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Macro partitioning
Chronic carbohydrate overload combined with a sedentary lifestyle causes redox dysregulation, contributing to metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes.
If you are sedentary, eating large amounts of carbohydrates can disrupt your body's antioxidant balance and increase the risk of metabolic syndrome. Reducing carbohydrate intake or increasing physical activity may help mitigate this risk.
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A sedentary lifestyle plus an abundance of carbohydrates in food lead to an imbalance of nutritional consumption and actual metabolic needs; therefore, redox dysregulation contributes to metabolic syndrome and diabetes type 2...
Why this rating
Based on epidemiological cohort studies and reviews cited.
Source
Glucose as a Major Antioxidant: When, What for and Why It Fails?
Andriy Cherkas et al. · Antioxidants · 2020
DOI 10.3390/antiox9020140
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