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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mpe" data-source="post: 456749" data-attributes="member: 60109">Not even lactating women need any dietary carbohydrates.  There are plenty of examples of people living for extended periods on such a diet. Including the traditional Inuit and Maasai diets. The primary method of fat respiration is called "beta oxidation". The production of ketones is primarily due to the Blood Brain Barrier. Which limits what compounds neurons can get into their mitochondria from the blood to those below a certain size. IIRC it is possible for certain fats, such as propan-tri-butanoate, can cross the BBB. But the liver needs to specifically make these. Which it generally only starts doing after several days of low dietary glucose.</blockquote>

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