Steves ' post is very intriguing to me also about gluconeogenisis . Steve and I are both drawn to LC for weight and BG issues. All resolved for me. But I manifest completely the opposite problem. If I don't eat a minimal amount of carbohydrates my BG just goes lower and lower and lower. Woke up one day in the 50s. I think my issue helps me have better BG control in the modern world but Steve could survive in the wild hunting and his liver could supply the glucose. I would die unless I could find some carbs. Thoughts? Could you get glucose needs from someones blood? Sorry Steve but in a matter of life and death:-)

Hi J.
What a great resource. I like your style. Very through, yet easy to read. AND you include the all important references. I am grateful that you take the time.
I'm an almost 60 year old recreational mountainbiker. I discovered low carb via Dr.Mercola's resource and have been eating that way for about 3 weeks. I was very weak on the bike after a few days of my new regime. Good organic/grass fed meat, eggs and veggies, no grains or legumes.
Few beers and glasses if wine (hmm, could that be my downfall).
Anyhoo, thanks to your informative article above, in an attempt to gain metabolic flexbility, I started doing an hour of steady mountainbiking each day and I hope I am starting to feel a bit less weak. At first my legs felt like lead pretty quickly on even an easy hill.
Yesterday was day 5 and I didnt have such painful weak legs, so I am hoping I am reaching the adaptation hump and soon might be over it. I'm eating plenty of varied veg, so I hope my minerals are ok too. I do take a multivit and liposomal vit C.
My question?
Do you have any thoughts about supplementing on exercise days with a carb drink? I like Torq Energy, it does apparently have a balance of glucose and fructose, but the makers assure me it's not the HFCS fructose and should be used up during exercise ratger than stored sine Insulin production is halted during exercise (they say).
Also I guess I'd need to load up a bit the night before, perhaps, maybe also in the morning. Maybe a proten and carb shake (MyProtein Hurricane Evo Velvet Vanilla) might fulfil that need.
What I'd like to do is maintain (actually regain) some sprint capability and not risk damaging my metabolic adaptation by using these carbs to fuel during and before exercise.
I do plan to read Phinneys book for low carb athletes as recolmmended, but I would certainly appreciate knowing anything you night have learned about this please?
Thanks again for maintaining these pages.

Hi J,
Thanks for taking the time.
Read your Whitney story, impressive sounds like a great day out. You mentioned that you'd have have eaten if you'd wanted to go faster? Carbs?
I stopped the C, thanks, not read that before but, sure enough, there's compelling evidence out there.
Been biking regularly fasted and doing pretty good at a fairly easy pace. Coffee (with grassfed butter) helps as a start up booster for sure.
Some seem to think one should avoid carb refeeds to stimulate growth hormone, but I do feel keen to down the (MyProtein Hurricane EVO, but shame it has oats in it) recovery drink with whey and some carb. I'll try find something better when I've used it up.
Did one quite hard ride the morning after a risotto dinner and with a pre ride coffee, felt as good as I ever have and really enjoyed it. Maybe I'm "back" ;-).
Its a great resource, thanks
I am enjoying reading The Gnoll Gredo too. Nice work.
Neil

Update 6 months later - great progress after trying a few different things.

The secret for me was an extended protein-sparing modified fast, and overall focus on very high protein intake. My fasting blood glucose is now 85mg/dL and I've lost a lot of body fat.

For me, and I suspect other people in the stubborn Type 2 diabetes spectrum, the answer may well be both low-carb AND low-fat simultaneously. In other words, get the vast majority of calories from protein.

For the past few months, I've been almost-exclusively eating skinless chicken breast and spinach with a bit of salsa and sea salt for flavor and egg shell for calcium.

Depending on the reference, this is about:
65% protein
15% carb
20% fat

I also eat a slice of calf liver once or twice per week, and add protein powder or nonfat plain greek yogurt as "snacks" between meals. These would skew the actual protein % even higher.

Copious amounts of coffee, but hey, that's practically zero calories...

I've been mostly focusing on weight lifting, and that's helped me get stronger and leaner. "Aerobic" exercises didn't actually seem to have much of an effect for me besides increasing appetite. HIIT primarily seemed to adversely impact my strength and recovery from weight lifting, so I stopped doing that.

I doubt every one would get optimal results from a lifestyle like this, but it could turn out to be just the thing for people with stubborn type-2 (and "pre") diabetes who have not had success with other approaches.

I'm still working on weight loss and am curious to discover whether I get more typical results once my body fat is in the 10% range vs. my current 20% or so, or if my body indeed just insatiably craves protein.