Peter Attia· MD
So we should not when you when glucose there's very powerful homeostatic mechanisms that maintain glucose under normal conditions, right? If we're jacking up our ketones above two, once you get above two together three, four, and five, then you're approaching uh energy toxicity. So you have a level of ketones in your blood that's producing energy toxicity. Energy toxicity is defined by an elevation of a metabolite circulating in your blood that is causing a number of things. One is a counterregulatory reaction which means it's it's increasing the release of insulin the secretion of insulin and your kidneys have to dispose about dispose of that and our blood gases and blood pH blood pH will start to go down. Your blood will become more acidic. That's not a good thing. And that occurs once you get above two or 3 mill mo