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Thread: No Ketones No Damage?

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05-03-2008, 09:03 AM

xMenace

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Originally Posted by gobbly2100

Hey,

I just wondered if I am right or wrong in thinking that if you have no ketones then you are not causing damage?

You would be wrong on that one.

Sugar does the damage; though ketones can be lethal. Think of sugar as glass, they are a lot alike. The more glass flowing through your veins, the more damage it does.

Sugar:

Glass:

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