Sentences with phrase «ketone bodies accumulating»

Cells actually use fat as fuel for energy production, resulting in ketone bodies accumulating in your dog's blood.

As fat is used to provide energy, byproducts called ketone bodies accumulate in the blood, causing ketosis, a condition that can slow labor or, if the buildup is great, even cause fetal distress.

When even larger amounts of ketone bodies accumulate such that the body's pH is lowered to dangerously acidic levels, this state is called ketoacidosis.

But, when excess ketone bodies accumulate, this abnormal (but not necessarily harmful) state is called ketosis.

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When most of a person's calories or energy come from fat, the body accumulates metabolic breakdown products known as ketone bodies.

The fat fragments combine to form ketone bodies, which can accumulate in the blood and lead to a condition called ketosis (ketoacidosis).

In the case of deficiency of insulin, the body burns its own fats to get energy as a substitute, but using fats as a source of energy produce side chemical substances (ketone bodies) in the blood which accumulate and cause

When the body can not properly utilize glucose for energy (due to inadequate insulin use or production), it starts to break down stored fat for fuel in a process that produces ketone bodies which can accumulate in the body and cause some serious health problems.

While fats are initially beneficial energy sources, lipid waste products (ketone bodies) accumulate in the blood and invoke severe and potentially life - threatening metabolic abnormalities.