Sunshine (she/her) to Vegan@lemmy.vgEnglish · 11 months agoBeef vs Soy Nutritionimagemessage-square14linkfedilinkarrow-up181arrow-down141
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minus-squareJerkface (any/all)linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·11 months agoExtra protein is not able to be absorbed by the gut at all and just gets shat out again.
minus-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·11 months agoNo, if the body has no use for the amino acids directly, it turns them into glucose. See, for example: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3636610/ The process is called Gluconeogenesis.
Extra protein is not able to be absorbed by the gut at all and just gets shat out again.
No, if the body has no use for the amino acids directly, it turns them into glucose. See, for example: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3636610/
The process is called Gluconeogenesis.