Could this elixir hold the key to weight loss?

[Northerner]

There?s a new drink that could not only help you lose weight, but could also treat epilepsy, diabetes and possibly even Alzheimer?s. It might also be an incredible energy booster. When a group of international rowing champions took it, one of them beat a world record.
It sounds far too good to be true, but the drink?s scientific credentials are impeccable.
It?s been developed by Kieran Clarke, professor of physiological biochemistry at Oxford University and head of its Cardiac Metabolism Research Group, at the behest of the U.S. Army.
Equally amazing is that the drink doesn?t involve a new drug. It contains something our bodies produce all the time.
This key ingredient is ketones ? the tiny, but powerful sources of energy our bodies make naturally when we start using up our fat stores for energy because there are no carbs around.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...-itll-treat-diabetes-epilepsy-Alzheimers.html

My understanding was that ketones are a by-product of fat-conversion for energy, not the actual energy-providing substance for the brain etc. Too many ketones make the blood acidic if there is insufficient circulating insulin to process the ketones out of the body - hence DKA. This sounds dangerous to me for those who are injecting insulin

 

[trophywench]

Not sure but isn't it the difference between ketosis and keto-acidosis? - dietary ketosis is OK but KA isn't?

 

[Northerner]

Not sure but isn't it the difference between ketosis and keto-acidosis? - dietary ketosis is OK but KA isn't?

Yes, the acidosis bit occurs when there is a build up of ketones in the body - this happens when there is insufficient insulin, also indicated by rising/high blood sugars. Usually if your blood sugars are fine then that means you have sufficient insulin, hence harmless ketosis will occur.