Rhonda Patrick· PhD
There have been cases where you could produce a hypoglycemic shock that would be fatal...otherwise fatal. But if your ketones are elevated, you're asymptomatic for hypoglycemia.
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There have been cases where you could produce a hypoglycemic shock that would be fatal...otherwise fatal. But if your ketones are elevated, you're asymptomatic for hypoglycemia.
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if the brain has adapted to ketones, it may be more resilient to tolerate a low glucose, but most people one haven't adapted to ketones and two don't even have any ketones.