How to Use glycogen in a Sentence

glycogen

noun

• While this isn’t necessary, the body burns through about half of the glycogen stored in the liver during the overnight hours.
  — Luke Humphrey, Outside Online, 21 Sep. 2020
• The fasted cardio will help burn fat since there is no glycogen in the liver.
  — Alex Aronson, Redbook, 31 Oct. 2019
• So tissues then must rely on fuel sources already in the body, which are the glycogen and fat.
  — Mckale Montgomery, The Conversation, 19 May 2022
• This helps replenish glycogen stores and gives you energy for the rest of your day.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 16 Dec. 2022
• Our bodies then turn to the glucose stored in our muscles as glycogen for fuel.
  — Good Housekeeping, 23 Jan. 2018
• For most people, start to fuel 30 to 45 minutes into the run to get a head start on your glycogen storage.
  — Laura Schwecherl, SELF, 6 Oct. 2018
• The body turns to glycogen—carbohydrates that are stored in the liver and muscles—for fuel.
  — SELF, 7 Nov. 2018
• The purpose of a pre-run snack or meal is to top off your glycogen (stored carbohydrate) stores to power through your run.
  — Sarah Schlichter, Outside Online, 16 Aug. 2021
• First, your body may use water stored in your tissues and glycogen reserves in your liver, then from amino acids.
  — Dallas News, 7 Aug. 2022
• The light breast meat is muscle powered by glycogen (a carbohydrate) while dark meat in the wings and such is designed to run on fat.
  — Rachel Feltman, Popular Science, 27 Nov. 2019
• Depleting glycogen and shedding water weight shifts the number on the scale.
  — Cynthia Sass, Health.com, 21 June 2019
• As for Grandma, her aging cells might be slow to use the calories at all, storing them instead as glycogen or fat.
  — Herman Pontzer, Scientific American, 12 Dec. 2022
• In humans, fasting for 12 hours or more drops the levels of glycogen, a form of cellular glucose.
  — Mark Barna, Discover Magazine, 24 Sep. 2018
• Cells with this mutation lost much of their ability to make glycogen.
  — Viviane Callier, Scientific American, 24 Feb. 2023
• But getting something in your stomach is important to preserve the glycogen in your body longer.
  — New York Times, 16 Jan. 2022
• Keto diets can drop the body’s level of glycogen, a form of the cellular fuel glucose.
  — Mark Barna, Discover Magazine, 4 July 2018
• Once the glycogen is converted back into glucose, the glucose travels through the bloodstream to the cells in the brain, muscles, and other organs.
  — James Robinson, Discover Magazine, 20 Oct. 2022
• In about 45 minutes of active play, many athletes can deplete their reserves of glycogen.
  — Mari A. Schaefer, Philly.com, 23 Apr. 2018
• Each gram of glycogen contains about three grams of water, meaning that a plate of pasta will store extra water in your tissues.
  — Melissa Matthews, Men's Health, 16 Nov. 2022
• When glycogen is gone, attention is turned to breaking down your muscles to supply glucose for your brain.
  — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 4 Jan. 2024
• Your muscles are depleted of glycogen and need to be replenished.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 16 Nov. 2022
• Backus has glycogen storage disease, which requires him to be fed through a port every three hours in order to keep his blood sugar at safe levels and avoid seizures, or worse.
  — Mike Anthony, courant.com, 9 May 2018
• Carbohydrates, which are stored in your muscles and liver as glycogen, require water — a lot of it.
  — Diana Vilibert, Redbook, 12 Jan. 2017
• That glycogen window is where your muscles and your body are primed to absorb the maximum amount of carbohydrates.
  — New York Times, 16 Jan. 2022
• Between bouts of exercise, your body needs to replenish its glycogen to prepare you for your next workout.
  — Lizzy Briskin, chicagotribune.com, 20 Feb. 2021
• Such brain training might also increase the amount of fuel your brain is able to store, just as exercise leads to an increase in how much glycogen your muscles can store.
  — Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 10 July 2018
• Long, steady-state exercise uses more glycogen than the short, heavy bursts of power from sprinting, for example.
  — Lizzy Briskin, chicagotribune.com, 20 Feb. 2021
• And those glycogen stores do need to be replenished, ideally before the next demanding run.
  — Malissa Rodenburg, Outside Online, 29 Sep. 2022
• Because most people have enough stored glycogen for about 90 minutes of activity, there's no need to overdo it.
  — Jeremy Fuchs, SI.com, 17 July 2017
• The body's glycogen stores are a form of glucose stored in one's muscles and liver tissue that the body uses after more readily available glucose has been depleted during exercise.
  — USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 28 Aug 2024