"Ozgirl" > wrote in message
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> Karen, I think you may have mis-heard the doctor. Ketone bodies are formed
> in the liver as a result of fat break-down - the fatty acids are converted
> to ketones in the liver - first and fore-most (after depletion of glucose
> stores). Conversion of muscle protein to ketones is way down the track. If
> you have ever been on a weight loss diet or fasting (or even normal
> overnight fasting) then you have produced ketone bodies. FWIW, even when I
> was doing very low carb at the beginning of my type 2 diagnosis I only
> barely registered ketones on a pee stick. Most times none showed up. Of
> course that doesn't mean I wasn't producing ketones, just that the
> concentration wasn't high enough to register. Just like you won't see
> glucose in your urine until your bg is quite high. The only time you would
> start to lose muscle is when the body runs out of fuel sources, as in
> prolonged starvation (as in little to no food - faster obviously if one
> can't get water either), and protein in muscle becomes the food source.
> The body is designed in a way to prevent muscle loss, we need muscles to
> move. Low carbers are not starving and I seriously doubt there are any low
> carbers out there that lower their protein levels drastically. Eating
> plenty of protein ensures that the muscles are maintained properly. There
> are protective metabolic processes in the body that preserve the body for
> as long as possible, using muscle protein as a very last resort. Once
> muscle catabolism starts you could probably safely say you are close to
> death. Slim people will get to that point faster.

I believe this bears out both what she said that the Dr. said and what my
CDE said.

http://www.ehow.com/facts_7357509_ha...hydrates_.html