On Tue, 11 Jul 2000, Wally Ballou wrote:

> On Tue, 11 Jul 2000 18:36:05 -0400 Todd Moody <[log in to unmask]>
> writes:
>
> > In Phillip's case, some of the protein he is eating may be
> > converted to fat, but he is then using that fat at an even faster
> > rate, so there is a net loss.
>
> Are you sure about that?

No.

> Wouldn't the protein first have to be converted
> to glucose, and then stored as fat?

I don't think so.  I have the impression that the protein can be
directly converted to fat, but I'll try to check on it.

> That would seem extremely unlikely
> on a "rabbit starvation" diet of very low fat, and presumably fairly low
> calories.

As he described it before, Phillip's diet was not very low in
calories.

> Under the conditions described, it would seem that the only
> reasonable source of ketones would be from the breakdown of body fat.

Oh, I agree with this for the most part.  I was only disagreeing
with Dori's statement that this, the breakdown of body fat, is
the definition of ketosis.

Todd Moody
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