Lesson 3 How Our Body Works
Timing is Everything
Welcome back to Today’s Health. Today we’re going to be talking ____ exercise.
Dr. Victoria ____ is here, and she is going to share some useful tips.
So, Dr. Hill, let’s start with a question about my experience last ____.
I worked out ____ after dinner and got a stomachache. Why did that happen?
Well, the problem is that you exercised too ____ after eating.
This can cause various ____ issues.
When you eat, blood rushes to the digestive system to help break ____ the food and absorb its nutrients.
But when you start to exercise, blood moves from the digestive system to your ____.
This happens in order to supply your ____ with the oxygen and nutrients they require.
As a ____, the digestion process is paused until the blood returns.
So, whether ____ lifting weights or going for a jog, you shouldn’t do it with a stomach full of food.
I see. That makes sense. So, does that mean I should exercise on an empty ____?
No, it doesn’t. That can ____ be harmful and unpleasant.
This is because the body needs energy to ____.
The fuel that ____ this energy is glycogen.
____ in the food we eat are broken down into a kind of sugar called glucose.
When this ____ is stored in parts of the body, such as the muscles and the liver, it is called glycogen.
This is why exercising on a completely empty stomach—such as when you ____ wake up in the morning—can be such a challenge.
Your blood sugar levels are low, and ____ don’t have enough glycogen stored in your body.
If you exercise on an empty stomach, you will most likely lack ____ and feel unusually tired.
There can also be more ____ outcomes.
Some people end up suffering from nausea and headaches, and ____ even faint.
This is because intense exercise uses up ____ the glycogen in your muscles.
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So, is it the loss of glycogen that causes us to have low ____ of energy?
That’s correct. For this reason, doctors recommend that people eat food containing carbohydrates ____ thirty minutes after working out.
This ____ the muscle glycogen you have lost.
Basically, you ____ between one and one and a half grams of carbohydrates for every kilogram you weigh.
Let’s do the math. If you ____ 60 kilograms, you should try to consume between 60 and 90 grams of carbohydrates after you exercise.
This is equal to about ____ bowl of white rice or three bananas.
That’s very interesting. But what about ____ before we exercise?
Can ____ explain how long we should wait after eating?
Well, as I said ____, exercising right after you eat will cause feelings of discomfort.
But, if you wait too long to exercise after eating, you’ll suffer from a ____ of energy.
The best time to eat before you exercise varies from one to ____ hours.
Basically, it depends on several ____ such as the type and amount of food as well as body size, age, and gender.
The type of exercise also ____.
For extremely active exercise like cycling, I suggest that you ____ between one and a half and three hours after eating a moderate-sized meal.
But for something more casual, such as golfing, waiting for one hour after a meal should be ____.
Clearly, you can wait less after eating a ____.
Thank ____ very much for this fascinating information, Dr. Hill.
I’m sure it ____ be very helpful for all of our viewers.