Tue, Feb-03-04, 10:52
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Posts: 387
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 270/225/145
BF:
Progress: 36%
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Thanks for the link, StarOrchid!
I found this part VERY interesting--
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As Lee Rodgers, proprietor of Low Carb Retreat explains, it is only true that Glycerine does not raise blood sugar when people are not low carbing . Rogers states:
When liver glycogen is full, glycerol is converted to fat.
When liver glycogen is empty, glycerol is converted to glucose.
And sometimes just goes right through without doing anything
In short, if you are in ketosis (having emptied your liver of glycogen, its stored carbs) glycerine is likely to turn into blood sugar, and then, of course, it raises insulin, defeating mechanism by which low carb weight loss take places.
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