Paul Saladino· MD
glucose controls insulin and vice versa so the hormone insulin controls the metabolism of the substrate but glucose levels also control hormones involved in fatty acid breakdown this being the process of ketosis by which your fat is broken down via beta oxidation to me and to others this suggests that ketosis is a state of urgency rather than the default mechanism or the homeostatic state for humans this is really important to understand glucose controls the metabolism of itself but also ketones ketones fatty acids don't