Showing posts with label sugar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sugar. Show all posts

Saturday, January 10, 2015

Ketosis!

Many people, even biologists, don't know about ketosis, the alternate method our bodies have for supplying energy.  Most people (especially in modern society!) utilize glucose as their cells' primary energy source.  But, in the absence of carbohydrates, our bodies are able to burn fat.  The fats that circulate throughout our body during fasting or very low-carb dieting are known as ketones:

Source.

The metabolic changes necessary to metabolize ketones instead of glucose depend on human physiology and activity:
These graphs describe Peter Attia's experiments with different exercises while in ketosis, and the results to his blood glucose, ketones (B-OHB) and lactate levels. 

Wednesday, January 07, 2015

Blood Glucose Charts


From wikipedia article on diabetes.




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Interesting behavioral health article on hypoglycemia and anger, violence.  
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Fast versus slow oxidizers (=induced hypoglycemia).  This website basically recommends eating more fat and protein if you have these below-normal glucose excursions.