When your body gets a surge of stress hormone (epinephrine), it breaks down fat to make ketones—just like when you get a direct fat drip into your vein. This suggests it’s not the hormone itself, but the fat it releases, that actually makes your body produce ketones.

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Epinephrine's ketogenic effect in humans is mediated principally by lipolysis.

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The study found that epinephrine and a fat infusion both make the body produce ketones in the same way—by releasing more fat into the blood. So yes, fat availability, not other hormones, is what mainly drives ketone production.

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Epinephrine's ketogenic effect in humans is mediated principally by lipolysis.

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DOI: 10.1152/AJPENDO.1992.263.2.E250

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When your body gets a boost of the stress hormone epinephrine (like during intense exercise or panic), it starts turning more of your stored fat into ketones — the fuel your brain can use — and this study says it jumps from about 6-7% to 11%.

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