Tag: protein
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Raising skeletal muscle carnitine
Carnitine is required to bring the longer chain fatty acids into the mitochondrial matrix where it can be further broken down to produce ATP. Carnitine Palmitoil Transferase 1a (CPT1a) is a mitochondrial outer membrane bound protein that will take in an acyl-CoA and bind it to carnitine resulting in acyl-carnitine. On a ketogenic diet (KD),…
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Bone health on a ketogenic diet
Pulling the final plug on attacks Attacks? I follow up on all published papers related to ketosis and although the execution may be done correctly and data may be generated correctly.. the circumstances are often specific and the conclusions are stretched beyond the scope of what the data is representing or can represent. All to…
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Hepatic Glucose Metabolism
After writing about the liver buffers I wanted to understand a bit more on the regulation of gluconeogenesis and buildup of the resulting glucose as glycogen in the liver. I have also written about protein being a supply-driven process with the mechanism intended to increase liver glycogen storage. In order for that supply-driven mechanism to…
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The life-shortening effect of high-protein
Diets come in many forms and some are keen on high protein amounts. While I agree that can be tasty, I’ve come across some material that may put a different light on what that intake means to longevity. There are many aspects to protein and the different type of sources but I’m more interested in…
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