ketosis
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- noun
- /kiˈtoʊsɪs/
- Specialized
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cetoacidosis
- People with diabetes may experience ketosis if their body produces too many ketone bodies due to insufficient insulin.
So fasting produces a state of ketosis that's therapeutic fasting or or starvation ketosis or fasting ketosis.
- So fasting produces a state of ketosis that's therapeutic fasting or or starvation ketosis or fasting ketosis.
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So fasting produces a state of ketosis that's therapeutic fasting or or starvation ketosis or fasting ketosis.
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If sugar is coming out in their urine, it's diabetes; if ketone bodies (energy) are present, it's ketosis.
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People sometimes fear ketosis thinking of it as ketoacidosis.
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Ketosis wastes a lot of water, which can hardly be called efficient.
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I want to know more about the detoxifying effects of ketosis on precancerous cells and on healthy individuals.
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It's the sheer volume of slowly digested carbs that keeps most of us out of ketosis throughout the day.
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Ketosis is inherently inefficient.
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During prolonged fasting, the body enters ketosis, which leads to increased ketone levels in the blood.
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Athletes sometimes use a ketogenic diet to maintain ketosis, enhancing their fat oxidation during endurance events.
Synonyms
A high level in the blood of chemicals the body makes when it breaks down fat
A condition with too many ketones from fat in the blood, often in diabetes
A body state when it burns fat and uses ketones for energy instead of carbs
Compounds
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A condition causing high blood sugar and dangerous acid build-up, needing diet and insulin
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A mild adult illness that develops slowly with high blood sugar and usually does not cause ketosis
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A mild adult condition of high blood sugar usually controlled by diet and pills, not insulin
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Surface Forms
Morphology
ketosis = ketone (opaque) = ket + osis
The suffix '-osis' is used in medical terminology, and the meaning 'state of having excess ketone bodies' is not transparent to general learners.
Etymology
Ketosis comes from the word ketone ('a chemical the body makes when it breaks down fat') and the medical ending -osis ('condition'). Think of acetone (the nail polish remover) to remember the 'ketone' part, so ketosis is the condition of having ketones in the blood, which is why it can be a medical problem in diabetes.