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the diet in the paper at 800cal/day is far from ketosis, so it seems one can enjoy the benefits of low cal without going to that extreme

• sjtgraham 9y ago
  Ketosis has nothing to do with calories in. It's dictated by whether your body has glucose/glycogen available to run itself. If not, your cells start using fat directly and your liver produces ketones for the brain, which it uses with the remaining glucose in the blood.
• elhudy 9y ago
  The person I was replying to specifically mentioned that they went on a keto diet.
  • poppysan 9y ago
    Ketosis is different than ketoacidosis.
    • elhudy 9y ago
      Right, but being in Ketosis is a precursor to ketoacidosis
      • raarts 9y ago
        You have to be doing it really wrong to get there though. OTOH it's always a good idea to research it before starting something.