HOW ARE KETONE BODIES FORMED?
We’ve already heard that ketone bodies are supposed to be good somehow. And that they are formed when one only consumes very few carbohydrates. But where exactly in the body are these ketone bodies produced? And how does this happen? Ketone bodies are produced in the...
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WHAT HAPPENS IN THE METABOLISM WITHOUT CARBOHYDRATES?
Help! Without carbohydrates, we’ll all die! The brain needs sugar, sugar, sugar. Otherwise, there’s an emeeeergency for the gray matter! The metabolism will collapse! No, no, calm down. No panic on the Titanic. Our species wouldn’t have survived for hundreds of...
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HOW IS KETOSIS DEFINED?
Ketosis and ketone bodies. These two terms are thrown all over the place in the low-carb and keto world. There is a way to measure them. But what do they really mean? What do these things mean for metabolism and on the chemical level? The official definition of...
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WHO INVENTED THE KETOGENIC DIET?
No, the ketogenic diet is not a new weight-loss trend. It is not a crash diet and it isn't a temporary fad. The ketogenic diet, KD for short, has been applied for anti-epileptic therapy for children and young adults for almost a hundred years. Even in ancient times,...
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