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low carb diet insulin response
I was just wondering how a low or no carb diet like the keto or CKD diet would work to preserve muscle when there are no carbs to produce any insulin response. We all know that a keto or CKD diet is mostly fat and protein - neither of which will produce an insulin response, and we know that insulin is the "storage" hormone. So how can any protein (aminos) be stored as muscle? I am sure you might get a slight insulin response due to protein to carb conversion, but that would be negligible.
Would you not always need insulin present to store aminos and build or maintain muscle? And to get insulin in any reasonable amount, would you not have to take in carbs?
I was just wondering how a low or no carb diet like the keto or CKD diet would work to preserve muscle when there are no carbs to produce any insulin response. We all know that a keto or CKD diet is mostly fat and protein - neither of which will produce an insulin response, and we know that insulin is the "storage" hormone. So how can any protein (aminos) be stored as muscle? I am sure you might get a slight insulin response due to protein to carb conversion, but that would be negligible.
Would you not always need insulin present to store aminos and build or maintain muscle? And to get insulin in any reasonable amount, would you not have to take in carbs?
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