Answer to Question #94971 in Biochemistry for Kylie

Question

What are the different types of ketone bodies? also mention the diseases in which
the amount of ketone bodies increases in the body.

Answer 1

Ketone bodies are produced by the liver from fatty acids during periods of low food intake (fasting), carbohydrate restrictive diets, prolonged intense exercise, alcoholism or in untreated (or inadequately treated) type 1 diabetes mellitus.