Sentences with phrase «on ketones for fuel»

Keto adoption essentially means that your body is running on ketones for fuel (as opposed to glucose).

Being in ketosis is simply the state in which your metabolism functions primarily on ketones for fuel.

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Ketones are manufactured by your liver as a backup fuel source for your brain to protect against brain starvation on a low - carbohydrate diet.

Dr. Justin Marchegiani: So regarding with diet piece — so ketosis, there's like nutritional ketosis where you're cutting your carbs down significantly where you're starting to rely on ketones, these fatty acid esters for fuel.

In ketosis, your body relies on fats for energy in place of carbs and produces ketones to fuel your body and brain.

When short on glucose your body has no problem switching to ketones for required fuel to save muscle wasting.

So I learned how to rely on fat instead and my brain can rely on ketones (that are produced from fat by the liver) for a nearly unlimited supply of fuel.

A ketogenic diet focuses on using «ketones» and fat as fuel for your body — rather than glucose (sugar).

Findings published on the National Institutes Of Health website, Metabolic Effects of the Very - Low - Carbohydrate Diets: Misunderstood «Villains» of Human Metabolism, (Manninen et al) ascertains that reducing carb intake triggers a harmless physiological state known as ketosis, where ketones flow from the liver and spare the need for glucose metabolism providing an alternative source of fuel for the body.

I was interested in seeing how relying on ketone bodies for fuel would help my body, mental performance, and improve my blood glucose control and symptoms.