Excess protien converts to glucose???

[shelly808]

Hello out there!

I had a good start the 1st quarter of last year...I decided to try atkins and it was working. I remember giving in to a carb crave sometime around the 4th of July and it all went down hill. Luckily I have only gained back about 7-8 lbs of the 18 lbs I lost. I am ready to start on my lean body goal AGAIN!

I have read that after being on a high meat diet for a while...the body will start converting all that excess meat protien into glucose. I am wonder if this is true? It seems to make sense because I felt wonderful the 1st month or so on atkins, then all of a sudden I started getting super mean sugar craves again. Thinking that my body was maybe converting the protien into glucose, which started the crave thing again. Any thoughts on this????

I am going to start again, but this time I am thinking I will eat less slabs of beef, pork and chicken...try to get most of my fat from extra virgin coconut oil, butter, cream, olive oil, salmon, avocados, bacon, cheese maybe a few mac nuts & walnuts, some eggs...

Isn't fat really the star for changing the body from a sugar burning machine to a fat burning one??

Anyone have success with a less meat??

Thanks!

[atkinsgal08]

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>> I have read that after being on a high meat diet for a while.>>

Atkins isn't a "high meat diet".

>> I am going to start again, but this time I am thinking I will eat less slabs of beef, pork and chicken...try to get most of my fat from extra virgin coconut oil, butter, cream, olive oil, salmon, avocados, bacon, cheese maybe a few mac nuts & walnuts, some eggs... >>

Um ... where's the vegetables? Macs and walnuts aren't acceptable on Induction.

>>Isn't fat really the star for changing the body from a sugar burning machine to a fat burning one??>>

Yes.

Please revisit your DANDR (2002) to refresh your memory of how to do Atkins correctly.

[JulieB]

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Yes, it is true. On induction, try to aim to get approx 65% of your calories from fat, 30% from protein & 5% from carbs.

[shelly808]

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When I read that Julie, it made me think I probably had glucose pumping thru my veins! I am thinking that's why I started CRAVING like mad again.

Yes J, I know about the vegetables! And I love them, Mama never had to tell me to eat my veggies! I was just talking about how to get all that fat in my body without so much meat. Yes, I understand that nuts are not included as an induction food.

Thanks guys...

I was hoping someone would know about that protien to glucose thing... Wondering about much protein it takes for your body to start turning it into sugar??! I will go do a little researching....

[atkinsgal08]

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At this point in your journey, converting protein to glucose isn't really an issue.

[JulieB]

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When I read that Julie, it made me think I probably had glucose pumping thru my veins! I am thinking that's why I started CRAVING like mad again.

Yes J, I know about the vegetables! And I love them, Mama never had to tell me to eat my veggies! I was just talking about how to get all that fat in my body without so much meat. Yes, I understand that nuts are not included as an induction food.

Thanks guys...

I was hoping someone would know about that protien to glucose thing... Wondering about much protein it takes for your body to start turning it into sugar??! I will go do a little researching....

Shelly, I don't eat a lot of protein, but I love my fat I melt butter on my veggiesadd Mayo to my protein, eat cheese (I can get away with this...some can't). There are a ton of posts on this board about how to add more fat without adding protein

[shelly808]

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Oh, ok Julie! Thanks, I will do a little cruising...

[meow]

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It's a small percentage that gets converted, according to the book. Not enough to trigger carb cravings, usually.

Sometimes I get what I call "ghost cravings." I used to get the same thing many years (like, 20) after I quit smoking. All of a sudden, I'd want a cig ! WTH??? The ghost cravings for me are donuts. I gave them up years ago---they are NEVER as good as they smell.
I call them ghost cravings, because I think something just crosses that ancient, faded neural pathway for a millisecond, and causes it to light up.

Do what Dr A. says, when you get sugar cravings. Chromium and L-carnitine, and the wonderful farmer's soda, will get you through anything!

[Georgiana]

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It's a small percentage that gets converted, according to the book.

Which book? No percentage is mentioned in DANDR 2002.

Do what Dr A. says, when you get sugar cravings. Chromium and L-carnitine

L-carnitine is not for sugar cravings; it aids in fat transport. It's L-glutamine that Dr. Atkins recommended for sugar cravings that are not controlled by diet alone.

[shelly808]

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Hm, ok...thanks all.

[2big4mysize]

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we atkinseers actually want some of our protein to be converted to glucose so don't worry about it too much/ there are some body parts that can not use fatty acids nor ketones for making energy plus we can't just force all our body parts that can suck glucose from our blood stream to stop doing that and only use fatty acids and ketones. By converting some parts of our proteins to glucose our body will keep the blood sugar levels stable as those greedy body parts suck the glucose from our blood stream.


According to DANDR cravigns come from low blood glucose levels so it could be you were not eating enough fats to provide the needed fatty acids circulationg in your blood stream.

Glad you will be eating more fats this time. remember atkins is a ketogenic diet which means the majority of our fuel intake should be fats. We can increase our fat intake by buying fattier cuts of meat, or adding a healthy fat to our cooking or at the table.

[meow]

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The book does not give a percentage, true, but it does say "a small percentage." I do not have my copy in front of me, but I remember it because it alarmed me at the time, like our original poster.

You are right, it's the l-arginine for cravings.

[shelly808]

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Thanks very much for the information 2big!...thanks for the help meow.