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<blockquote data-quote="Yorksman" data-source="post: 468548" data-attributes="member: 55568"><p>That's somewhat misleading because both glucose and fat are processed by the body both from and into other molecules. The production of glucose from the body's existing chemistry, as opposed to digested food sources, is called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gluconeogenesis" target="_blank">Gluconeogenesis</a>, literally, the creation of new glucose. The brain is primarily fuelled by glucose from carbohydrate sources but will function in the absence of carbohydrates in food. How it does this is not fully understood and there are differing hypotheses on the role of the long chain fatty acids involved. Some advocate that the production is from lactate derived from lactic acids.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Yorksman, post: 468548, member: 55568"] That's somewhat misleading because both glucose and fat are processed by the body both from and into other molecules. The production of glucose from the body's existing chemistry, as opposed to digested food sources, is called [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gluconeogenesis']Gluconeogenesis[/URL], literally, the creation of new glucose. The brain is primarily fuelled by glucose from carbohydrate sources but will function in the absence of carbohydrates in food. How it does this is not fully understood and there are differing hypotheses on the role of the long chain fatty acids involved. Some advocate that the production is from lactate derived from lactic acids. [/QUOTE]
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