Hormones And The Ketogenic Diet

Hormones and the Ketogenic Diet
Ketogenic diet has a direct effect on the level of two important hormones, first is insulin and second is glucagon. On studying the nature of insulin, it is found that insulin is a type of hormone, which is responsible for transporting nutrients to the targeted tissues, by separating the nutrients from the bloodstream. For exam- ple, muscle stores glucose, which becomes glycogen and adipose tissue stores
FFA which becomes triglycerides and this is all due to the insulin. The fuel- mobilizing hormone of the body is called the glucagon. This hormone breaks down the stored glycogen by stimulating the body for the supply of glucose to the overall body.
The level of glucagon increases and the level of insulin