Hi Jim,
In my previous post on ketosis I mentioned that the heat preferentially
uses ketone bodies. I should have said that it preferentially uses fatty
acids. Thus, the sentence should have read:
"I have often wondered just how much of that is caused by the diminished
availability of fatty acids to fuel the heart." Ketone bodies are, of
course, by-products of the breakdown of fatty acids for energy in the
liver and kidney, so a state of ketosis ensures ample fuel for the heart.
see: Shohet RV & Garcia JA, Keeping the engine primed: HIF factors as
key regulators. of cardiac metabolism and angiogenesis during ischemia.
J Mol Med (2007) 85:1309–1315