Thu, Jan-26-06, 13:21
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Originally Posted by Rheneas
First, your cells burn glucose, not carbs, so she's wrong right off the bat there. Second, the majority of the cells in the body function just fine on ketones instead of glucose
Glucose is the most basic form of carbohydrate so that part ofyour statement is actually inaccurate here. All carbohydrates break down into the simplest form which is glucose which is what the cells use for fuel, but you are quite right in that cells also function very well on ketones. It is like converting a car from petrol (carbs) to diesel (ketones) it runs more efficiently but if you put petrol back in it you are royally screwed.
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The statement was not innacurate. Lisa N was trying to illustrate that there is no real requirement for carbohydrate, since we are capable of synthesizing our own glucose just fine. I'm sure she is well aware that glucose is a form of carbohydrate.
People falsely state the body has a minimum requirement for carbohydrate, because they are incorrectly believing carbohydrate is the only (or "best" defined as "natural healthiest") source of blood glucose.
In fact, depending on carbohydrate for ALL our glucose is not a good idea, since the body is designed to make it's own sugar. Depending on dietary sugar (carbohydrate) leads to hyperinsulinemia and metabolic disease in those susceptable.
It's like if someone said you needed to eat meat to get protein. This statement would be inaccurate. While meat supplies a lot of amino acids and is the best source of protein around, it is not essential to eat meat to avoid protein deficiency. There are other sources of amino acids and one never need to eat a piece of meat to survive. In fact some people have tollerance & allergy issues with some/all meat products which make avoiding it in quantity a good idea for them. Same deal for us and carbs.
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