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Ketonic State

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Posted : 09/10/2015 8:52 pm

EDIT: This post is in the works as I add to things during my freetime from my studies. To anyone who actually wanted to read this my apologies, but I've been bombarded with school work lately.

 

 

I will try to keep this very basic as to not over complicate the message, but unfortunately I have a tendency to go off on tangents with describing the science behind the results. If anything was too confusing just let me know and I'll reiterate the information to the best of my abilities. This is mostly my personal experiences from utilizing this platform of dieting and one must remember that your genetics is the number one dictator in regards to your physiological response. No one is created the same, but we are all humans (hopefully!) and because of that we all have the same mechanics to a relative extent inside of us.

 

WARNING: To anyone with Type I Diabetes or an individual with a very progressive state of insulin resistance from Type II Diabetes you should not try to achieve a ketonic environment in your body. Carbohydrate depletion and subsequent restriction can cause a condition known as Diabetic Ketoacidosis. To anyone else with an uncompromised pancreas you should be relatively safe trying a dieting protocol like this. If your doctor ever tried to tell you ketosis is dangerous then he is incorrect. There is a major difference between an instance of diabetic ketoacidosis and the acclimation of carbohydrate abscence dubbed "keto-adaptation."

 

 

Understanding Your Metabolic System

What is metabolism? According to Merriam-Webster's definition of metabolism in biology, "the chemical processes by which a plant or an animal uses food, water, etc., to grow and heal and to make energy."[1] Metabolism is our body taking in the foods we consume and through the utilization of catalysts it produces a viable energy source to sustain our biological necessities. It can be further broken down into various categories such as catabolism, anabolism, and intermediatary metabolism. However, we will just concern ourselves with generalized terminology for the sake of preventing any confusion.

Now are body has some diversity in the choices it has for energy, but it is built to be efficient (it really isn't at times though). You can say that was contributed to the adaptative nature of the biological organisms that inhabit this planet. (in theory everything comes from the most anciestrial form of cellular life, prokaryotic cells) So in the name of efficiency our body prefers carbohydrates that metabolize to glucose rather than the various dietary fats that require a more complex metabolic procedure to convert the lipids to feasible energy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[1]Merriam-Webster. Merriam-Webster, n.d. Web. 10 Sept. 2015.

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