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Message: <blockquote data-quote="paragliderpete" data-source="post: 285660" data-attributes="member: 44451">Hi All. Pick up from a number of threads, that some of you are having problems with this condition, and it has got me thinking that some of my strange blood glucose reading could be as a result of this.My understanding is that Gluconeogenesis is the transformation of amino acids in the blood stream, by the liver and to a lesser extent by the kidneys and intestines. The source of the amino acids being dietry protien or from muscles and vital organs if you do not maintain sufficient  intake of dietry protien.I maintain at least 1g of protien for every 1kg of my ideal wgt. which for me is a minimum of 90g of protien per day. However I use this as a minimum to prevent muscle loss , because of my very low carb diet. ( I had a lot of muscle loss in the early days because of this ) In reality I  have considerably more protein per day than this. I suspect nearer 180g per day. I don't monitor this at the moment.My understanding is that Gluconeogenesis takes place when blood sugars drop low. although I've never been able to establish what they consider low . I've always assumed that provided my blood sugar remains above 3.4 to 4 mmol (normal) then Gluconeogenesis would not take place. Indeed I though that the only affect if it did, would be elevated blood sugars. although not exessive.Should I be more concerned about my total protien intake. and how much of a problem is Gluconeogenesis over and above the problem of muscle wasteing, and elevating blood sugars</blockquote>

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