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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;calcol, post: 3228880, member: 77639&quot;]Actually, acetone is produced from the degradation of fat (tryglycerides) in adipose cells; it doesn&#039;t extract fat from the cells.&nbsp; Short version is that hormonal changes associated with low blood sugar (because of low carb diet and a while since eating) cause lipolysis (fat dissolution) in adipose cells.&nbsp; The fat is released into blood in the form of long chain fatty acids.&nbsp; The fatty acids can be burned in metabolism (mostly by muscle).&nbsp; However, if more is released from adipose than can be burned, the liver takes up the excess.&nbsp; The liver may convert some back to fat, causing fatty liver, and it converts some to the ketone bodies, betahydroxybutyrate and acetoacetate, which are released into blood.&nbsp; Acetoacetate is inherently unstable, and a portion of it spontaneously decomposes to acetone and bicarbonate.</p><p><br /></p><p>Acetone is effectively a metabolic dead-end and is lost from the body in breath and urine.</p><p><br /></p><p>Blood acetone that is produced from metabolism of fat is far too dilute to act as a fat solvent.&nbsp; However, applying relatively pure acetone to coins or skin will certainly de-fat them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cal[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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