Rob Bartlett wrote:

>| Also, the body can make carbohydrate from protein --
>| perhaps after an initial period of adjustment, the body becomes more
>| efficient at this.
>
>Adrienne,
>
>Can you elaborate on this further?
>
>Do you mean that the body can liberate glucose from protein (both dietary
>and body stores)?  Before it does this, however, wouldn't glycogen in the
>liver and muscles, and fat stores release/convert their glucose storess
>
>

About 58% of the protein you eat is converted to glucose, via a
metabolic process called gluconeogenesis.  This is an average, since the
exact percentage depends on the amino acid composition of the protein;
only certain amino acids are involved.  This, incidentally, is why a
meal of just meat/fat and no carbs at all will still raise your
postprandial BG.

Todd Moody
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