The Claim

In overweight and obese adults diagnosed with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), adherence to a ketogenic diet for 6 days is associated with a 38% reduction in hepatic citrate synthase flux, indicating decreased entry of acetyl-CoA into the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle and a metabolic shift away from oxidative metabolism toward ketogenesis.

Source: Effect of a ketogenic diet on hepatic steatosis and hepatic mitochondrial metabolism in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

What the research says

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Supports
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How it works
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In plain English

If you're overweight and have fatty liver, going on a keto diet for just 6 days might reduce how your liver burns fuel, pushing your body to make more ketones instead.

See the scientific wording

In overweight and obese adults with NAFLD, a 6-day ketogenic diet is associated with a 38% reduction in hepatic citrate synthase flux, suggesting decreased entry of acetyl-CoA into the TCA cycle and a metabolic shift away from oxidative metabolism toward ketogenesis.

What the research says

1 study

  1. Study: Effect of a ketogenic diet on hepatic steatosis and hepatic mitochondrial metabolism in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

    The study looked at the same diet in the same type of people and found exactly what the claim says: the liver shifted from burning fuel to making ketones, and a key fat-burning step in the liver dropped by 38%.

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