If you want to avoid the multitude of negative side effects from high protein diets, your fat loss approach should have a balanced eating plan in place. And balanced eating will give you a lot more energy per calorie of food consumed.
Even if you have the most balanced diet, however, fat storage can still take place. So it will be good for you to understand how different macro nutrients get processed in your body once consumed.
So without further delay, here is how nutrients get stored as fat in your body:
1. Carbohydrates. With the exception of fiber, ALL carbohydrates are broken down to the most basic units of sugar. Once broken down, they get reassembled into glycogen. If you eat too much and have an excess of your glycogen needs, you will store fat.
2. Fat. Dietary fat gets broken down into glycerol and fatty acids. Have too much, and you will store dietary fat in the form of triglycerides. But do nost reduce your fat intake because you need it to maximize the production of fat burning hormones.
3. Protein. All protein is broken down to simpler units called amino acids. Once digested, these amino acids are reassembled and will form lean muscle tissue ONLY in a person who is exercising. Excess amino acids will have their nitrogen stripped away and will be burned as energy or stored as fat?
4. Alcohol. The thorn in your fat loss spine, alcohol is usually absorbed without any break down and is converted to excess body fat with ease. It will also slow down the rate at which your body burns fat. Even worse, it leads to the worst kind of fat storage: visceral fat.
Now no matter what you eat, food can only be stored as three things: glycogen, lean tissue protein and fat. Your body has a limited ability to store macro nutrients as glycogen and lean tissue protein. Thus, any excess gets readily stored as extra body fat.
Contrary to what many experts claim, excess dietary protein (or any macro nutrient) WILL be stored as body fat. So the key to any successful fat loss plan is the consumption of a balanced diet with a net negative caloric intake. Oh, and do not forget to avoid alcohol!
Related posts:
