Hamster cycle depends on Krebs cycle

adiradirim · 2014-07-02T21:54:49+00:00

Carbohydrates are literally the only way your brain gets energy.

Someone point this bitch to /r/keto

Algermas · 2014-07-02T22:20:44+00:00

Meanwhile, men just eat a burger when they want to without feeling the need to rant about fantastic it is to be a fat pig.

stemgang · 2014-07-03T03:37:30+00:00

Next step in her cognitive dissonance: "I am fat but I don't understand why men don't find me attractive."

swolebird · 2014-07-03T05:19:15+00:00

And fuck you. I like being fat.

And I'm going to use the entire rest of my rant to try to rationalize that statement. Even though underlying most of what I write is my unhappiness with being fat.

mr_throwz · 2014-07-02T22:44:16+00:00

She tells you to look up protein and fat metabolism. Well I don't have to because I already know:

Ingested protein is broken down into it's constituent amino acids and then those amino acids are added to the "amino acid pool", ie, the blood and lymphatic system. As the body needs amino acids for growth and repair, it draws them from the circulatory system. Amino acids which are not used by the body for growth and repair are either excreted or......... converted into glucose (a carbohydrate) via a process known as gluconeogenesis.

Fat that is ingested is broken down into smaller lipid molecules and absorbed into the bloodstream where it is either used for growth and repair (ie hormones) or.... converted into glucose (a carbohydrate) via a process known as gluconeogenesis.

Glucose is then burned by the body as fuel. Glucose in excess of caloric needs is then converted either into glycogen (via glycogenesis) and stored in the liver and skeletal muscle, or...... turned into fat and stored. (So yes, you can eat too much protein and gain fat from it for all you bodybuilders out there).

Fat can be converted into glucose and glucose can be converted into fat. The two are interchangeable metabolically. Protein, however, can only be converted into glucose - the body cannot synthesize protein from glucose (as far as I'm aware).

The brain only runs on one carbohydrate btw: Glucose. The brain can also run to an extant on ethyl alcohol, but this is a pathological state and not the biological norm.

Title	Hamster cycle depends on Krebs cycle
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Date	July 2, 2014 8:05 PM UTC (12 years ago)
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