How to Use glycogen in a Sentence

glycogen

noun
  • Your muscles will have enough glycogen to power you through.
    — Laurel Leicht, Health, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The fasted cardio will help burn fat since there is no glycogen in the liver.
    — Alex Aronson, Redbook, 31 Oct. 2019
  • When consumed in excess, it is stored in the body as glycogen for later use.
    — Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Your body binds every 1 gram (g) of glycogen to at least 3 g of water.
    — Sarah Bence, Verywell Health, 12 May 2025
  • Muscles store enough glycogen to fuel about a 60-minute run.
    — Laurel Leicht, Health, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Our bodies then turn to the glucose stored in our muscles as glycogen for fuel.
    — Good Housekeeping, 23 Jan. 2018
  • This helps replenish glycogen stores and gives you energy for the rest of your day.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 16 Dec. 2022
  • So tissues then must rely on fuel sources already in the body, which are the glycogen and fat.
    — Mckale Montgomery, The Conversation, 19 May 2022
  • Cells with this mutation lost much of their ability to make glycogen.
    — Viviane Callier, Scientific American, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Your body breaks down glycogen in your liver within the first 24 hours of fasting.
    — Cynthia Sass, Mph, Health, 24 Mar. 2024
  • Extra sugar can be stored as glycogen or converted to fat.
    — Patty Weasler, Verywell Health, 22 Sep. 2025
  • First, your body may use water stored in your tissues and glycogen reserves in your liver, then from amino acids.
    — Dallas News, 7 Aug. 2022
  • Carbohydrates in food are used to form glucose and glycogen.
    — Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 13 June 2026
  • While this isn’t necessary, the body burns through about half of the glycogen stored in the liver during the overnight hours.
    — Luke Humphrey, Outside Online, 21 Sep. 2020
  • Foods high in carbohydrates help maintain your glycogen stores.
    — Laurel Leicht, Health, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Depleting glycogen and shedding water weight shifts the number on the scale.
    — Cynthia Sass, Health.com, 21 June 2019
  • If someone consumes more sugar than is needed, it is stored in the liver and muscles as glycogen.
    — Patty Weasler, Verywell Health, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Your muscles are depleted of glycogen and need to be replenished.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 16 Nov. 2022
  • But getting something in your stomach is important to preserve the glycogen in your body longer.
    — New York Times, 16 Jan. 2022
  • When glycogen is gone, attention is turned to breaking down your muscles to supply glucose for your brain.
    — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 4 Jan. 2024
  • The body turns to glycogen—carbohydrates that are stored in the liver and muscles—for fuel.
    — SELF, 7 Nov. 2018
  • The study suggests that glycogen may play a more expansive role in the brain than previously thought.
    — Isabella Backman, Hartford Courant, 12 June 2026
  • Sleep also restores glycogen, a critical fuel source for brain cells.
    — Joanna Fong-Isariyawongse, The Conversation, 23 Jan. 2026
  • This usually comes in the form of carbohydrates, such as glycogen in the muscles.
    — Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Our muscles and liver store glucose in the form of glycogen, and that is the body and brain’s preferred source of energy.
    — Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 11 Feb. 2026
  • As for Grandma, her aging cells might be slow to use the calories at all, storing them instead as glycogen or fat.
    — Herman Pontzer, Scientific American, 12 Dec. 2022
  • The light breast meat is muscle powered by glycogen (a carbohydrate) while dark meat in the wings and such is designed to run on fat.
    — Rachel Feltman, Popular Science, 27 Nov. 2019
  • In about 45 minutes of active play, many athletes can deplete their reserves of glycogen.
    — Mari A. Schaefer, Philly.com, 23 Apr. 2018
  • Keto diets can drop the body’s level of glycogen, a form of the cellular fuel glucose.
    — Mark Barna, Discover Magazine, 4 July 2018
  • Between bouts of exercise, your body needs to replenish its glycogen to prepare you for your next workout.
    — Lizzy Briskin, chicagotribune.com, 20 Feb. 2021

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