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the key part of DKA is the D...if you are not diabetic, you have no risk of DKA. and if you ARE diabetic, there is a risk of DKA with or without the atkins diet. i'm sure many endocrinologists wont recommend atkins for their diabetic patients b/c of this risk. however, if you are morbidly obese, there is some amount of risk involved in that as well. this applies to non-diabetics as well. if you are very overweight, you've taken on lots of risk for adverse health outcomes. even if i acknowledge that atkins carries certain health risks, are they worse then the risks associated with remaining very overweight? thats a tough question, and i certainly dont know the answer.

thats EXACTLY what i said a couple of posts back, so we can agree on that. actually, muscles primarily use fatty acids at rest for energy. when exercise begins, muscle glycogen becomes the primary source of energy in muscles. as muscle glycogen is depleted, muscles then begin to use blood glucose for energy. i assure you atkins did not invent ketones, and it is not babble. under NORMAL conditions (normal carb intake), that is true. once the body stores of glucose are depleted and fat is being broken down to be used as an energy source, ketones can be used by the brain as a source of energy. perhaps this is physiology 201. do a web search using brain/ketones/energy and you will see that is correct. earlier, you said: i agree. a serious athlete that is not fat has no use for the atkins diet. the atkins diet is meant to loose fat. if your body fat % is reasonable, i dont see why you would want to be on atkins.

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if fat "burns last" as you say, one could never lose that spare tire around ones midsection without 1st using all available muscle as an energy sourse. also, fat is not exclusively turned into carbohydrates when carb intake is restricted. ketones are formed from the breakdown of fat, and are used as a source of energy throughout the body. the brain and muscles do not depend exclusively on glucose, and can and will adapt to use ketones as an energy source. i have eaten a low carb diet for some time while regularly lifting weights. i lost a significant amount of weight/fat without having my muscles wither away...my gut got a lot smaller, but my arms/chest/etc did not shrink, and my strength has increased.

on 1 stage i shot, you had to shoot 2 poppers from the box, then run the rest of the course. to the right of the box were 3 paper targets behind a short wall. after shooting the poppers, i left the box towards the 3 papers. right as i left the box i did a mag change...after 2 shots! as i was finishing the stage i thought for sure i was going to run our of ammo (i only had 3 mag holders on my belt). luckily i didnt run out, but now i have 5 mag holders on the belt.

http://www.ebolamonkeyman.com you might want to close the office door while reading some of these...you dont want your coworkers to see you laughing so hard that youre crying...

anyone know if the stages will be posted prior to the match?

the goal of atkins is not to burn protein, but to burn fat. after depleting your stored glucose, the body will start to break down muscle for energy. this does not last long, and i dont know the science behind why eventually you stop burning muscle and start burning fat instead, but for some reason it does happen. what you are measuring with the urine dipsticks is ketones in the urine, which is an indication that fat is being broken down to be used as an energy source...

ketones are formed from the breakdown of (among other things) stored body fat. glucose is normally the primary source of energy. if you deplete the stored glucose (glucose in muscles, glycogen in the liver) from your body, the next source of fuel that the body will use is muscle. after some loss of muscle, the body resorts to using stored body fat for energy. this is where the ketones appear...stored body fat is broken down to ketones which are used as an energy source. excess ketones will be eliminated in the urine. ketoacidosis is a problem (primarily) of diabetics and involves more than just elevated ketone levels, mainly very highly elevated glucose levels and an acidic blood pH.

well...if thats true, then never mind the comments from the new guy now i might have to sign up for the point series!

just 2 cents from a new guy... what i dont like about the point series is that nationals is a 4X match...and lots of people wont get a slot.

i use a mag loaded with dummy ammo. to lesson the damage of repeatedly dropping them on the ground, i use the couch method mentioned earlier, or i put a spare pillow on the ground.

i'll be shooting prod on friday. i saw that another area match has the stages listed already. anyone know if area 6 will be doing that?

who are these commercial reloaders? i wouldnt mind checking out some of their stuff. thanks!

i'm just a new c class shooter. i'd love to shoot in the nationals (if i could get a slot), but i cant sacrifice an entire week to do it (i'm already using up many days off to shoot in other single day events). i doubt this format will keep any of the top shooters away, but it would seem to me that it will keep lots of new (b/c/d) shooters away.