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TFM often seems to endorse a low carbohydrate diet for weight loss

There is a minimum amount of carbohydrate needed for brain function. Go below that and your body starts destroying it's own protein to produce carbohydrate.

Any exercise above a certain intensity for a certain amount of time or longer requires carbohydrate fuel and in the absence of carbohydrate in your diet results in your body destroying it's own protein to produce carbohydrate or inability to exercise at that intensity

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@shortstories That is not true. The brain can comfortably consume ketone bodies after an adjustment period. In the meantime, excess amino acids can be converted to glucose. If you train regularly you should be able to consume the carbs without depositing them.

@mrhorsetwat

What does it mean to consume carbs without depositing them?

Normally carbohydrates transform into glycogen which your body uses for long duration high intensity exercise

Excess carbohydrates that do not turn into glycogen and are not used for metabolism are converted into fat

I do not know what you mean by deposit them or why you would want to avoid depositing carbs.

By depositing do you mean converting into fat, converting into glycogen or something else that I do not know?

@mrhorsetwat

You can lose muscle and still gain strength because you lost weight and because of nerve firing adaptations

I should have talked about a no carbohydrate diet.

I would estimate if you eat 700 Carbohydrate Calories that is enough if you are sedentary to reduce protein breakdown

If you exercise you need a little more carbohydrate to prevent protein breakdown

If you go under a certain amount you will break down more protein but can still gain strength due to weight loss and nerves

@shortstories @mrhorsetwat
Normally your body is in carb dependent state if you eat carbs after you stop your body will turn to fat adapted state.

Everybody has glucose in body if they eat sugar they have stored for 1-3 days after this your body will change to fat burning state where is fat used as fuel.

Nutrient pools
Glycogen 12-24 hours
Fat 1-12 months
Protein weeks

Look on this video where Dr. Sten Ekberg explain it more.

youtu.be/HWSI3xXV3fc?si=_6WbjZ

@Stahesh @mrhorsetwat

With no carbohydrate store left on a no carbohydrate diet

If someone's sedentary brain uses 700 Calories of carbohydrate per day they will need to eat at least 175 extra grams of protein

4 Calories per gram of protein

175 = 700 / 4

18 year old 60 Kg male

If they normally need 48 grams when sedentary they now need at least 223 grams

108 grams when strength training would become at least 283 grams of protein

Else lose muscle

Might harm kidneys

Fat no fuel brain

@shortstories @mrhorsetwat
With carnivore just eat how much you want no need to calculate.

to lose muscle you need to starve jourself for long time.

for brain fuel you have some type of glucose made of protein through Gluconeogenesis

and eating meat will not harm any of your organs. They will do the opposite.

youtu.be/e56gVwMFVPw?si=YIDhu7

youtube.com/live/bVj_kYUM0Sk?s

youtu.be/9RNCh_EmMHo?si=sCoZR8

@Stahesh @mrhorsetwat

For exercise above a certain intensity for longer than a certain duration the body normally uses a process called Anaerobic Glycolysis to produce energy by turning carbohydrates into lactic acid

On a no carbohydrate diet once carbohydrate stores are depleted

Only carbs created from protein breakdown can be used for anaerobic glycolysis

Preventing long term high intensity exercise from being possible in the relative almost complete lack of carbs to convert to lactate

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