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hinkleylast Wednesday at 6:47 PM1 replyview on HN

And the muscles. You can’t fight or flight if you have to ask the liver to deliver glycogen. That’s how anaerobic exercise works. You have the fuel but not enough oxygen to burn it so you burn it fuel rich and oxidizer poor.


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BirAdamlast Wednesday at 9:05 PM

Not quite. The body will just enter ketosis if glucose and glycogen levels are too low.

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