Research
Metabolic adaptation
Fasting serum beta-hydroxybutyrate levels increased from a median of 95 μmoL/l to 185 μmoL/l over eight weeks.
Increased ketone levels can be expected with low-energy meal replacement diets.
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Fasting serum ketones increased between zero and eight weeks from a median of 95 [70, 140] to 185 [130, 320] μmoL/l (p < 0.0001).
Why this rating
Based on the prospective cohort study design.
Source
Weight loss is proportional to increases in fasting serum beta-hydroxybutyrate concentrations in adults with severe obesity undergoing a meal replacement programme
Francis Finucane et al. · Human Nutrition & Metabolism · 2023
cohort · n=120Cited 7×
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