Does your body vary the utilization of nutrients depending on the type of physical activity?
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Depending on the type of physical activity, sport and stress different muscle fibers and energy sources are used.
In general we can say that:
- In rest conditions 87% of energy comes from fat and 13% from the sugars.
- During an exercise of medium intensity and / or medium duration the energy is supplied for the 50% from fats and 50% from sugars
- During a very high intensity exercise and short duration the energy is supplied almost entirely from glycogen (approximately 100%)
- During prolonged exercise and high intensity 70% of the energy comes from fat and 30% from the sugars.