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You have to fast for a long time before your body starts fueling you from ketones.

I don't think that is true. Some expert (Dale Bredesen maybe) said somewhere that a healthy person lacking the bad habit of eating late in the evening will tend to start producing and burning ketones during sleep every night.

Also, many experts are saying that if your body cannot burn fats and ketones, which is unhealthy, you can get it start being able to again by restricting carbs for a while.

Yes there's a lot of hormonal / circadian rhythm effects at play in the evening and early morning. Additionally, you fast while you sleep, so extending that period before and after (not eating late, plus skipping breakfast) helps; 14 hours is a solid fasting amount if you keep it up every day.

You don’t need to fast, you just need to stop eating carbs.

Own a strict ketogenic diet right. Feeling absolutely great. Gotta cut down before the Christmas fattening.

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