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Cholesterol is synthesized by the liver, in sufficient quantities: https://www.sigmaaldrich.com/technical-documents/articles/biofiles/cholesterol-biosynthesis.h
by yourkin 6y ago
Cholesterol is synthesized by the liver, in sufficient quantities: https://www.sigmaaldrich.com/technical-documents/articles/biofiles/cholesterol-biosynthesis.html https://www.sigmaaldrich.com/technical-documents/articles/bi...
believe it or not, by your definition carbs are also essential, it’s just that the body can produce them
Protein -> carbs by gluconeogenesis
Isoleucine and phenylalanine are exclusively ketogenic and produce ketone bodies.
Leucine can be used to synthesize fatty acids in adipose tissue.
The only 2 fats that we really need are omega-3 and omega-6, but not in huge amounts, thankfully, both not from meat.
Point is, one can more readily survive without a major source of fat or carbs.
- 1_player 6y agoHow do you explain rabbit starvation then?
- yourkin 6y agoA quick look at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protein_poisoning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protein_poisoning * it‘s hypothetical * the ill effect is diarrhea * some people have lived off a meat only diet successfully * personal theory is the problem is not excess protein, but lack of fiber and gut biome degradation Any mono-diet is nutritionally a bad idea, especially taken to extremes. But — one would simply not survive at all on a monodiet of pure fat or carbs.