Ketosis is when ketones are produced in the body from the breakdown of fat for energy. Only if too many ketones accumulate in the body may ketosis progress to diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), a life ...

All ten substances in the Ketones Group are commercially produced and are also naturally present in the environment in various plants and/or food items or produced by microbes and other organisms.

Chemicals called ketones are made when the body uses fat for energy - this is called ketosis. With the ketogenic diet, the body mostly uses ketones instead of glucose for its energy source. It is not ...