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Chapter 2: Secrets of How the Body Really WorksChapter 2: Secrets of How the Body Really Works
Carbohydrates are the body's source of energy. Carbohydrates are broken down
by the digestive system into glucose, which enters the blood stream and is stored
in the muscles, the liver, or as fat to later supply energy to the body. (The term
“carb loading” refers to eating foods dense in carbohydrates to fill the muscles
with glycogen.)
Fats are the third type of macro-nutrient, and dietary fats are necessary to
produce many hormones in the body, which are the “control signals” which
control all the biochemical processes in your body. A body in proper hormonal
balance will be healthy, so eating enough of the right dietary fats is critically
important to health, reversal of aging, and weight loss. Fats also make you feel
full and slow the release of glucose into your blood stream when you eat
carbohydrates.
There is also fiber, which is the part of food that passes through the body largely
undigested. Fiber has many important benefits to the body, including satisfying
hunger. Eating fiber with carbohydrates lowers the amount of “active”
carbohydrates because the fiber offsets the insulin response created in the body
by the carbohydrates (more information on this is presented below.)
So, back to our hypothetical piece of bread, you might look at the nutritional
information and see that it lists the following:
Total calories: 144
Protein: 5 grams (22.5 calories from protein)
Carbohydrates: 25 grams (112.5 calories from carbohydrates)
Fats: 2 grams (9 calories from fats)
But how exactly does the manufacturer of this piece of bread know that there are
144 calories in the bread? The way this is done has nothing to do with your
digestive system. Instead, it is determined by how much heat the bread gives off
when it is burned in a bomb calorometer!
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