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Old March 8th, 2009, 03:01 PM
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Default Re: protein shake while on the atkins

And, to answer your question, excess protein will be turned into glucose and stored as fat. That is why Atkins is high fat and not high protein. The body does use protein to build muscle, repair muscle and some other metabolic processes, but when done with all the protein needed for these processes, it can't store protein in the body, so any left over is changed into glucose and then stored as fat.

You can't build muscle just by eating protein. You build muscle by taking in adequate protein and plenty of fat for energy. Then you have to exercise your muscles to build lean body mass.

The more heavy exercise you do, the more protein you need. If you are a competition body-builder, then the ratios would change towards more protein. A regular person just exercising to lose weight, shape up and get fit doesn't need more than 30% protein.

Induction is high fat. Fat is what gets you into ketosis. As you add more healthy carbs on OWL, the fat goes down as the carbs go up. The protein stays the same throughout: 30%.
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