Tag: thyroid

• Metabolism on a ketogenic diet

  Let me first clarify that this article is about a true ketogenic diet, meaning you actually produce higher levels of BHB. Why am I saying this? Because I notice quite a number of people who leave out most carbs but they don’t necessarily reach the ketogenic state due to various reasons. I’ve always said and…

  DesignedByNature

  18 June 2021

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  IGF-1, ketogenic diet, metabolism, protein, T3, thermogenesis, thyroid, UCP1

• Cholesterol or ketones, can we have both?

  I wanted to know the relationship between and what drives production of cholesterol versus ketones. The simple reason being that 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl Coa or HMG-Coa (HMG) is either reduced by HMG-Coa reductase (HMGr) into the pathway towards cholesterol or HMG-Coa lyase (HMGl) sets it on the pathway towards Acetoacetate. So 2 enzymes work on the same…

  DesignedByNature

  2 March 2020

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  carnivore, cholesterol, estrogen, glucagon, HMG-Coa, insulin, ketones, LMHR, T3, thyroid