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Doesn’t require dietary glucose, the liver will manufacture as needed from fats and proteins.
by amanaplanacanal 5y ago
Doesn’t require dietary glucose, the liver will manufacture as needed from fats and proteins.
- kiba 5y agoAlso, it's possible to subsists and survive without food for quite a while.
- davikrr 5y agoIt can also subsist on top of ketone bodies - if fat breakdown is high enough due to a lack of glucose due to fasting or lack of other storage such as glycogen.
- DiabloD3 5y agoUpper limit of what is considered healthy gluconeogenesis is slightly short of what can be provided. Brain needs ~120g of glucose, you're about 30-40g short of that. 30-40g is almost nothing, could be, say, a cup of frozen berry mix, mixed right into 3/4th a cup of plain real greek yogurt, with some turmeric, ginger, and cinnamon mixed in.
- amanaplanacanal 5y agoCan you point to some sources on that? I always want to learn more about diet and how things work in the body.