Posted by Admin | 5:49 PM

Compensatory adaptation (CA)  is an idea that is useful in the understanding of how the body reacts to inputs like dietary intake of macronu...

Labels: body fat, compensatory adaptation, gluconeogenesis, glucose, glycogen depletion, intermittent fasting, ketones, ketosis, muscle gain, muscle loss, research, resistance exercise, strength training

Posted by Admin | 1:49 PM

Ketones are compounds that have a specific chemical structure. The figure below (from: Wikipedia) shows the chemical structure of various ty...

Labels: Atkins, ketones, ketosis, low carb, research

Posted by Admin | 11:01 PM

This is a follow up on this post . Just to recap, an interesting hypothesis has been around for quite some time about a possible negative ef...

Labels: AGEs, Atkins, diabetes, ketosis, methylglyoxal, research

Posted by Admin | 5:05 PM

Ketosis is a state typically associated with very low carbohydrate diets, such as the Atkins diet. In this state, the liver produces ketones...

Labels: AGEs, body fat, ketosis, methylglyoxal, research, VLDL