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- adjective medicine Having a focus on
glucose as the cause of a condition (to the exclusion of other factors)
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A review outlined the way in which a marked reduction in carbohydrate intake leads to a general change in metabolism from a "glucocentric" (glucose) to an "adipocentric" (ketone bodies, fatty acids) metabolism (8).
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