Ketone production is an extensive topic but excessive ketone production is only an issue with uncontrolled type 1 diabetes. Ketones are naturally produced in the body in states of fasting, starvation, and low carbohydrate diets. Let's say you haven't eaten in 12-hours and are walking the mall. Your body needs energy so it looks to your fat cells for energy (after glycogen stores are exhausted), it starts breaking down triacylglycerides to free fatty acids (FFA). These FFAs will be transported to the liver to be oxidized to ketone bodies to power ketolytic tissues (i.e. central nervous system CNS, muscles). The idea behind low carb diets: If you are overweight and trying to burn fat you restrict your body of its primary fuel source, glucose. The body will then break down fat cells to ketones, which are similar to glucose allowing your CNS and muscles to operate. Your body can handle ketone production to a large extent but isn't optimal. So, a low-carb diet does work but isn't always the best choice. Why type-1 diabetics have issues. Type 1s don't produce insulin, the major signaling hormone that allows glucose to enter the cell. So they eat a meal and absorb the glucose into their blood but the cells can't uptake the glucose for fuel so they produce ketones for their primary fuel source. They run into issues because excessive ketones causes ketoacidosis so their body tries to expel the ketones through their urine and breathe. These individuals are producing A LOT of ketones. Lastly, low-carb diets work but if you are trying to lose weight it is best to just limit total caloric intake. Ketones FTW? Freddy J

Awesome!! You're the first!! Also, I have noticed that whenever I eat bread now my mouth starts to slightly burn. Kind of like when you eat too much pineapple and the mouth starts to feel super sensitive. What do you think that means? It doesn't happen with anything else, though. I'm not allergic to anything (so far).