Ketone bodies

Food Sources

Foods that contain Ketone bodies.

• Ketogenic diet

  KD action is mainly through ketogenesis involving oxidation of fatty acids producing ketone bodies such as β-OHB, acetoacetate and acetone

  Source: Nutrition, Food and Diet in Ageing and Longevity

Biological Mechanisms

How Ketone bodies works at a cellular level.

• PromotesSuppresses Appetite by Inhibiting Ghrelin

  After about three days of fasting, the body enters starvation ketosis; the ultrahigh levels of ketones tamp down feelings of hunger

• SupportsDifferential stress resistance

  Higher ketone body levels (from fat breakdown) are one of 4 markers of the protected fasting state

Sources

• Nutrition, Food and Diet in Ageing and Longevity
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• The Longevity Diet