Re: Are depleted glycogen stores replenished in Ketosis?

Hi Chris, thank you for your reply :),

"It is only when the fast is broken that these reserves are replaced, and that includes the glycogen stores of the Liver and of the muscles, which overall lose about 50% of their glycogen (not to be confused with protein)."

I am surprised to hear that we only lose about 50% of our glycogen in a fast. From my interpretation of whatever i have read i always believed it was 100%. Is this because the body has a certain minimum (50%) it must maintain, below which would be detrimental?

"Glycogen stores are not replenished during a fast as the body only requires minimal amounts of glucose to feed the Brain and other functions.

In other words, this Stephen H Buhner is largely incorrect,..."

How can he have made such a mistake? (i mutter to myself rhetorically).

"except for the point where you quoted..........."

'"the body continues to metabolize fairly small amounts of protein (protein-sparing) during a fast to obtain the minimally necessary glucose for functions that ketones cannot perform"'

Those were actually my own words :D.