Re: How much water should we drink?
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: SheepsClothes</div><div class="ubbcode-body">[color:#FF0000Protein and fat can both become carbohydrates to your cells. The Krebs cycle is part of this. Read up if you care. Ketones and such are involved. Keto and atkins style diets take advantage of these factors. I'm not endorsing it, but the idea that proteins cannot become carbs in the human body isn't quite accurate.
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The body uses glycogen for its first choice of energy , carbs are converted into glycogen for the body to use as fuel.
In a diet where no carbs are consumed the body will convert over to using ketones (taken from dietary fat) as fuel this is known as going into "ketosis" the brain will use ketones to survive though its not very effecient this is why people in ketosis seem to be a little bit "foggy" with their rational thinking at first as the body get aclimated to the new fuel.
In a diet where both fats an carbs are very restricted the body will make glucogen from protein that it breaks down from muscle in the process called glycogenisis , this is not where you want to be because the body will attack the muscle before using dietary protein thus muscle wasting and unless you are a moderate dose on an anabolic steroid and large quanities of protein you will lose muscle.
Now back to water , the body can't and won't use water for an energy source , no way shape for form. Drinking to little water is bad for you especialy when you are sweating alot , in the cold its bad because it doesn't keep the kidneys flushed , think of this like a water filter than only sees limited use , they clog quickly and become ineffecient. Drinking to much water will flush out the needed minerals to maintain healthy body function. So to little water can cause cramping due to bad electrolyte imbalance and to much water will do the same.
As i mentioned before , the body is amazingly adaptive and will always try to maintain a balance "hemostacis" , if you steadly drink alot of water you will NOT ratain musch water and if you drink very little water you will not exctreat much water as the body wants to hold it as a safety measure.
You can drink 3 gallons of water a day and double salt your food all week then suddenly stop it completely at dinner and seriously fuck yourself up from dehydration by lunch the next day because you body is ramped up to get rid off all the excessive salt and water is can't use and when you stop it doesn't learn fast enough to stop excreating it before it to late thush dehydration.
The body is an amazingly smart and adaptive unit and it doesn't like suden drastic changes so don't go from drinking 1/2 a gallon a day to drinking 3 galons a day and vice versa or you will regret it , same goes for dietary changes
