Does the 58% value depend on the percent of protein in your diet?
Would 58% be converted regardless if your diet were 15% protein, 35%
protein or 50% protein?
Or does it depend on the grams of protein needed to maintain your
physical status vs. your intake/assimilation?

Mike

>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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