Wellness Fasting and Hyperketosis
Journal Title: Diabetes Research – Open Journal - Year 2016, Vol 2, Issue 2
Abstract
Ketoacidosis is sometimes a lethal complication of diabetes mellitus.1-3 Ketone bodies are considered to be the toxic elements of ketoacidosis. Wilder3 considered that the threshold of ketogenesis (i.e. the maximal ratio compatible with the oxidation of the ketogenic compounds) was reached when the number of ketogenic molecules just equaled the number of glucose molecules. Each glucose molecule being ketolytic for 2 molecules of acetoacetic acid, the ratio is 2:1. As the glucose concentration exceeds 3 mM in the blood, 3-6 mM of ketone bodies in the blood would be considered to reach hyperketosis. Ketogenic food containing a high proportion of fat has been successfully used to treat epileptic fits resistant to medication.4 In a typical epilepsy diet, fat accounts for 90% of the energy intake. Such meals bring about changes in the enterobacterial flora.
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Shaw Watanabe
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- DOI 10.17140/DROJ-2-e007
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