ketone
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- noun
- /ˈkiːtoʊn/
- Specialized
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ceto
- If sugar is coming out in their urine, it's diabetes; if ketone bodies (energy) are present, it's ketosis.
- produce ketones
- ethyl ketone
- methyl ethyl ketone
It's very clear they use a lot more ketones, maybe still using some glucose.
- It's very clear they use a lot more ketones, maybe still using some glucose.
- So ketones are made by your liver, right?
- But in the last year or so I've started using liquid ketone esters.
- Yes, you you can use ketones, of course you can.
- So, and we calculate this through something called the glucose ketone index.
- They ate high fat keto for a year, verified by checking their ketones routinely.
- And then if you attack fasting onto it, now you're getting ketones.
- Because your brain runs on glucose, it can also run on ketones too.
- And then if you attack fasting on to it, now you're getting ketones.
- And usually I'll have ketones, exogenous ketones.
Examples
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When the body burns fat for energy, it produces ketones that can be used as fuel.
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The brain works more efficiently when it runs on ketones all the time.
Blog text (27) -
Because the only way to make a ketone is by burning fat.
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Most of the brain cells prefer ketone bodies for fuel.
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We can run on ketones and be great.
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So ketones are made by your liver, right?
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Since dialing in my sleep and running on ketones, my epilepsy is gone.
Blog text (27) -
They ate high fat keto for a year, verified by checking their ketones routinely.
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DKA occurs when a severe lack of insulin upsets the body's normal chemical balance and causes it to produce ketones.
Academic text (2012) -
Following a low-carb diet can lead to increased levels of ketones in the bloodstream.
Compounds
- Specialized
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A clear, flammable liquid used to dissolve paints and plastics
- Specialized
A clear, very flammable liquid used to dissolve and clean things, for example in nail polish remover
Surface Forms
Morphology
ketone = acetone (opaque) = ket + one
The word is a specialized chemical name built using the combining form 'ket-' and the chemical suffix '-one'; these components are not meaningful to general B1 learners.
Etymology
The word ketone comes from the common chemical name acetone plus the ending -one, which chemists used to name this type of chemical. So ketone means chemicals like acetone, and in the body ketones are made when fat is broken down for energy.