Cats
break dietary protein down into amino acids, which they burn for energy or use to make new proteins.
Oral microbiota that
break dietary proteins are usually to blame.
Not exact matches
In humans,
dietary proteins are
broken down by digestion into amino acids, which serves as metabolic fuel or other functional roles in the body.
The
proteins that make up the human body are not received directly from the diet; rather,
dietary protein is
broken down into its constituent parts known as amino acids, which make up the foundation of life.
Replenishing your body with
dietary protein while under stress is important because cortisol can
break down your body's
protein stores for energy.
As you check out the graph above, think of plasma glucose as something you'd get from a gel or sports drink or bar (or from the breakdown of
protein); plasma free fatty acids as something you'd get from
breaking down your own fat tissue, or from a
dietary source of fat; muscle triglycerides as stored fat in muscle (or perhaps from an external source like coconut oil, if that's your fuel of choice), and muscle glycogen as your body's storage carbohydrate.
Glycogen can only be used to store food energy from carbohydrates and
proteins, not
dietary fat, which is not processed in the liver, and does not
break down into glucose.
Instead,
dietary fiber is not digestible, meaning that it travels through the body without being
broken down the way enzymes
break down other food substances, such as
proteins, sugars, fats, and other types of carbohydrates.
Collagen powder helps your body
break down
proteins, while flax seeds provide a healthy amount of
dietary fiber and antioxidants, helping to detox the gut.
The second thing that high
dietary protein does is release more metabolic wastes into your pet's blood stream as it is
broken down.