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Ketogenic or “ketone generator”. Ketones or acetones are colorless, volatile substances with a characteristic acid odor: they represent the waste of energy production and when the concentrations of ketones in the blood are excessive, due to the so-called ketogenic diets that is very poor in carbohydrates, there is a sort of intoxication , already recognizable in the sour breath.
Ketogenic, low in carbohydrates and high in fat, is a metabolic state in which the body, in the absence of carbohydrates, mainly uses fat for energy.
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