Can you get your carbs through protein?

[OXANDRIN]

can i get my carbs through protein? meaning instead of eating 8oz of chicken with brown rice and a baby greens salad with udo's oil...... can i just eat 1lb of grilled chicken with my baby greens salad and udo's choice oil. won't the extra protein just convert to blood sugar during digestion?

[Mr.X]

Originally posted by OXANDRIN
can i get my carbs through protein? meaning instead of eating 8oz of chicken with brown rice and a baby greens salad with udo's oil...... can i just eat 1lb of grilled chicken with my baby greens salad and udo's choice oil. won't the extra protein just convert to blood sugar during digestion?

Usually the whey proteins and the easily digestible proteins will convert to glucose at about a 56% rate - however, this process IS NOT efficient; thus, I suggest against relying on protein>carb conversion as your source of glucose.

Mr.X

[OXANDRIN]

Well........I just don't like eating carbs at night and that is what i have for dinner most of the time. either chicken, steak, buffalo, turkey, or tuna. I could go without carbs but I don't feel like I'm full off a small 8oz serving of meat with a salad. sometimes i use black beans as my carbs. generally I am trying to eliminate carbs at my dinner meal while not taking too much fat and keeping my calories within reason.

I ran the all natural peanut butter diet with bags of organic almonds. it was more expensive the all natty pb but it was easier for my to take to work and keep with me for evenly spaced meals. I was put on zoloft and it helped with the dieting. i'd say i'm 6-8% body fat now. 173 from 200lbs in jan. I'm 5'10

[dcfball]

"buffalo,"

you eat buffalo?

[BJA]

dcfball....


Buffalo is great, really lean meat. Doesnt taste a whole lot different than your standard red meat. I love it!

[Mr.X]

Originally posted by BJA
dcfball....


Buffalo is great, really lean meat. Doesnt taste a whole lot different than your standard red meat. I love it!

I don't know - the taste kills me lol

X

[dcfball]

but the buffalo is extinct..?

Bison...same as a buffalo. Good shit. I don't know what X is talking about. "Kills" you? Tastes like burger to me. Never had a steak though..