Re:Ketosis is a Fact (Score 1)

Now like good little kids let's all open our standard biochem textbooks and go to the chapter of carbohydrate metabolism and what happens after its depletion. Chetosis, hence the formation of cheto-bodies (simple chetones, which substitute glucose for energy extraction...) occurs after the COMPLETE depletion of all carbohydrate stores (in the form of glygcogen...) in the muscles and liver. Illness with fever is a particular situation where the enzyme function get somehow distroted and cannot account as a significant "experiment" for the efficiency and timing of the formation of the cheto-bodies. The dark yellow colour of liquid is more likely attributable to a slight dehydration occuring during all disease with fever (you sweat alot...), intense metabolism due to the higher temperature, metabolism of the various medicines and a altered function of the kideneys and liver. The decrease in weight is again attributable to a great loss of liquids. A far as I know, all sick people, usually drink hot drinks with sugar or honey, this should be enough not to trigger the formation of cheto-bodies. Furthermore, the cheto-body entity is the prefered food of our most energy consuming (relative to its volume...) organ, our brain (I hear a woohoo from the geek population out there ;-)...) and not our muscles or other organs which feed on other molecules during carbohadryte depletion. Hence, Atkins suggest complete abstinense from sugars for a long time, so that the formation of cheto-bodies may be triggered. A process in itself signaling that something is really wrong with our nutrition, since it is being triggered only under extreme circumstances, regardless of whether it works or not. Remember the what works is not always the best for our bodies. Eating quickly our fat, does not mean eating only adipose fat, but interorgan fat as well, which may have devastating effects to the functioning of the organs. Once again the conclusion is the wise and as old as the world, balance and harmony.