LPL is a fat storage hormone that’s your body produces when it goes through a stage without nutrition for more then 3 hours. You see, the best way to keep our bodies running in top form is to have smaller healthier sources of nutrition every two through three hours equaling up close to six meals a day. This is a fact!

Now when you deprive your body of the important nutrients needed to keep everything running in the most efficient manner possible, your body sends signals to your brain informing that your bodies nutritional intake is lacking. Now at the time when this act occur, that’s when your body kicks in your LPL (fat storage hormone) Exactly what this hormone does is store fat on your body to preserve it for energy while at the same period of time, it eats away at the muscle diminishing it for nutrients that your body is  starving for. So in reality you are getting hit with a double whammy because your loosing muscle while gaining unwanted fat all at the same time. So be sure to have proper nutrition intake!

Tags: Lipoprotein lipase, LPL

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