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He's not in ketosis; he's in starvation mode. He's losing massive amounts of muscle as a result of this diet, which is why he is losing so much weight. He's
by rprasad 14y ago
He's not in ketosis; he's in starvation mode. He's losing massive amounts of muscle as a result of this diet, which is why he is losing so much weight. He's also losing fat, but not as efficiently as he would in a normal diet.
If he keeps this up, he'll be lucky if he has the strength to pick up a coffee mug.
- jacques_chester 14y ago> He's losing massive amounts of muscle as a result of this diet, which is why he is losing so much weight. You're conflating two different things. The first is gluconeogensis, the breakdown of amino acids to create blood sugar. This is the main mechanism whereby energy is liberated from lean tissue. But it doesn't happen easily -- the body will go to fat stores first because they are highly accessible and very dense sources of energy. The second is catabolism or protein degradation, which is a constant cellular process. Catabolism is affected by cortisol, a hormone which amongst other things increases under conditions of metabolic stress. But here's the kicker: if you do weight bearing exercises and consume enough protein, you create offsetting pressure for anabolism that the "protein balance" will come out neutral or even positive.
- mistermann 14y agoWho put this idea into so many heads? I'm really very curious to know, where did you learn of this starvation mode idea?
- robbiep 14y agoIt's a biochemistry term. Any first year biochem textbook will contain the information you want, would be happy to post Dropbox to my notes if you are interested
- Shorel 14y agoIt's the same as 'lactic acid is poison', some day the good science will win and the textbooks will be updated.
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- Shorel 14y ago> He's also losing fat, but not as efficiently as he would in a normal diet. Keto diets are faster in all reports I have read than 'normal' diets.
- rprasad 14y agoKeto diets are faster than normal diets and prevent muscle distrophy. He's not following a keto diet. Note that both keto diets and starvation mode diets cause cardiovascular stress (though for keto diets, this is only an issue if you have other risk conditions for cardiovascular disease, such as diabetes).