AMPK not activated in the fed state

[President Wilson]

AMPK is essentially the cells fuel guage and during energy depleting processes it is activated leading to a shutting down of energy consuming processes such as protein synthesis. STudies generally show an increase in AMPK activation even during resistance exercise. But these studies r usually done in the fasted state.

A recent study however found that AMPK was not increased in activation in a fed state

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19092695?dopt=AbstractPlus

Interesting stuff!

[will-work4andro]

very interesting...unless that fed state is soy

[President Wilson]

very interesting...unless that fed state is soy

ha ha, too true!

[will-work4andro]

do you think endurance exercise done in the fed state would activate AMPK?

[President Wilson]

do you think endurance exercise done in the fed state would activate AMPK?

One thing I know from a study is that rats in a high glycogen state barely activated AMPK(if at all) while those in a low glycogen state activated it big time following swimming. So theoretically I think that very well may be the case