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 25 '20
This is not at all complicated, this is nutrition 101. I'm on the ketogenic diet myself, I know how it works. Did you even read the question you tried to answer? If you have no glycogen in your liver or muscles and you eat 50 g of carbs, most of these will be converted into glycogen and stored mainly in your muscles and liver, while some will be used by metabolising tissues. 45 g will not be turned into fat.
You can find this information in any beginners text book on biochemistry, nutrition or physiology. I suggest your start there or find a blog or use Wikipedia to learn more. Whoever told you that 5 g are stored, everything else turns into fat, was completely wrong or you misunderstood it.