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by tptacek 1263 days ago
If you eat enough protein then your body will make glucose from it and keep you out of ketosis

Cite for this, please?

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They’re probably talking about gluconeogenesis.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gluconeogenesis

Yes, but that's not a cite that says eating lots of protein can take you out of ketosis; it's just a Wikipedia article on gluconeogenesis.
I didn't believe it either... it seems to be mentioned in a bunch of keto literature online, like this one [1]. Some folks say it stimulates insulin, and some say it upregulates gluconeogenesis. I haven't found anything authoritative, so I remain skeptical.

[1] https://www.verywellfit.com/gluconeogenesis-2242007

So, it's just a thing you think might happen, because there is such a thing as gluconeogenesis? I went looking, and the only cite I found was a study suggesting this does not in fact happen.