Comment on MIT creates glucose fuel cell to power implanted brain-computer interfacesparentComments−sp33214yThat only works if your extra calories come from glucose intake. It wouldn't help for complex carbs, fat, or protein.−debacle14yYour extra calories always wind up as glucose in your blood sugar.−TheSOB8814yNot true AFAIRC. Lipids are absorbed as lipids (fatty acids), proteins as amino acids. Aminos can be broken down into sugar, though.
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That only works if your extra calories come from glucose intake. It wouldn't help for complex carbs, fat, or protein.
Your extra calories always wind up as glucose in your blood sugar.
Not true AFAIRC. Lipids are absorbed as lipids (fatty acids), proteins as amino acids. Aminos can be broken down into sugar, though.