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#11 - AMA #2: the Nothingburger — results from Peter’s week-long fast between two weeks of nutritional ketosis — and answering questions on all things fasting

The Peter Attia Drive

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Uric Acid Levels

The blood urea nitrogen went down to 12 which again that makes sense in the context of there's no protein coming in i was at best in a neutral nitrogen balance but almost assuredly was in a negative nitrogen balance. The homocysteine actually corrected and yet the uric acid went through a level that i've never seen before in myself so kind of interesting  it made me wonder if could uric acid levels or changes in uric Acid levels be a small part of the signature of autophagy we might be interested in.

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