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Protein as well, Our bodies roughly prefer to burn sugar, fat then protein but if all that's available is protein we'll metabolise that (including our own in st
by noir_lord 6y ago
Protein as well, Our bodies roughly prefer to burn sugar, fat then protein but if all that's available is protein we'll metabolise that (including our own in starvation scenarios).
- bluGill 6y agoThat preference is at least in part because if you don't burn the sugar it needs to work to store it as fat. Excess fat in the bloodstream isn't a big problem short term like sugar is. (Long term is different )