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BirAdamlast Wednesday at 9:05 PM1 replyview on HN

Not quite. The body will just enter ketosis if glucose and glycogen levels are too low.


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cyberaxlast Thursday at 1:12 AM

The grandparent means something a bit different. Muscles can use glucose without _oxygen_ to get short bursts of energy quickly by rearranging glucose molecules (indirectly) into lactic acid.

Ketones can't be used for this purpose.

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