metabolic

The Ketogenic Diet is a high fat, adequate protein and low-carbohydrate diet that forces the body to burn fats rather than carbohydrates. Typically, carbohydrates contained in food are converted into glucose, which is then transported around the body. However, if there is very little carbohydrates in the diet, the liver will convert fat into fatty acids and ketone bodies. Cancer is an obligate glucose metabolizer. A person's normal cells ...