How to Use ketosis in a Sentence

ketosis

noun
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  • The goal is to teach your body to burn fat for fuel, instead of carbs, a process known as ketosis.
    — Erica Sweeney, Men's Health, 6 Mar. 2023
  • This is in an effort to achieve what is called ketosis.
    — Melissa Matthews, Men's Health, 2 May 2023
  • The device can then confirm whether a body is in ketosis, and the app will give advice for how to achieve it of not.
    — Helen Murphy, PEOPLE.com, 11 July 2019
  • The decreased intake of carbs forces the body into the state of ketosis, in which fat becomes the main provider of fuel for the body.
    — Jay Cannon, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2020
  • This results in a short-term ketosis, which is the state where the body burns fat for energy.
    — Abby Langer, SELF, 14 Sep. 2017
  • The goal is to achieve ketosis, a state in which the body uses fat as its primary fuel, rather than carbs.
    — Blake Bakkila, Health.com, 6 June 2018
  • Once in ketosis, the body has to burn fat (rather than sugar) for energy.
    — Corey J. Maloney, Health.com, 30 June 2020
  • That's thanks to ketosis, the same body process that breaks down fatty acids for energy.
    — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 12 Dec. 2019
  • The diet is high in fats, moderate in proteins and very low in carbs, and forces the body into a state known as ketosis.
    — Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 12 Dec. 2019
  • The goal is to restrict carb consumption to between 20 to 50 grams of carbs per day to trigger ketosis.
    — Karla Walsh, Woman's Day, 27 Dec. 2018
  • The whole idea is to enter a metabolic state known as ketosis, when your body burns fat for fuel.
    — Jaclyn London, Ms, Rd, Cdn, Good Housekeeping, 16 Jan. 2019
  • Without the carbs, say proponents, the body burns stored fat instead through a process called ketosis.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 14 Mar. 2018
  • This metabolic state, called ketosis, is the goal of the keto diet.
    — Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 26 Aug. 2019
  • The goal of this diet is to promote a state of ketosis, in which the body burns fat for fuel rather than carbohydrates.
    — Brierley Horton, Ms, Health, 8 Apr. 2024
  • The diet involves cutting way back on carbohydrates to 50 grams a day or less to help the body achieve a state of ketosis.
    — Amanda MacMillan, Health, 16 June 2023
  • The goal of this macronutrient imbalance is to keep your body in a fat-burning mode known as ketosis.
    — Isadora Baum, Men's Health, 5 Apr. 2023
  • The secondary source of energy is called ketones (hence the name ketosis).
    — Melissa Matthews, Men's Health, 2 May 2023
  • After all, the goal is to replace carbs with protein and fat to kick off ketosis, and the easiest way to do that is to stock up on tons of chicken breasts and steaks.
    — Emily Shiffer, Women's Health, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Here’s where keto gets tough: A few extra carbs a day, even from vegetables, can knock you out of ketosis.
    — Jacqueline Detwiler, Popular Mechanics, 25 June 2018
  • The following veggies and legumes are higher in carbs, which means eating them could push you over your carb allotment for the day and take you out of ketosis.
    — Women's Health, 16 Aug. 2023
  • There is little room for that type of error on the keto diet, which relies on your body staying in ketosis.
    — Amanda MacMillan, Health, 5 June 2023
  • Symptoms seems to last anywhere from a week to a month until your body becomes accustomed to ketosis.
    — Kimberly Mugler, Rd, Ldn, Philly.com, 13 Mar. 2018
  • But Terry was a fan of how the keto diet puts people into a state of ketosis, in which the body burns fat instead of carbs, resulting in weight loss.
    — Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com, 19 Sep. 2019
  • Want to enjoy a PB smoothie without getting knocked out of ketosis?
    — Emily Laurence, Good Housekeeping, 27 June 2022
  • To enter ketosis, dieters need to be eating fewer than 50 grams of carbs a day for a few days while maintaining a diet that's high in fat.
    — Rasha Ali, USA TODAY, 19 June 2019
  • The supplement claims to affect blood sugar, ketosis fat burning, weight loss, and more.
    — Mark Jackson, Discover Magazine, 4 June 2021
  • When consumed in keen moderation, none of these beers will knock you off ketosis, implode your Whole30 progress or wreck low-carb meal plans.
    — Zee Krstic, goodhousekeeping.com, 25 May 2023
  • In the past, ketosis, shifting from carbs to ketones, was viewed as problematic.
    — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 7 Oct. 2021
  • The reduction in carbs puts your body into a metabolic state called ketosis.
    — Cincinnati.com, 2 Jan. 2018
  • Potential short-term side effects of ketosis include:1 Keto flu: Many people report flu-like symptoms in the first few weeks of ketosis, including headache, fatigue, nausea, and dizziness.
    — Lindsay Curtis, Health, 2 July 2024

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