Re: Why are sunflower seeds okay to eat if they have grams of sugar in them?
fats and proteins are converted into glucose when you are on a low carb diet. Please do some research before you said something like that.
http://books.google.es/books?id=0FNJYWSm74IC&pg=PA13&lpg=PA13&dq=%22if+your+d...
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An Efficient Metabolizer. The liver metabolizes not only fats but also carbohydrates and proteins for use in your body. The organ has a triple role in carbohydrate metabolism. First, it converts glucose, fructose, and galactose in glycogen, which it stores. Second, when your blood
Sugar level drops and no new carbohydrates are available, the liver converts stored glycogen into glucose and releases it into your bloodstream. Third, if your diet is regularly low in carbohydrates, the liver will convert fat or protein into glucose to maintain your blood
Sugar levels.
THIRD, IF YOUR DIET IS REGULARLY LOW IN CARBOHYDRATES, THE LIVER WILL CONVERT FAT OR PROTEIN INTO GLUCOSE TO MAINTAIN YOUR BLOOD
Sugar LEVELS.
http://www.lifescan.co.uk/Encyclobetes/Article/SomeBackground/GlucoseIntoBloo...
"During a meal and for the following two to three hours, the carbohydrates in your food will be used to fuel your cells and body. After this, the carbohydrate part of the meal is used up and your blood glucose level starts to drop. Your liver then converts its glycogen stores back into glucose and sends it into your bloodstream. If you haven’t eaten for a long time and your glycogen stores have run out, your body converts its fat and protein stores into glucose. This process is called “gluconeogenesis”."
IF YOU HAVENT EATEN FOR A LONG TIME AND YOUR GLYCOGEN STORES HAVE RUN OUT, YOUR BODY CONVERTS ITS FAT AND PROTEIN STORES INTO GLUCOSE. THIS PROCESS IS CALLED "GLUCONEOGENESIS"
http://www.isletmedical.com/pages/define_diabphys.htm
"Glucose is the main fuel in the human body. Every cell uses glucose for energy, and some organs such as the brain rely exclusively on glucose for their metabolism"
THE BRAIN RELY "EXCLUSIVELY" ON GLUCOSE FOR THEIR METABOLISM.
The muscles can also convert fat into fuel, but this is a slower process. In an extended fast the muscles lyse their protein into amino acids, and the amino acids are taken up by the liver and partially converted to glucose. Thus, in starvation, the body breaks down muscle to make glucose to feed the brain, which can only use glucose as fuel.
IN STARVATION, THE BODY BREAKS DOWN MUSCLE TO MAKE GLUCOSE TO FEED THE BRAIN, WICH CAN ONLY USE GLUCOSE AS FUEL.
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Muscle protein is converted to amino acids and transported to the liver for conversion to glucose.
You need glucose not matter if you eat it our if your body converts it from fat or proteins. But be aware that this process is much harder for the body and also generates some toxins... low carb? ok, but no SO low...