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Ketosis and Calories by Big Daddy D. Patient Expert

Posted Fri 12 Sep 2008 3:43am Does anyone know if ketosis results in weight loss regardless of consumption of calories from fat and protein? It would seem that when in ketosis that the old adage of "calories consumed vs. calories burned" doesn't apply. I'm ultimately trying to figure out whether or not it is really beneficial to count calories while doing low-carb. Read on »

Staying in Ketosis vs. Carb Cycling by Big Daddy D. Patient Expert

Posted Fri 12 Sep 2008 8:58am

1 Comment I have a dilemma. For the past few days, my ketone strips are reading around 100 mg/dL, which is a large amount of ketones. This means that my body is currently burning fat at a fast rate. And, that's great. However, tomorrow is supposed to be the start of a carb-up in my cycle. And, I hate to knock myself out of ketosis when it is burning fat so well Read on »

What Is Ketosis? by monicad1974 Patient Expert

Posted Tue 15 Feb 2011 11:46am fatty acids. We need proteins and fats for building and repairing tissue and cells - proteins and fats can also be sources of energy. If necessary, the body can get all its... are used for energy. Ketones are small carbon fragments that are the fuel created by the breakdown of fat stores. Ketosis is potentially a serious condition if keytone levels go too Read on »

Is It Safe To Stay In Ketosis Indefinitely? by Vickie Patient Expert

Posted Tue 23 Mar 2010 3:07pm , whenever you want, and whatever you want. Including lots of high-calorie, fatty foods. Stay in Ketosis and your body fat stores, irregardless of the amount of calories you eat... can be in Ketosis without turning the sticks any type of color. You can register dark purple on the sticks, yet still not be burning body fat. In fact, those types of things Read on »

Can ketosis cause false positives on DUI breathalizers? by Big Daddy D. Patient Expert

Posted Fri 12 Sep 2008 8:59am . http://livinlavidalocarb.blogspot.com/search?q=DUI&x=51&y=3 This gist is that when the body produces ketosis as it burns stored body fat for energy, consumption of carbohydrates during ketosis can cause the body itself to produce a substance called isopropyl alcohol. Most DUI breath testing machines cannot distinguish isopropyl alcohol from ethanol Read on »

Thoughts on Ketosis - II by Kurt G Harris MD Posted Mon 07 Feb 2011 1:18am micronutrients like thiamin and Vit C. KGH: It is not at all necessary to have ketosis to minimize respiration based on glucose. A merely high fat diet with adequate glucose will do it. And of course as glucose is turned into fatty acids as needed, there is plenty of beta oxidation of fat going on even on a "high carb" diet. Especially when fasting. Based Read on »

KETOSIS OR KETOACIDOSIS? by Judy B. Healthy Living Professional

Posted Thu 18 Nov 2010 7:47pm .) Benign, dietary ketosis is not only harmless but it is a highly desirable state. It means the body is burning fat for fuel. Ketones are produced as a result of the breakdown of fat. The alternative to ketosis is burning sugar and storing fat, something most of us try to avoid. Keto-acid-osis is an entirely different thing. Dr. Mary Vernon explains it this way: Benign Read on »

Is Ketosis Necessary On A Low-Carb Diet? Let's Ask The Experts! by Jimmy M. Healthy Living Professional

Posted Mon 25 Aug 2008 6:34pm

1 Comment in the mindset that having ketones from fat burning is abnormal and undesirable. We know it is not. Dr. Veech, an NIH researcher, agrees that the negatives about dietary ketosis... endpoint--persistent state ketosis and utilization of gluconeogenesis. The idea that one will not induce ketosis (burning fat) doing the former is physiologically not possible Read on »

Does Ketosis Cause An Internal Rise In Body Temperature? by Jimmy M. Healthy Living Professional

Posted Sun 24 Aug 2008 3:55pm

2 Comments of the fat-burning effects of ketosis on a low-carb diet, I didn't know what he was talking about since that wasn't anything close to what I dealt with. I had my suspicions about what may be causing it and shared those with my reader: GREAT QUESTION! I suspect the ketosis is causing the rise in your body temperature because of the fat-burning Read on »

Thoughts on Ketosis - I by Kurt G Harris MD Posted Sun 06 Feb 2011 11:26pm I'm getting questions about ketosis, as well as my evolving views on starches, to I'll describe my own experience with ketosis and starch intake. Before my dietary transition, I always ate a fairly animal-fat heavy diet. I simply stopped eating sugar and flour in the fall of 2007, and I had never really eaten that much in the way of starchy Read on »