Plagman already is looking at how diet impacts an individual's CCK levels through researching fasting glucose and
ketone bodies.
They showed that high levels of
ketone bodies, molecules produced by the breakdown of fat, help the intestine to maintain a large pool of adult stem cells, which are crucial for keeping the intestinal lining healthy.
How it works: The ketogenic diet tries to force the body into using a different type of fuel known as
ketone bodies, which are a type of fuel produced by the liver from fat stores.
Insulin levels will drop, production of fat kicks and the liver releases
ketone bodies.
Plasma NEFA, ammonia (NH3), lactic acid (LA), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), immunoglobulin A (IgA) and
ketone bodies were examined using a reagent kit provided by the manufacturer to run in a Beckman Coulter AU480 automatic biochemistry analysis system (Beckman Coulter, Brea, CA, USA).
'When MCFAs are metabolized [in the human body],
ketone bodies are created in the liver,' wrote Ty Bollinger, a best-selling author, medical researcher and health-freedom advocate.
It is not clear whether or not
ketone bodies themselves are responsible for impacting biomarkers of OS, or if there are other mechanisms of adaptation.
Your body converts fat into fatty acids and
ketone bodies, which serve as fuel in the absence of glucose.
Already, I knew his diabetes was not under control as the familiar smell of
ketone bodies around him and in his breath was overpowering.
KD causes production of
ketone bodies in the liver, which is its most important feature.
In this metabolic state, most of the body's energy supply comes from
ketone bodies in the blood, rather than glucose.
With
ketone bodies burning fat as the source for the body's energy, the physiologic consequence is a significant weight loss, around five to eight pounds a month, as I've noted in my patients.