"Ketones: The Fourth Fuel"- Interview with Travis Christofferson

• Your body can use four types of fuel: carbohydrates, fats, proteins and ketones. Of these, ketones burn the cleanest. They create far fewer harmful free radicals when burned and do not rely on insulin
• When you're generating ketones and your blood ketone levels go up, the ketone enters the cell through a monocarboxylic acid transport protein. Even without a rise in insulin, the cells are efficiently fueled
• With today's standard American diet, most people never reach a state of fat burning and ketosis. They’re constantly feeding their bodies carbohydrates, and in this high-insulin state, they simply cannot burn fat. Over time, it wears out your metabolic machinery, resulting in insulin resistance and weight gain
• Nutritional ketosis is a powerful way to improve your body’s natural antioxidant capacity
• Optimizing your metabolic health appears to be an effective way to mitigate the severity of a COVID-19 infection. The reason for this is because when you're metabolically flexible, you're not insulin resistant, and insulin resistance is a significant risk factor

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https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2020/09/06/travis-christofferson-nutritional-ketosis.aspx

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