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Re:The Effects of Intermittent Fasting on Human and Animal H... by firethief on Monday July 06, 2015 @10:30AM (#9839329)
That sounds vaguely like diabetes.

In the absence of metabolic disease, the body breaks down fat to use the resulting energy. Think about it evolutionarily; "there's no food right now, time to jettison my energy stores"?

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Re:The Effects of Intermittent Fasting on Human and Animal H... by 1stop on Monday July 06, 2015 @10:40AM (#9839410)
Ketosis is a pretty weird state brought on by lack of carbohydrates. The liver starts producing ketones, ketones rapidly breakdown fat cells to boost blood sugar.

It is mostly unrelated to diabetes as that relates to insulin response.

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Re:The Effects of Intermittent Fasting on Human and Animal H... by maxerickson on Monday July 06, 2015 @10:44AM (#9839442)
Blood sugar is not boosted by ketosis. Ketosis can occur as a result of low insulin (in which case blood sugar will be high).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketosis#Mechanism

http://www.diabetes.co.uk/blood-glucose/ketosis.html

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