[JohnyBoy]

>So Glycogen isn’t an essential carbohydrate for the brain - You tested that assertion... how?

Glycogen is produced from muscle tissue as well. You don’t need to consume carbs to live.

[HLPhat]

>>Glycogen is produced from muscle tissue as well.

 

Through a process called: https://www.google.com/#q=glyconeogenesis

 

What's the long term prognosis if the muscle tissue happens to be your heart?

 

"In prolonged starvation, gluconeogenesis provides the glucose oxidised by the brain. The major substrates for gluconeogenesis are amino acids derived from skeletal muscle protein breakdown. Circulating ketone body concentrations rise during prolonged starvation."

www.els.net/WileyCDA/ElsArticle/refId-a0000642.html