A study showed that engaged women want to lose on average 20 pounds to look great on the big day. A doc in Florida is offering the Ketogenic Enteral Diet (K-E diet) for ladies wishing to slim down before their nuptials. The diet lasts 10 days, costs $1.5K, and causes approximately a 10lb weight loss. The ketosis is monitored using ketostix which ( Read more... )

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( from Miller pathology notes )

( notes from Dr Thom lec )

What the first step in making bile?
7 alpha hydroxylation of cholesterol
this is the rate limiting step, inhibited by presence of bile acids
cyp enzyme requires iron 2+ and NADPH, and forms water

What happen to iron in the reaction?
Fe2+-->3+
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