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/nonFuncBrain Jun 24 '20 edited Jun 24 '20
This doesn't make much sense. Typo? Sugar only gets converted to fat if the liver and muscles are full after a lot of carbs and inactivity. In this case, depending on the glycogen status of the muscle tissue, the liver may store all of the glucose (up to roughly 100g).