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2002/05/19, 01:09 PM
i have a question bout complex carbs. i understand how some athletes carbo load the day before their event. and i know that carbs are stored in the muscle. but how long does it take before stored carbs to start turning into fat?
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2002/05/19, 09:04 PM
storing fat is from eating more calories than you burn or use... it does not matter the source...protein carb or fat!!!
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Be Impressed, Not Impressive....
Leslie
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2002/05/19, 11:02 PM
did i not ask the question correctly? i understand that all cal that you dont use turn into fat, but how long does this take to occur? are you saying that if i eat lunch and i dont use all the calories i eat immediatly after i eat then it will turn into fat? are you saying that theres no such thing as carbo loading, it just turns into fat anyway so why do it? im confused.
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2002/05/20, 02:07 AM
I guess that you cannot really get a golden rule about this since we are all build differently BUT I have heard that in a cutting cycle when you alternate between low and high carb intake days then your carb loading should not be longer than two days since then all the needed glycogen is in the muscles etc and more excessive carbs will just turn into fat.
Now, as I said everybody is different so don't trust this one too much.
The carbs you get during the day is (as Leslie says) just among the total cal intake during the day, if you get too many cal (and too often -and no matter the source) you'll get fat. Simply as that.
Did this answer your question?
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- Nina :o) La vie est toujours aussi belle.....
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2002/05/20, 11:08 AM
thank you very much for your input, Philia, so when do you plan on coming to the states?
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2002/05/21, 01:39 AM
Ohhh jsambu, you know that one needs money to go to the States and I'm afraid that I have none........
BUT I would love going to the States, if not the just to be able to eat some of the stuff that we don't have here in Europe like Taco Bell, low fat Tofu, light ice cream, whole grained tortillas, flax seed oil, low carbs protein bars etc....... lol
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- Nina :o) La vie est toujours aussi belle.....
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2002/05/21, 11:22 AM
i'm in the country next to you Philia...
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