Ketosis

[Bellarose100 74]

Hi

I am post op 7 days and wondering if our bodies go in to ketosis as we are eating such low calories?

[*Lexie* 1,486]

I did for the first 3 weeks or so after surgery.

[Smye 695]

@@Bellarose100, Absolutely, you get < about 50-60 g of carbs, depending on your overall mass and energy needs, and your body breaks almost entirely fat rather than fat and glycogen mix. When fats break down it breaks into ketones (those funny-smelling compounds you may or may not remember from o-chem) that we burn rather than the usual glucose. When it's mostly fat breaking down you end up with higher concentrations of ketones, and that we call ketosis. Chances are you'll be in mild ketosis (though likely not detectable with most home tests) until all your EW is gone - this is why exercise is vital - to keep our bodies burning largely ketones to fuel our muscles rather than muscle and fat to fuel our existence.

Sorry to nerd out on you, I'm a chem and bio teacher and I love this stuff.

Edited February 14, 2015 by Smye

[Bellarose100 74]

@@Bellarose100, Absolutely, you get < about 50-60 g of carbs, depending on your overall mass and energy needs, and your body breaks almost entirely fat rather than fat and glycogen mix. When fats break down it breaks into ketones (those funny-smelling compounds you may or may not remember from o-chem) that we burn rather than the usual glucose. When it's mostly fat breaking down you end up with higher concentrations of ketones, and that we call ketosis. Chances are you'll be in mild ketosis (though likely not detectable with most home tests) until all your EW is gone - this is why exercise is vital - to keep our bodies burning largely ketones to fuel our muscles rather than muscle and fat to fuel our existence.

Sorry to nerd out on you, I'm a chem and bio teacher and I love this stuff.

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Haha love it thanks so much ????

[Bellarose100 74]

I did for the first 3 weeks or so after surgery.

Thanks Lexie woke up with that yuk taste in my mouth this morning!