Ketones aren’t just a form of energy, they’re powerful signaling molecules. They regulate the expression of genes and dampen inflammatory processes.
Your body is always producing a very low level of ketones, irrespective of your diet. You start producing more of them when f...

• The stricter you restrict carbs (or total calories), the quicker you will be in ketosis.
• Restricting your carb intake to 20g per day is a good heuristic (loose rule) for entering ketosis. It will generally get you into ketosis within a few days.

1. Epilepsy. Keto has been proven to be very beneficial and highly successful in treating epilepsy
2. Metabolic syndrome. Being in a state of nutritional ketosis helps to improve markers of metabolic disease.
3. Alzheimer’s disease.

Is a metabolic state. Think of being in or out of ketosis like the settings in a hybrid car; you can rely on gas or electricity to different degrees.

In ketosis, we rely on fat instead of carbs for energy and do so to such an extent that we start ...