Not exact matches
When you deprive a sugar - burning human of his / her carbs and replace those calories with fat and protein, your genes get the signal to start up -
regulating fat metabolism and
ketone production.
This is fine because it means that you are using
ketones and fat for energy and your body is
regulating their
production properly.
In a normal healthy person, this
production of
ketones is still
regulated by insulin.
Research into Time - Restricted Feeding indicates that allotting at least 12 hours a day to fasting boosts the body's repair mechanisms, improves digestive function and motility, provides time for the body to switch to
ketone body
production (which tends to happen 10 - 12 hours after a meal), improves blood sugar control,
regulates appetite, and enhances stress resilience.
During very low carbohydrate intake, the
regulated and controlled
production of
ketone bodies causes a harmless physiological state known as dietary ketosis.