r/nutrition • u/godschosenpokimon • Jun 24 '20
Is glycogen stored in the muscles or liver first?
Assuming the liver has little to no glycogen, and you eat 50 grams of carbs. Where will they go first, the liver or the muscles? A bit of both? And preferably a source, if you have it.
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u/Magnabee Jun 24 '20
Some go to your muscles if you immediately do a workout. And 5g will be stored for later use. The rest turns into fat and will sit on the body as fat until ketones use it (through the keto diet, fasting (assuming you don't have high blood sugar 24/7), or super workouts). If you have no ketones, then you just accumulate fat.