Several notes on “healthy fat”, ketosis and blood uric acid levels.
Tag: Ketosis
Uric acid in athletes in Stephen Phinney’s early studies.
Last update and review: December 8, 2020. A short summary. A factoid and several comments on serum uric acid. Theory … More
Phinney and Volek since 2011 say: “Above 1 mmol/L (of blood ketones), more than half of the brain’s fuel comes from ketones.” A Test: is this true?
A Test of Physiological Literacy.
Is your diet a “nutritional fetish”?
Chronic alcoholism, nutritional fetishes, and the use of
certain medications may be causal factors in blood cell or coagulation
protein disorders.
Do people at Virta Health understand the physiology of ketosis? Do you? A Test.
A 52-y.-o. patient has ketones in the urine.
1. What is his level of blood ketones?
2. Does he experience the amazing benefits of ketosis?
3. Can it be Virta’s patient?
4. What are his BG and HbA1c?