Fri, Apr-22-16, 18:59
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Senior Member
Posts: 8,006
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 189/148.6/145
BF:36%/28%/25%
Progress: 92%
Location: Twin Cities, MN
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Rainy, it's called gluconeogenesis. Basically: creating new sugar.
The liver does it with proteins, to give the body the carbs it does need.
There is NOT a consensus, though on what that number is. The brain needs some, but mostly, it needs fat, and we tend to NOT give it enough of that, based on the nonsense we've been told is good nutritional advice since the Ancel Keys day.
If you get enough fat, the body will use it, and then your body fat, for energy, because the low carb levels lower the insulin levels, and the fat cells can then release fat. The primary purpose of insulin is to maintain the fat reserves by allowing for triglycerides to be made, and preventing them from leaving the fat cells to be broken down for energy.
Actually--see that "glyceride" in triglyceride? That is sugar. So, when the fat from the fat cells is released, it, too, gives some carbs back to the system.
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