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The goal of this diet is to promote a state of ketosis, in which the body burns fat for fuel rather than carbohydrates.
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Brierley Horton, Ms, Health, 8 Apr. 2024
High-carb sweeteners can interrupt ketosis and negatively affect weight loss on the diet.
—Brierley Horton, Ms, Health, 8 Apr. 2024
This led to further experiments showing how diets that can induce ketosis could slow the growth of kidney cysts in PKD in rodents, as described in publication in Cell Metabolism.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2024
This is achieved through a process known as ketosis.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 7 Jan. 2024
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Brierley Horton, Ms, Health, 8 Apr. 2024
High-carb sweeteners can interrupt ketosis and negatively affect weight loss on the diet.
—Brierley Horton, Ms, Health, 8 Apr. 2024
This led to further experiments showing how diets that can induce ketosis could slow the growth of kidney cysts in PKD in rodents, as described in publication in Cell Metabolism.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2024
This is achieved through a process known as ketosis.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 7 Jan. 2024
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ketosis
noun
ke·to·sis
kē-ˈtō-səs 
plural ketoses
-ˌsēz
1
: an abnormal increase of ketone bodies in the body in conditions of reduced or disturbed carbohydrate metabolism (as in uncontrolled diabetes mellitus) compare acidosis, alkalosis
2
: a nutritional disease of cattle and sometimes sheep, goats, or swine that is marked by reduction of blood sugar and the presence of ketone bodies in the blood, tissues, milk, and urine and is associated with digestive and nervous disturbances
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