What Is Ketosis In The Body?
The body receives its fuel from its dietary carbohydrates. Carbohydrates include foods such as rice , bread, pasta, fruit, sugar and vegetables, and other grains. If carbohydrates, starches or sugars enter the body they are turned into glucose and used for energy by the body. In order to remove glucose from the bloodstream, the hormone insulin uses glucose for energy or stores what is not needed. Glucose not used as food is transferred to the liver and muscles for food reserve use as glycogen. Any leftover muscle glycogen, such as with exercise or spending, transforms into accumulated body fat. For people with carbohydrate sensitivity or insulin resistance, the possibility of obesity and Type 2 diabetes High carbohydrate diabetes = high blood glucose = high insulin = high body fat levels are depressing. Ketosis and Lipolysis The body's own fat is a best alternative fuel source, which is activated when the intake of carbs is restricted and their sources controlled. The body i...