Tag: exercise

• CKM – Part 3 – What have 14 days of monitoring showed me?

  Be sure to look at part 1 and part 2 for some more background and earlier observations. Ketone levels The graph below shows the mean values across these 14 days minus the first day as I was too sick and didn’t find it representative of normal levels. Clearly the sleeping period shows very low ketones, around…

  DesignedByNature

  3 January 2024

  Geen categorie

  blood flow, caffeine, exercise, ketones, weight gain

• Why are mice bad at ketogenesis?

  Previously I collected different studies to see how the mice perform on ketogenesis. Despite having a diet that often consists of >90% fat they produce disappointingly low BHB levels. Without thinking much about it I just assumed they are bad at fat metabolism biased by thinking they are typical high carb eating animals so they…

  DesignedByNature

  1 October 2020

  Geen categorie

  carnitine, exercise, fat metabolism, ketogenesis, LCFA, liver, long chain fatty acids, MCFA, medium chain fatty acids, mice

• Vitamin D and immune system

  I won’t know until I have antigen testing done but I’m fairly sure I was infected with the SARS-COV-v2 aka COVID-19 at the starting of March. Last year I was also diagnosed with lymphoma. The connection between the 2 is that the lymphatic system is involved in the defense against infectious pathogens. If you have…

  DesignedByNature

  6 May 2020

  Geen categorie

  1, 25 dihydroxycholecalciferol, 25(OH)D, 25-hydroxyvitamin D, calcidiol, calcifediol, calcitriol, cathelicidin, cholecalciferol, COVID-19, cytokine storm, dosage, exercise, immune system, respiratory infection, SARS-COV-v2, vitamin D3

• Oxidized LDL

  When looking at the risk calculators for cardiovascular disease, your risk of coronary atherosclerosis is calculated based on several factors. Today we already see that LDL alone doesn’t create much of a risk when using the industry top ranked tools. It looks like science has moved on while medical care and general public is still…

  DesignedByNature

  3 March 2020

  Geen categorie

  AGE, atherogenic, CAD, CVD, exercise, glycated ldl, HDL, ketogenic diet, LDL, lipoprotein lipase, low carb, Melatonin, oxidized ldl, sdLDL, vitamin E