If we store the Crispy Cream doughnuts. Will they come back out of the stored fat cells as carbs again? To someone stumbling through the Keto, it just seems like it would have to. I am not a scientific person but have learned about and studied this diet, more than anything. It seems like if it could come back as carbs, what would it do to the A1C readings and other measures? If this question has already been answered I apologize for this post!
If you store carbs in your fat cells, will they come back when you start to burn fat for fuel?
Ruina
(Hyperbole- best thing in the universe!)
#2
High levels of sugar in your blood is dangerous. So if you eat more carbs than you need your liver handily converts it into fat so it can be safely stored away on your ass. Handy! When you don’t have sufficient energy in the form of carbs to use your body gets the fat out is storage and uses that as fat energy, not sugar energy. (All carbs become sugar eventually.)
Shortstuff
(Allie)
#3
I’m not scientific either but have heard on podcasts that glucose stored in fat cells is burned as carbs when the fat is used as fuel, which apparently is why some people have high blood glucose while fasting. Not much can be done about it though so don’t worry about it, when it’s gone it’s gone.
Ruina
(Hyperbole- best thing in the universe!)
#6
https://www.livestrong.com/article/264767-how-is-excess-glucose-stored/
According to this glucose is stored in your liver and in your muscles for ready energy. But capacity is limited. Anything over that is converted to and stored as fat. That has always been my understanding. I could be wrong of course, but I feel like I’ve heard Richard say the same thing.
Shortstuff
(Allie)
#7
It was on the podcast that Dr Fung and Megan Ramos did with Jimmy Moore, can’t recall which episode though - I think it’s called Fasting Talk. There’s not many episodes as I recall as they didn’t do it for long.
juice
(Running from stupidity)
#8
That could be a really useful podcast with them given a good host.
ava_ad0re
(Katie the Quiche Scoffing Stick Ninja )
#9
When we eat, our body derives energy from three main sources. Glucose/Carbohydrates, Fat and Protein. Only two of these are stored for later use, glucose and fat - the body can’t store protein, so excess protein that can’t be stored right away is converted to Glucose. Glucose is stored in the liver as glycogen, but the liver’s capacity for storing glycogen is limited. Once glycogen stores are full, excess calories must be stored as body fat. Dietary fat is absorbed directly in the bloodstream without passing through the liver, and what’s not used is stored as body fat. This was one of the reasons why low-fat diets were intially recommended, but the immediate destination of ingested calories is not the main determinant of weight gain.
Greg_Shadle
(Greg Shadle recovering carb-ohalic)
#11
I like the host. I’m grateful for what all they’ve done for us beginners. They’ve put a lot of time in to help educate the masses.