Ketogenic diet produces substances, mainly in the liver, called ketone bodies, which should only be used as energy substrate by the brain or the heart in exceptional situations and not on a regular basis. These organs must use glucose.
This type of diet is used with success in the medical field for treating refractory epilepsy drug treatment or in cases of morbid obesity bariatric surgery before. It should be noted that in the case of weight loss, seems to only work in the short term,since there are not significant differences with a low calorie but balanced carbohydrate diet that favors the maintenance of glucose, the main energetic substrate used in a balanced diet deposits from 6 months.
The increase of ketone bodies in the blood can lower your pH and cause ketosis; a situation that favors that fats are used for energy and displayed an increase in these substances.
Another substance known in the field of the gym is carnitine. What we know of it?
Carnitine
Carnitine is a substance that produces the body's physiological form from two essential amino acids are lysine and methionine, which are also required for synthesis vitamin C, B3, B6 and iron so we can deduce that if we have any of the mentioned nutrients deficiency, carnitine deficit we
The function of this substance is accelerate or promote the oxidation of fats to produce energy from them, in such a way that do not accumulate excess fat in the adipose tissue.
When supplement?
At some moments in life we can use some forms of carnitine supplement nutritional,e.g. in pregnancy since it seems that the requirements of the fetus can do to lower levels in the mother. It can also be used to lose weight, and even for the treatment of certain pathologies but in all cases always under medical supervision and in very specific situations.
In sport have to ask ourselves the following question: does the supplementation make sense if I do sport and have a balanced diet? If we consume all the nutrients needed for the synthesis of carnitine with a healthy and varied diet, and have no deficit due to other causes of this substance by which supplement? In any case, a professional must study each individual to assess this need.