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Type1. Can someone please explain Carbs in Protein and how they work?
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<blockquote data-quote="LittleGreyCat" data-source="post: 1048363" data-attributes="member: 6467"><p>T2 here, but specifically on protein - there is a process called something like Gluconeogenesis which converts protein to glycogen (although very slowly).</p><p></p><p>As an aside, I think that if you start to starve then your body first uses up all the stored glycogen, then starts to convert muscle (protein) into glycogen and if you are still starving it then switches to processing fats and using ketones for fuel. So if you are going to deliberately starve yourself (again talking T2 here) it helps to keep eating a small amount of protein until you go into ketosis to avoid loss of muscle mass.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LittleGreyCat, post: 1048363, member: 6467"] T2 here, but specifically on protein - there is a process called something like Gluconeogenesis which converts protein to glycogen (although very slowly). As an aside, I think that if you start to starve then your body first uses up all the stored glycogen, then starts to convert muscle (protein) into glycogen and if you are still starving it then switches to processing fats and using ketones for fuel. So if you are going to deliberately starve yourself (again talking T2 here) it helps to keep eating a small amount of protein until you go into ketosis to avoid loss of muscle mass. [/QUOTE]
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