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<blockquote data-quote="Dr H" data-source="post: 88310" data-attributes="member: 20720"><p>Of course low-carbing makes perfect sense to you because you're a low-carb evangelist.</p><p></p><p>But it seems that you're forgetting that you run on carbohydrates. Plus, you're also forgetting that glucose can be converted into glycogen which is the body's storage molecule.</p><p></p><p>The body doesn't work properly when you use anything other than carbohydrates. And I'm not going to go into the nitty gritty, because trying to change your opinion would be useless, so I'll leave it at this.</p><p></p><p>Lack of carbs=lack of glucose=less respiration=less energy=less mitochondria=(if in the brain) more aggregations (build up of dead matter in the neurons)=a speedy descent to various neurodegenerative diseases.</p><p></p><p>Also, this is not a theory, it is accepted scientific fact. Loss of brain mitochondria has been directly linked with certain degenerative diseases: Huntington's is sped up by it, as is Parkinson's, Alzeimer's may be caused by it. Then again, since we lose brain mitochondria as we age anyway, maybe we're all actually going down this road.</p><p></p><p>Also, the mountains of evidence against low-carbing seem to scream to me 'maybe I shouldn't put down my bowl of pasta... just yet'.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dr H, post: 88310, member: 20720"] Of course low-carbing makes perfect sense to you because you're a low-carb evangelist. But it seems that you're forgetting that you run on carbohydrates. Plus, you're also forgetting that glucose can be converted into glycogen which is the body's storage molecule. The body doesn't work properly when you use anything other than carbohydrates. And I'm not going to go into the nitty gritty, because trying to change your opinion would be useless, so I'll leave it at this. Lack of carbs=lack of glucose=less respiration=less energy=less mitochondria=(if in the brain) more aggregations (build up of dead matter in the neurons)=a speedy descent to various neurodegenerative diseases. Also, this is not a theory, it is accepted scientific fact. Loss of brain mitochondria has been directly linked with certain degenerative diseases: Huntington's is sped up by it, as is Parkinson's, Alzeimer's may be caused by it. Then again, since we lose brain mitochondria as we age anyway, maybe we're all actually going down this road. Also, the mountains of evidence against low-carbing seem to scream to me 'maybe I shouldn't put down my bowl of pasta... just yet'. [/QUOTE]
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