Tuesday, June 5, 2012

The Insulin Paradox II ~ Lessons from Body Builders

In The Insulin Paradox, I laid out the following:


THE INSULIN PARADOX
When insulin levels are elevated, the uptake/esterification of fatty acids in fat tissue is enhanced while lipolysis/release of fatty acids stored as triglycerides is suppressed,  thus favoring fatty acid accumulation in adipose tissue.
YET
The low insulin state favors partitioning of fuel (mass) to fat tissue stores vs. lean tissue.

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