TRIGLYCERIDES
Remember those fatty acids we talked about? Guess what happens when they are
not used up for energy? Well, what happens is that they head back into the fat cells,
where they “hook up” with two other fatty acids and a glycerol molecule, to form
what is known as a triglyceride (triglyceride = 3 fatty acids +1 glycerol molecule).
And this is not a good thing…
Triglycerides are problematic because they are much larger than a fatty acid. In
fact, they are so large that they cannot leave the fat cells like “free flowing” fatty
acids could. Because of this, they remain stuck inside the fat cells and become the
stubborn, stored body fat that we want to get rid of.
Triglycerides cannot be burned for energy until they are broken down back into
those smaller “free flowing” fatty acids and released back into the bloodstream.
This is why so many people have so many problems with stubborn body fat. They
can reduce their calorie intake all they want but as long as they are consuming
carbohydrates, those triglycerides are going to remain intact!
So…the question becomes, “how do we break these triglycerides apart, so that that
they can be used for energy?”
The answer is simple: significant carbohydrate restriction
I know it probably sounds like I ’ m beating a dead horse here,
but it is imperative that you understand this: carbohydrates
cause insulin to be secreted into the bloodstream. Insulin causes
your body to store excess calories as fat AND prevents fat
from being released from your fat cells to be burned for energy.
To put is simply, carbohydrates = excess body weight and fat
storage.
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