Decoding Ketosis: 7 Biological Effects of the Ketogenic Diet

Decoding Ketosis: 7 Biological Effects of the Ketogenic Diet
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My friend Dr. Monti told me that he has been on a ketogenic diet for two months and has been feeling great. In sharing a bit about his experience with the Keto diet he also told me that I should buy a test kit to check whether I am in a state of ketosis.

The ketogenic diet brings many biological changes to our body and in addition to using a test kit, the body itself might provide some signals about whether we are indeed in a state of ketosis.

Jingduan Yang
Jingduan Yang
M.D.
Dr. Jingduan Yang is a board-certified psychiatrist and fifth-generation classical Chinese medicine physician whose work bridges Western psychiatry, functional medicine, and ancient healing traditions. He is the creator of the ACES Model of Health and Medicine—a four-dimensional framework spanning anatomy, chemistry, energy, and spirit—and the author of “Facing East” and “Clinical Acupuncture and Ancient Chinese Medicine.” As a principal founder of the Northern School of Medicine and Health Sciences, he advances whole-person care grounded in science, ethics, and humanity.
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