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When does the body begin burning fat vs. protein?

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Fasting state.: When in a fasting state, the body first exhausts its carbohydrate stores and then dips into the fat stores. Your body will eventually start scavenging your protein stores, but the timeframe of this is not relevant to the average human who is eating a few times daily.

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Answered 11/28/2017

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Burning urination.Trace blood/protein in U/A. Negative culture. Urine was in bladder for 3 hrs before sample. Was that long enough for accurate test?

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I recently started taking a whey protein supplement, a couple days into it I started experiencing burning urine. Could this be protein over load on the kidneys?

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I recently started taking a whey protein supplement and after a few days I started to experience a burning during urination. Is this a protein over load on the kidneys? I have no other symptoms

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I recently started to take a whey protein supplement and started to experience burning during urination. My urine is clear. Could excess protein be the cause of this? I have no other symptoms and I do stay well hydrated.

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