Sat, Jan-10-04, 17:02
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Plan: Bernstein Diabetes Soluti
Stats: 260/-/145
BF:
Progress: 63%
Location: Michigan
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Dr Crowe said the heart and brain preferred to run on carbohydrates and if you cut down on them, the body would use alternative fuel generated by fats. "It's like your body runs on premium (fuel) but you have to run it on diesel," he said.
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Personally, I think he's got this backwards. During mankind's developmental history, we spent the vast majority of our time running our brains on ketones and protein (not carbs) is credited with our developing larger brains.
Our bodies are lazy when it comes down to it and will take the easiest way out whenever possible. In other words, the brain seems to prefer glucose for fuel simply because it is the easiest source to get, but when only ketone bodies are available it will just as happily use those without any impairment in fuction once the body adjusts to the new fuel source.
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A recent Federal Government report showed the resurgence of low-carb diets, together with more Australians skipping breakfast, could impede the growth of the baking industry.
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Oops! Anybody but me think that this just may be the whole motivation behind this article??? |