<BLOCKQUOTE><font size=\"1\" face=\"Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif\">quote:</font><HR>\"Nope. Once carbs are reduced, the bodies primary source of energy is to burn fat for energy, not muscle.\"<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
When carbs are reduced, the first thing the body uses for energy is glycogen stored in muscle tissue. After that, the body starts working liver glycogen (and bodyfat to a smaller extent) after liver glycogen is used, that\'s when the body really starts burning fat.
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size=\"1\" face=\"Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif\">quote:</font><HR>\"And most bodybuilders will go high protien/low carb before a contest - if LC dieting cannibalized muscles, the pro\'s wouldn\'t do it.\"<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
No offense, but you\'re obviously not a bodybuilder. Bodybuilders go LC before a contest for the purpose of depleting muscle glycogen. Then right before the contest, they \'carb up\' to replenish glycogen. Since the muscles have been recently deprived, they take in more glycogen then they had to begin with as a defense mechanism.
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size=\"1\" face=\"Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif\">quote:</font><HR>\"BTW, people without a history of heart problems have had lot\'s of trouble with Ephedrine - that\'s why more and more states and countries are banning it\'s use.\"<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Yes, there were anonymous complains made to the FDA hotline a few years ago & on that basis some politicians attempted a ban in the US a few years ago. If you have any references to ephedrine causing heart problems in anyone without previous problems, I\'d like to read them.
There has also been political heat on ephedrine b/c a chemical relative, pseudoephedrine (the stuff used in lots of cold medicines) is an ingredient in making methamphetamine.
Edited to get the quote script working.
[ April 17, 2002: Message edited by: Tantalus747 ]
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