Re:Type 2 Diabetes and cardiovascular disease attributable t...
by Supermancho on Wednesday January 08, 2025 @10:26AM
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They also had carbohydrates in their diet. Meat naturally contains carbs. Pretending that the human body is misunderstood and that it worked very differently is a common pitfall of these discussions. Largely it was the same, with the amounts differing.
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Re:Type 2 Diabetes and cardiovascular disease attributable t...
by hollerith on Wednesday January 08, 2025 @02:22PM
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Meat contains only insignificant amounts of carbs. The human body can convert protein to carbs (glucose specifically) but the rate at which it can do it is limited, and my guess is that if it can't burn glucose, a metabolically-healthy body will burn fat (rather than glucose made from protein) until the diet has been quite deficient in calories for at least 3 days.