Specific physiological indicators mark the transition into keto-adaptation
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Specific physiological indicators, including significant elevations in circulating ketone bodies and alterations in metabolic biomarkers, mark the metabolic shift and transition into keto-adaptation.
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A Very-low-energy Fast Involves Increased Adipose Inflammatory Gene Expression: A 6-day Feeding Trial (FASTOMICS-6).
2026 · cited by 2
Demonstrates that a very-low-energy fast induces marked changes in ketone bodies, circulating serum markers, and metabolic pathways characteristic of early adaptation.
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