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Everything You Need To Know About Ketones & Ketosis

Ben Greenfield Life

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The Relationship Between Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes

I was still living in New York when I started my PhD. My research looked at the metabolism of type 2 diabetes in hypoxia, which is the oxygen environment. Most diseases are related to low oxygenation state, mitochondrial deficiencies and subpar metabolism that's specifically causing a hypoxic metabolic state. And what we have found is that in diabetes, there is way less metabolic flexibility when it comes to ability to shift over from fat to glucose. So that was my hope yesterday.

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