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Ketone Bodies and Insulin Increase the Efficiency of Mitochondria Energy Production


 

Ketone Bodies and Insulin Increase the Efficiency of Mitochondria Energy Production

Ketone bodies or insulin increase the efficiency of hydraulic work in heart by 30%. They change most critical parameters of mitochondrial function, most notably, by reducing free NAD and oxidizing the coenzyme Q couple thus increasing the delta-G of ATP and decreasing free radical generation.

The illustration above is from  Vol. 80, pp 50A-64A, 1997 of  the American Journal of Cardiology.




Updated: August 2002

 

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