DNP - biochemical question
I'm trying to get into the theory behind adding in carbs to kick off the DNP. I realize there are not a lot of us involved in this type of cycle, and i realize carb depletion or low carb eating is one theory of this cycle, and others believe in higher carb input while on DNP. Bottom line is, i've heard it said more than once if energy is really low, take some glucose or dextrose.
i'm throwing a few things out hoping to get some insight somehow, especially into the role of glucose in providing energy while on DNP.
i've been doing some research on my own, on the cellular production of ATP and the points in the process where the decoupling effect of DNP would take place.
There are two - one, the main one, inside the cell, where DNP does most of it's dirty work since most ATP production occurs within the mitochondria and therefore most DNP uncoupling effect takes place there.
Another spot though is at the cell membrane which is where glycolysis takes place - where glucose hits the proverbial fan. a small amount of ATP is produced in this process and therefore an opportunity for decoupling takes place here as well (i read that somewhere and it makes sense to me, but it's an assumption on my part also).
since DNP also presumably effects the decoupling and thus ATP production at the glycolycosis level, i'm trying to figure out what happens to the glucose to help give a DNP cycler energy.
If (as i assume) glucose is not creating some marginal amount of ATP due to the interuption by DNP, how does simple sugar give us energy? what other mechanism is at work?
any thoughts? if anyone is interested in analyzing this with me, i can post more specific information about the process by which carbs (and other foods) are broken down chemically and converted into ATP (fuel).
sorry if this question has been asked elsewhere - i have not been able to find any answer to this specific question in my research - at least not that i realized it was the answer!