#81 ·
Yeah, okay, look—even if you didn't explicitly say proteins have zero calories, everything you wrote basically screamed that conclusion (just look at the quote), which is why I reacted the way I did...
Think about it: vitamins and minerals don't actually provide any energy—we just gotta eat them because our bodies can't make them from scratch. When we eat protein, the body breaks it down into amino acids; fats turn into glycerol and fatty acids, and carbs become glucose. If you aren't getting enough glucose, your body kicks into gear to keep things steady—like tapping into glycogen stores in the liver and all that. But if you’re straight-up starving and those glycogen reserves run dry? Your brain, which is basically addicted to glucose, has to switch over to an alternative fuel source—ketone bodies—which come from breaking down fatty acids and amino acids. Burning fatty acids gives you energy, but if you don't use it, it just gets stored as fat. It’s a much more complicated and drawn-out process than just storing excess glucose, which is why you claimed carbs make it "easier" to pack on the pounds. On the flip side, since we can actually get energy by burning fatty acids, we can totally lean out through physical activity (melting away that fat 😁)...
Think about it: vitamins and minerals don't actually provide any energy—we just gotta eat them because our bodies can't make them from scratch. When we eat protein, the body breaks it down into amino acids; fats turn into glycerol and fatty acids, and carbs become glucose. If you aren't getting enough glucose, your body kicks into gear to keep things steady—like tapping into glycogen stores in the liver and all that. But if you’re straight-up starving and those glycogen reserves run dry? Your brain, which is basically addicted to glucose, has to switch over to an alternative fuel source—ketone bodies—which come from breaking down fatty acids and amino acids. Burning fatty acids gives you energy, but if you don't use it, it just gets stored as fat. It’s a much more complicated and drawn-out process than just storing excess glucose, which is why you claimed carbs make it "easier" to pack on the pounds. On the flip side, since we can actually get energy by burning fatty acids, we can totally lean out through physical activity (melting away that fat 😁)...