Originally Posted by
GregTR
How long is your commute? Generally you born about 35-45 calories per mile. Unless you go the distance at a legitimate effort I can't imagine getting too starved on a ride. Plus you have probably close to 1,500 calories worth of glycogen stores and practically infinite amount of fat stores. Just sayin'
This is physiologically incorrect, just sayin'. The hormone pathways that control feelings of hunger are not based primarily on glycogen stores - not really sure what the unlimited fat store comment is based on? Adipostat theory? - they are largely controlled by your eating habits, which are learned by the higher brain centers that control nearly all other hormone pathways in a top-down fashion. Besides, exercise - even just at a moderate level - lowers blood glucose levels through ATP-driven glucose transport into muscle cells; regardless of how high your glycogen stores are, there is always a blood-glucose deficit because the glycolysis pathways are not activated until the body senses that the blood levels are low, at which point the production of glucose from stores has a delay, and continues after exercise ceases.