When you don't take enough carbohydrates for a prolonged period of time, the process of
creating ketones in your body begins.
Not exact matches
Ketosis is different — When your
body is
in Ketosis, it
creates molecules called
ketone bodies.
The diet aims to
create a glucose deficit
in the
body, allowing the liver to produce
ketones as fuel for metabolism.
Burning fatty acids
in the Krebs cycle (the furnace of the mitochondria where the conversion of ATP happens)
creates ketone bodies, some of which, like beta - hydroxybutyrate can produce 25 % more energy.
Here your
body produces
ketones created by a breakdown of fats
in the liver.
In the fasting state, the
body taps into fat stores to
create ketone bodies, which are used for fuel.
Production of these
ketone bodies takes place
in the liver; this is done to
create a new source of energy that can be used by the whole
body — including the brain!