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Ground Turkey Soup with Kale
Ketogenesis Mitigates Steatotic Liver Disease Through Mechanisms Beyond Fat Oxidation
Rest day
A light yet hearty tomato-based soup made with ground turkey, chicken stock, tender kale, and celery.
Ketone production appears to protect the liver during fatty liver disease.
Enjoy the recovery time, or make-up anything you missed from last week.
Ingredients
1 lb ground turkey
1 Tbsp butter or tallow
1 small onion, diced
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 celery stalks, sliced
1 cup kale, chopped
1 small tomato, diced (or ½ cup canned diced tomatoes)
4 cups chicken stock
½ tsp dried oregano
½ tsp smoked paprika
Salt and black pepper, to taste
1 Tbsp fresh parsley or cilantro, chopped (for garnish)
Macronutrients
(per serving, serves 4)
Protein: 28g
Fat: 14g
Carbs: 6g
Preparation
Heat butter or tallow in a pot over medium heat. Add ground turkey and cook 5–6 minutes, breaking it up with a spoon until browned.
Add diced onion and celery, cooking 3–4 minutes until softened.
Stir in minced garlic and diced tomato; cook 1–2 minutes until fragrant.
Pour in chicken stock and season with oregano, smoked paprika, salt, and black pepper.
Bring to a gentle boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 10–12 minutes.
Add chopped kale and simmer 3–4 more minutes until wilted and tender.
Taste and adjust seasoning. Ladle into bowls, garnish with parsley or cilantro, and serve hot.
In this study, Eric D. Queathem and colleagues examined how ketone production affects the progression of fatty liver disease. They found that as liver disease worsens, the liver increases ketone production and fat oxidation, suggesting the body may be trying to protect itself from excess fat buildup. When researchers disabled the liver’s ability to produce ketones in mice, fat accumulated more easily and liver damage increased. However, other experiments showed that the protective effects of ketone production cannot be explained by fat burning alone. The findings suggest that ketone production may help stabilize liver metabolism in several ways, highlighting the role of mitochondrial energy pathways in metabolic liver disease.
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