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The problem is exactly what you said: not as immediately available as carbs. When you work out, whether it's running, lifting, swimming, or whathaveyou, you burn off blood sugar, muscle glycogen, and liver glycogen. Only blood sugar and muscle glycogen can be recruited fast enough to sustain activity. The rest must be…
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Not technically accurate. Bear in mind that to move on to using protein for 'energy', you would first have to run out of blood sugar, muscle glycogen, and liver glycogen. In order to stimulate the body to use available protein to build muscle, you have to seriously work those muscles (which causes microtears), and then the…
