How to Use ketosis in a Sentence

ketosis

noun
  • The goal is to teach your body to burn fat for fuel, instead of carbs, a process known as ketosis.
    — Erica Sweeney, Men's Health, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Some people use ketosis as a weight loss method known as the keto diet.
    — Sherri Gordon, Health, 14 Aug. 2024
  • Once in ketosis, the body has to burn fat (rather than sugar) for energy.
    — Corey J. Maloney, Health.com, 30 June 2020
  • This results in a short-term ketosis, which is the state where the body burns fat for energy.
    — Abby Langer, SELF, 14 Sep. 2017
  • That's thanks to ketosis, the same body process that breaks down fatty acids for energy.
    — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 12 Dec. 2019
  • The device can then confirm whether a body is in ketosis, and the app will give advice for how to achieve it of not.
    — Helen Murphy, PEOPLE.com, 11 July 2019
  • The goal is to achieve ketosis, a state in which the body uses fat as its primary fuel, rather than carbs.
    — Blake Bakkila, Health.com, 6 June 2018
  • This metabolic state, called ketosis, is the goal of the keto diet.
    — Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 26 Aug. 2019
  • The goal of this macronutrient imbalance is to keep your body in a fat-burning mode known as ketosis.
    — Isadora Baum, Men's Health, 5 Apr. 2023
  • The secondary source of energy is called ketones (hence the name ketosis).
    — Melissa Matthews, Men's Health, 2 May 2023
  • The diet is high in fats, moderate in proteins and very low in carbs, and forces the body into a state known as ketosis.
    — Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 12 Dec. 2019
  • During ketosis, the body breaks down fat into ketones and uses them for fuel.
    — Chelsea Rae Bourgeois, Health, 12 Jan. 2026
  • The reduction in carbs puts your body into a metabolic state called ketosis.
    — Cincinnati.com, 2 Jan. 2018
  • The goal of the keto diet is to have the body use fat instead of sugar for energy (ketosis).
    — Megan Nunn, Verywell Health, 3 June 2026
  • There is little room for that type of error on the keto diet, which relies on your body staying in ketosis.
    — Amanda MacMillan, Health, 5 June 2023
  • Symptoms seems to last anywhere from a week to a month until your body becomes accustomed to ketosis.
    — Kimberly Mugler, Rd, Ldn, Philly.com, 13 Mar. 2018
  • The supplement claims to affect blood sugar, ketosis fat burning, weight loss, and more.
    — Mark Jackson, Discover Magazine, 4 June 2021
  • The goal of this diet is to promote a state of ketosis, in which the body burns fat for fuel rather than carbohydrates.
    — Brierley Horton, Ms, Health, 8 Apr. 2024
  • The keto diet used to achieve ketosis requires you to eat very few grams of carbohydrates and, thus, fiber.
    — Brittany Lubeck, Verywell Health, 6 Feb. 2026
  • In the past, ketosis, shifting from carbs to ketones, was viewed as problematic.
    — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 7 Oct. 2021
  • This is called ketosis, because the body is using ketones, a byproduct of fat burning, for fuel.
    — Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 11 Nov. 2025
  • During ketosis, the body burns fat for energy instead of sugar.
    — Chelsea Rae Bourgeois, Health, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Ketosis occurs in a very low-carb diet when the body breaks down fat for fuel instead of carbohydrates.
    — By Rochelle Koff, miamiherald, 21 July 2017
  • Eating a lot of protein and few carbs forces your body into ketosis, when your system begins to burn fat cells for energy.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 5 May 2020
  • Track your state of ketosis with any tests and recommendations that your healthcare provider suggests.
    — Brittany Lubeck, Verywell Health, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Ketones are produced when your body creates energy by breaking down fat instead of carbs, a process known as ketosis.
    — Sherri Gordon, Health, 14 Aug. 2024
  • Some celebrities and sports stars embrace them, and people who fast use the regimen to further push their body into ketosis.
    — Mark Barna, Discover Magazine, 24 Sep. 2018
  • Want to enjoy a PB smoothie without getting knocked out of ketosis?
    — Emily Laurence, Good Housekeeping, 27 June 2022
  • The diet involves cutting way back on carbohydrates to 50 grams a day or less to help the body achieve a state of ketosis.
    — Amanda MacMillan, Health, 16 June 2023
  • The following veggies and legumes are higher in carbs, which means eating them could push you over your carb allotment for the day and take you out of ketosis.
    — Women's Health, 16 Aug. 2023

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