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Answer the following questions in complete sentences, do not use one word answers. Make sure to fully answer each question that is asked. You must type the question number and question in your response. Read the article found at this link: https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/21/magazine/21Epilepsy-t.html?_r=0
which discusses the ketogenic diet. Refer to your text as well as the article.
1. What are ketone bodies? Where in the body are ketones produced?
2. When does the body produce ketone bodies?
3. What is ketosis?
4. What is a symptom on diabetic ketoacidosis? Ketoacidosis, if allowed to persist, can result in what?
5. Do you think it is safe for healthy adults to follow a very-low-carbohydrate diet in an effort to lose weight. Why or why not?
From the article:
6. What makes Sam’s diet difficult to manage?
7. What does Sam have to do to make up for the essential nutrients that his ketogenic diet lacks?
8. What macronutrient is highest in Sam’s diet?
9. What does Sam want for his 10th birthday?
10. What do you think about Sam’s diet?