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#027 Valter Longo, Ph.D. on the Fasting-Mimicking Diet & Fasting for Longevity, Cancer & Multiple Sclerosis

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Stem Cells Are More Energetically Favorable Than Ketones

Ketone bodies are more if you think about the stem cells. If if they need energy to differentiate or self renew Ketone bodies would provide a very energetically favorable source because it takes less and less oxygen actually to convert beta hydroxy butyrate into acetyl CoA as opposed to glucose into pyruvate. So this is why I think it's all a part of a Coordinated response Where you know, you have the fat and and by then the fat is one of the few sources Abundant sources of energy also for the stem Cells. It makes sense needed since they have an omeletic country right and and so it makes sense that you will have

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