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If you've spent any time in healthcare, wellness, or nutrition spaces lately, you may have encountered a claim that sounds authoritative but is simply not true: "Mitochondria need glucose. They can't burn anything else for energy." This claim gets repeated by well-meaning healthcare providers, including nurses and other allied health professionals, often as a justification for why ketogenic diets are "dangerous" or "unnatural." The problem? This statement contradicts basic bi