> Regarding lean protein, I'm also sure that protein gets broken down into glucose for fuel, and can be stored as such in fat. Glycogenesis is certainly a thin

> Regarding lean protein, I'm also sure that protein gets broken down into glucose for fuel, and can be stored as such in fat. Glycogenesis is certainly a thing. However every metabolic ward study I read found that there was never a glycogenesis -> lipogenesis pathway observed. Instead excess protein was discarded renaly.