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What causes ketosis?

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Various: Extra ketones in the blood, likely to spill into the urine, will be present if you miss a meal, but very high levels warn of diabetes out of control or Aspirin poisoning. There are other less familiar causes.

Answered 10/3/2016

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Dr. Milton Alvis, jr answered

Specializes in Preventive Medicine

BurningFat forEnergy: When we burn fat, we produce a variety of ketones. While physicians have often associated this state with unhealthy conditions (usual Doc focus; http://goo.gl/Blh6rW), staying in chronic nutritional ketosis, https://www.ketonix.com, is quite healthy & strongly associated with healthier lipoprotein particle concentrations, ↓↓rates of diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease, cancer & mortality.

Answered 10/24/2018

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