Usually, when you start, your levels will be higher simply because your body doesn't
utilise ketone bodies as well as someone who is keto - adapted.
Not exact matches
BHB does still act like a
ketone in the
body and is often the
ketone body that is most
utilised for energy.
They only measure the level of acetoacetate - excess
ketone bodies that are not
utilised by the
body and are excreted via urine.
This happens because your
body doesn't
utilise ketones as well before you get keto adapted (3 - 4 weeks).
Utilising the
body's metabolic responses to ketosis by delivering a novel nutritional source of
ketone bodies, the work in this thesis explored the metabolic effects of ketosis on physical performance in humans.