2925_0.htmlWed, 20 Jun 2007 02:05:28 +0000http://www.traineo.com/8_2925_0.htmli'm going to point out one fact before i continue. molecules of fat are not what you see in the mirror. the fat on your body is adipose tissue, or groups of fat cells. you may have a lot of fat molecules traveling around in your body that do not show up as flab. i hope that makes sense. i'm going to take an educated guess here and say that eating food with a lot of carbs is the worst thing you can do before sleeping. i think fat and proteins are less likely to be converted into...http://www.traineo.com/8_2925_0.htmlTue, 19 Jun 2007 17:20:25 +0000http://www.traineo.com/8_2925_0.htmlbtw, a lot the info in this article doesn't make any sense if you haven't studied biology in a while. this article also has a lot of useless (but interesting if you care) info about the production of fat at the molecular & cellular level.http://www.traineo.com/8_2925_0.htmlTue, 19 Jun 2007 16:48:40 +0000http://www.traineo.com/8_2925_0.htmlwow, did it take me a long time to find some relevant info. i believe this link may have some answers, but i don't have the time to read/interpret it myself (i'm at work!) http://www.med.unibs.it/~marchesi/lipsynth.html i tried a lot of keywords before i found this. it came up under "fat synthesis" on google....http://www.traineo.com/8_2925_0.htmlTue, 19 Jun 2007 16:42:15 +0000http://www.traineo.com/8_2925_0.htmlAlso looking forward to seeing some responses on this one. Good question Tim! http://www.traineo.com/8_2925_0.htmlTue, 19 Jun 2007 15:48:35 +0000http://www.traineo.com/8_2925_0.htmlI have been getting conflicting opinions on this, and with a quick search on Google was not able to come up with much... so, I decided I would ask y'all. How long does it take your body to digest the food you eat, and how long before calories you eat will turn to fat? Example: If I eat late at night and then am totally inactive overnight do those calories basically turn straight to fat, other than what my body uses for basic functions? or... Does the body take long enough to di...http://www.traineo.com/8_2925_0.htmlTue, 19 Jun 2007 10:35:54 +0000