Restoring the liver at breakfast?

[|D_J^B_J|]

How many grams of carbs are needed for the average person to restore the liver and muscle glycogen after waking up? (i.e. what is a safe amount to consume to prevent BF storage?)

Say I ate 100g of carbs as well as 50g of protein for breakfast, would some of this be in excess and stored as fat?

 

[anthrax]

Why do you want to replenish your glycogen stores ?

 

[|D_J^B_J|]

Huh? Isn't that the whole idea behind 'breaking the fast'?

 

[azul]

Huh? Isn't that the whole idea behind 'breaking the fast'?

Just eat. I wouldn't worry too much about restoring liver glycogen.

 

[azul]

I agree with Azul. Trust your instincts. When you consume 2 large bowls of oatmeal and a bag of mixed fruit such as apples, peaches, pears, bananas, ect..and have this "hunch" you've overeaten fructose, I'd say you hit it right on target If you have a fruit with your first two/three meals you'd be fine, especially if you workout early. Fruit is processed in the liver. Remember, it depends on YOUR metabolism, how hard -you- workout, how many carbs you eat overall and how often you cheat. Fruit contributes a variety of vitamins/minerals/antioxidants. It really isn't a cheat. Eat up, buttercup Whole grains and natural complex carbs such as long grain brown rice and oats are essential for well being and fuel.

Yeah, eat your fruit and you'll get a body like StellarTiggy's If that's what you're after

 

[azul]

I hope that's a compliment

Damn straight it is Oh, and a pun, too...

 

[anthrax]

Huh? Isn't that the whole idea behind 'breaking the fast'?

Of course, eating carbs will replenish your glycogen stores, but my question was why do you want it for ?

Because you're doing a lifting workout soon after ?
Because you're doing some cardio ?
Because you're afraid of catabolism ?

 

[The Red Dragon]

the "average" human holds 100 g of liver glycogen

only time you can intake fructose without it giving you a huge hit

the whole point of breaking the fast is to surge your insulin so that cortisol and catacholamine levels go down (they eat up muscle - esp cortisol)

 

[|D_J^B_J|]

I train in the evening, so my priority at the breakfast table is to prevent catabolism and ensure cortisol levels go down.

Does this mean that we should be having at least 100g of carbs for breakfast with some being simple (fructose, dairy) but most being complex?

If so, how much over the 100g would one have to eat before they are at risk of storing BF?

 

[The Red Dragon]

You have to keep in mind that the muscles and fat cells will have their stab at the nutrients too. But once the liver glycogen fills up, and the muscle glycogen... - although you can't calculate this

Fructose will not enter muscle tissue, it is also insulin independent , the liver just gobbles it up

Eat low glycemic carbs and try to stick to glucose if you can , fructose should only come from fruits (and you should be eating fruits for its antioxidant and phytonutrient content)