When you fast, and also if you follow a strict low-carb slimming diet, and the body goes over to using fat as its main fuel, the concentration of ketones [structural formulas shown below] in the blood rises. One of these is beta-HG [also known as BHB]. The health-enhancing effects of fasting are partly due to the increase of BHB in the bloodstream, biologists at the University of South Florida suspect. In experiments with microscopic lab creatures they discovered that administering BHB extended life expectancy without rigorous dieting - and also that it may delay age-related diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's.
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