How many grams turn into glucose?

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(Ovidiu Drobotă) #1

Hi.

I eat one meal a day.

I would like to know, how many grams of protein are allowed on a ketogenic diet, specifically OMAD?

From what I know, too much protein can kick you out of ketosis.

What are your thoughts on this?

(bulkbiker) #2

Its rubbish is my opinion… especially for someone youngish and not metabolically challenged unless you are a T1 diabetic.

(Ovidiu Drobotă) #3

Okay. I understand your point.

So I should eat more protein then, right?

(Cancer Fighting Ketovore :)) #4

We can’t say you should eat more without knowing how much you are eating now, and how active your lifestyle is (if you are weight lifting, etc).

(Ovidiu Drobotă) #5

I am jogging four times a week (20 minutes at a time) and I do pushups.

I eat about 500 grams of meat every single day. Is that too much?

(Robert C) #6

500 grams of meat is going to yield something like 120 to 150 grams of protein.
1 to 1.5 grams of protein per kilogram of bodyweight is recommended around here usually.
A little running and some pushups are not a reason to really go up to or pass the high end on that formula.
As far as I know, protein to glucose conversion is demand driven - so eating more will not drive you out of ketosis.
You won’t overproduce glucose - just convert enough to cover your body’s needs (which I think it will do with either dietary protein or protein from your body).
But, if you want to further ensure you are in ketosis (and are interested in weight loss) - pick fattier meat to up your fat grams and lower your protein grams a bit.

#7

I chuckle (and sometimes rant) when people call keto a high protein or high fat diet. I eat far fewer carbs and fewer proteins and fewer fats now than I did before keto.

Ketosis is driven by carb restriction.

GNG (Gluconeogenesis), the process by which the body can convert protein into glucose, is a demand-driven one, not supply-driven one. So too much protein is not a practical concern.

And, BTW, the body can also create glucose from fats.

You should eat an adequate amount of proteins. Better too many than too few. Keep in mind that your protein needs are based on lean body mass, and not defined as a percentage of caloric intake.

(Bob M) #8

The amount of protein you need to eat will never be known. Many times, I eat more protein in a single meal than you’re eating in one day. So, I wouldn’t be concerned. Just eat real food and let the values fall where they fall.