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This is the process by which the body obtains its needed glucose supplies by making it from protein rather than taking it directly from the blood sugar which is dumped into the bloodstream by the ingestion of sugars or the breakdown of starches.

This is why it has been clinically shown that people can eat more calories on a low carb diet and still lose more weight. It really isn't "calorie in-calorie out." The body uses extra calories to make glucose from protein, while not needing extra calories to make glucose from sugar/starch sources.

Cats, for instance, rely on this process almost exclusively, lacking the enzymes to process carbohydrates, and, in fact, having no taste buds to detect the presence of sugar in their food.

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