Originally posted by Pat
Where? Well you body takes muscles, breaks them down into proteins, and converts the proteins to carbohydrates.
That sounds a little dubious to me. Are you saying that the body doesn't break down fat and burn it?
I mean, your body doesn't burn fat either... it has to be broken down to simple sugars to be utilized. It fails the common sense test, too. Why would animals develop a very efficient mechanism for storing energy for hard times (known as fat), and be so bad at storing protein (known as muscle) if it were a good source of energy for hard times. I've heard it said that "fat burns in the flames of carbohydrates," the message being that you need to maintain some level of carb intake in your diet for efficient fat burning.
I don't buy it... but am willing to be educated. Can you clarify or point to some online (or offline) research that supports the above statement?