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Depression While In Ketosis
As I have stated on multiple occasions, ketones are not your friends. They are the portents of bad things to come… the persistence of ketones affects your diabetes. As always, a review of biology/biochemistry is a must when we talk about ketones. Ketones result when the body breaks down fat for energy. They are the breakdown products of fatty acids and accumulate in the blood. Ketosis (or accumulation of ketones) occurs when the body is unable to use the more efficient pathway to metabolize...
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