When I was on it, I tried to find a list of pyruvate content of various
foods. Mostly in the interest of breaking the monotony of it. Anybody
know where to find such a beast?

On May 13, 2004, at 5:42 PM, Elizabeth Miller wrote:

> Does anyone know if all the fruits and veggies on the SLD are
> particularly high in pyruvate? Would the SLD work as well if one just
> took a pyruvate supplement? Does taking pyruvate directly raise blood
> glucose or insulin? In other words is it possible to get the end result
> of glycolysis without the worrisome blood sugar and insulin issues? I
> mean we were always taught that fats burn best in the presence of
> carbohyrates -- but really it's not the carbos that matter, it's the
> substrate availability of pyruvate!
>
> Liz
>
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