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<blockquote data-quote="LittleGreyCat" data-source="post: 1709698" data-attributes="member: 6467"><p>I don't think that it is quite as simple as that (nothing ever is).</p><p></p><p>You have 2400 kcals of glucose stored.</p><p>You start to burn through that, but your body also burns some fat.</p><p>Burning triglycerides frees off some glycerin which is turned into glucose.</p><p>Your body also generates some glucose from protein (your own muscles if nothing else is available),</p><p>So your body doesn't go 100% glucose -> BANG -> 100% fat.</p><p>As far as I know you are never 100% glucose.</p><p></p><p>If you are running on glucose and just stop eating your body is usually not very happy and does all sorts of strange things including breaking down the muscles to try and cope with the emergency. It tries to hang on to the glucose because the brain and the blood need some.</p><p></p><p>So by day 2 you haven't used all your stored glucose, and you aren't running on 100% fat. You probably aren't burning 2,400 kcals either because your body will be in panic mode. You will probably feel like **** and have low energy levels.</p><p></p><p>Starvation can force you into fat burning keto mode far quicker than just a gradual change in diet, but it does kick of all sorts of emergency reactions and you aren't likely to feel good or enjoy it very much.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LittleGreyCat, post: 1709698, member: 6467"] I don't think that it is quite as simple as that (nothing ever is). You have 2400 kcals of glucose stored. You start to burn through that, but your body also burns some fat. Burning triglycerides frees off some glycerin which is turned into glucose. Your body also generates some glucose from protein (your own muscles if nothing else is available), So your body doesn't go 100% glucose -> BANG -> 100% fat. As far as I know you are never 100% glucose. If you are running on glucose and just stop eating your body is usually not very happy and does all sorts of strange things including breaking down the muscles to try and cope with the emergency. It tries to hang on to the glucose because the brain and the blood need some. So by day 2 you haven't used all your stored glucose, and you aren't running on 100% fat. You probably aren't burning 2,400 kcals either because your body will be in panic mode. You will probably feel like **** and have low energy levels. Starvation can force you into fat burning keto mode far quicker than just a gradual change in diet, but it does kick of all sorts of emergency reactions and you aren't likely to feel good or enjoy it very much. [/QUOTE]
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