People with diabetes or fatty liver disease found less effective at obtaining energy from ketone bodies

The liver plays a central role in storing and supplying energy to the body. In type 2 diabetes and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD, commonly referred to as fatty liver disease), mitochondria—the cell’s power plants—cannot switch efficiently between fuel sources.

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