Re: poor proteic nutrition (was to Deanna ...)

[Guest guest]

> José ,

> >

> Isn't the " poor proteic nutrition " dependent on the amount of

protein

> and fat consumed at the low carb meal, and the metabolism of the

eater?

> Granted the celery will add nothing measurable in terms of carbs.

> However, I think the *real* question is how much protein is

converted to

> glucose? If I eat meat and no carbs, then how much is protein is

> converted to glucose in a given meal of 600 kcalories? I do not

think

> it is very much generally. It is a big jump to say all of the

maladies

> listed above come from eating a low carb diet, which seems to be

> implied. Of course, a few days of tiredness can occur when the

body

> switches from sugar burning to fat burning ketogenic diets.

(Exercise

> type and amount does factor prominently, but we have avoided much

> discussion of it.) I do not think that one meal consumed is that

> telling of overall health, do you? Finally, I find ketones missing

in

> the discussion above as well.

>

> " Many scientists are of the opinion that you need glucose for

fuel.

> That statement is only partially true. Ketones provide the

exception.

> They are derived from fat when lipolysis is occurring, and are the

other

> source of fuel that energizes our cells and powers our brain and

other

> vital organs. Ketones fuel the body in lipolysis just as glucose

fuels

> the body in glucosis - my term for carbohydrate metabolism.

Glucose and

> ketones are the only two fuels that come from food. (Alcohol is a

third

> fuel.) " ~ from _Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution_

>

> BTW, according to the late Dr. Atkins, the word protein in the

original

> Greek means " of first importance. " I include this tid bit for your

> linguistic enjoyment.

>

> How is the weather for you, now that the winter solstice draws near?

>

> Om Shanti,

> Deanna

>

Hi Deanna:

I already knew that protein meant " of primary importance " . Thanks

anyway.

Well, it seems I have run out of things to say. I feel

somewhat " defeated " , but not really sour. Not that I pride myself on

my acquired knowledge, which is not really wisdom, but it is as if I

should now start reviewing my views (this is poor English, isn't

it?). I usually try to cast a comprehensive look at, a bird's eye

view, so to say, over everything, but I realize that there may be

cracks in my " ebony tower " that I was unable to see until recently.

Maybe I will talk to you later on these same issues, but I may be

losing some confidence in what I held to be true, so much I have been

reading here these last days as backwater.

As for the weather, Deanna, it is unusually warm for the period here.

It seems we won't have any cold this winter. Most of the time, during

daytime, it is around 25 C, which is the same as 80 F. What about you

in Texas?

Good night,

José

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