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Solving the Ketosis Puzzle by Understanding Glycogen Stores

If you can’t enter ketosis despite lifestyle changes, you need to understand the role and function of glycogen stores in the liver

Dr Mehmet Yildiz
EUPHORIA
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8 min readAug 27, 2023

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I’ve been living a keto lifestyle for many years, as documented in numerous stories before. This unique lifestyle is about a diet where we eat low carbs with moderate healthy fats and bioavailable proteins, stick to a specific eating window, and get moving with moderate and consistent exercise.

By reading the decades of research and experimenting, I’ve learned how ketosis and glycogen play together along the way. I thought sharing this tacit knowledge in this short story would be helpful to my readers. I aim to give a valuable perspective to a frequently asked question concerning some readers.

Some of my friends and readers are all gung-ho about getting into ketosis, which is a good thing. However, they say they follow all the tips from magazines and online sources, hoping to see that magical purple color on their pee sticks.

They think these pee sticks are like their secret signal saying, “Hey, congratulations, you’re in ketosis!”

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Dr Mehmet Yildiz
Dr Mehmet Yildiz

Written by Dr Mehmet Yildiz

Scientist, Technologist, Inventor, focusing on HEALTH and JOY. Founder of ILLUMINATION, curating key messages for society. Connection: https://digitalmehmet.com

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