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Fructose Metabolism

When it comes to fuel for your muscles, glucose is the body's preferred source. A diet that is relatively high in glucose, either coming from simple glucose molecules or polysaccharides, will provide the...

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Post Workout Nutrition - What You Should Eat After Your Workout?

You just finished a super tough workout at the gym and your starving! Its time to head home and grab something to eat, but what's the best thing to eat post workout?  Your post-workout nutrition and meal is...

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Glucose foods & glucose level

Glucose is a major source of energy in our body mainly formed by carbohydrates and from fats and proteins with a chemical formula C6H12O6 and is a simple sugar belonging to the group of carbohydrates called...

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A Healthy Liver Is Vital To Our Well-Being

__________________________Warning: Hub contains graphic images. __________________________The liver is located just below the diaphragm in the right upper quadrant of the abdominal cavity. Unlike most other...

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The Carb Load

One term that you might come across as you read various things on fitness is the ‘carb load'. What does a carb load refer to and who should be doing it? These are important questions and you need to take...

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Liver Disease | A Look at Cirrhosis and Portal-Systemic Encephalopathy

_________________________Warning: This hub contains graphic images._________________________ Cirrhosis is a chronic condition that impairs the normal functioning of liver cells and increases the resistance of...

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Groups of Carbohydrates

Carbohydrates are high-quality fuel food because compared to proteins or fats, the body need a relatively little work to break them down in order to release their energy. The idea that carbohydrates are...

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Fat Burning Diet

Imagine a program that can help you burn fat and aid you in preventing nutrients being stored as  fat. How is that possible? well,it really simple,we will be presenting a diet plan that has only one...

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The Art Of Losing Weight

Everybody wants a beautiful body that is slim and nice to look at, but losing weight isn't as easy as anyone has thought. Weight loss needs a proper plan. A plan that you need to stick to over the course...

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Bonking

You have heard it mentioned multiple times but still probably have no idea what it really means. Simply explained bonking or ‘hitting the wall’ is a phenomenon that occurs mainly in endurance sports or intense exercise, where glycogen (energy) stores in the liver and muscles are depleted causing exhaustion and loss of energy.

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