Liver vs. brain: who consumes more energy?
Did you know that at rest, the liver consumes 27% of all the energy produced by the body, more than the brain (at rest it expends about 20% of all energy, at times when we need to focus and turn on our heads, the brain's energy consumption increases to 21%)? A huge amount of energy goes into detoxifying harmful substances from the gut.
The symptoms that arise from a lack of energy are extremely unpleasant:
- stress
- anxiety
- fatigue
The foods we consume for quick energy - coffee, sugar, sweeteners, alcohol. In fact, these foods only mask these symptoms by making us feel better instantly - “Short term gain and long term pain”. Artificial sweeteners are just as harmful because our bodies are very smart: if something tastes sweet in our mouths, to them it heralds a spike in blood sugar and a series of hormonal reactions, including the release of insulin.
That is, if you eat something sweet, the body, expecting a spike in blood sugar, will initiate a release of insulin, which will lower blood sugar and mediate a decrease in mitochondrial activity, which leads to decreased energy, slowed organ function, and aging. In other words, all of these things, admirable in the short term, turn out to be tragic in the long term.
That is, if you eat something sweet, the body, expecting a spike in blood sugar, will initiate a release of insulin, which will lower blood sugar and mediate a decrease in mitochondrial activity, which leads to decreased energy, slowed organ function, and aging. In other words, all of these things, admirable in the short term, turn out to be tragic in the long term.
24 FEBRUARY/ 2024
Author: Ludmila Sukach