Ketosis Part I

Everyone has heard of it, some of you may love it, some of you may hate it.  While most people know the general facts about ketosis, I have been hearing a lot about it lately, and it seems like every time you talk to someone different about it they have a different opinion on it.  Some people think it is the ideal state for our bodies to be in, while some think of it like the plague, and something to be avoided at all costs. Well, I am going to try and clear up some of the confusion on the matter.  This won’t be an easy, or small task, so bear with me as I try and go through all the facts to make sure I get everything right.   As a general game plan I think a good place to start will be what are ketone bodies, how are they made, how are they transported and what tissues can use them.  Then we can move into their metabolism, uses, and long term ketosis.  Other topics will come up along the way, but that is what the information I hope to synthesize here for you.  In order to transmit all of this information we will have to get fairly technical, and I will have some pretty complicated figures presented, but hopefully I can pull out the main points of them for everyone.  Well, let’s get started.