Serious If you never eat any foods that result in the creation of pyruvate, will you not gain weight if you also run a caloric deficite?

[blockhead24]

So yeah, if you dont have pyruvate, the acetyl coa cycle doesnt occur and therefore there no fatty acid cycle with acetyl coa and citrate.
Idk if you guys know if thats true or not but why not ask lol

 

[Deleted member 6657]

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[demonanus]

No, because thermodynamics. Every nutrient ends up as ATP in the end.

 

[Lubricure]

It's impossible to eat any food that doesn't produce pyruvate as it's a necessary intermediate in the glycolysis. Without glycolysis our cells couldn't practically survive, we are not anaerobic organisms. Moreover, if you run on a caloric deficit you will lose weight anyway, but it's important to keep a balanced diet to avoid losing muscle mass.

 

[Vermilioncore]

I eat like a pig that was abandoned on an island for 60 years and is finally brought into a buffet