Can Ketones Rev Up Our Workouts?

The upshot is that far more research needs to be conducted before experts can make recommendations about ketone supplementation for athletes, Dr. Burke says. “Everyone wants simple answers,” she says, but the body’s mechanisms are too complex to allow for that, especially during sports.

 Do Exogenous Ketone Supplements Work for Weight Loss?

These supplements contain only the beta-hydroxybutyrate ketone. The other primary ketone body, acetoacetate, is not chemically stable as a supplement.

 The keto moment

The extreme diet phenomenon may offer clues on how nutrition can treat disease.

A ketogenic diet brought me back to life. Will believing in its effectiveness make me a pariah in medical school?

So here’s my med school predicament: Within two years of starting what conventional medicine thinks of as a potentially dangerous and unsustainable diet, I went from being a patient with osteoporosis, ulcerative colitis, and a failing heart to a healthy young scholar with a renewed zest for life and great heart health to boot. From my perspective, right or wrong, conventional medicine failed me and so-called alternative medicine, in the form of a ketogenic diet, saved me.

Best Keto Pills: Top Ketogenic Diet & BHB Ketones Supplements

Suppose you’re interested in learning more about what keto diet pills will help you get into ketosis quickly and safely. In that case, you’ll likely quickly find a wealth of information on the topic, making it difficult to tell what really works and what’s just a placebo. Some of them contain coconut oil, while others contain beta-hydroxybutyrate (BHB) salt. They are pretty varied, and only a few are made with rigorous science-backed procedures.

Experts Condemn Keto. Will People Finally Stop?

U.S. News and World Report ranked the keto diet near-last for the third year in a row, and other outlets have begun to question it, too. Will we finally get over keto this year?

Feeling euphoric on a low-carb diet? The effect on your brain is similar to an illicit drug

A healthy liver minimises the acetone lost via the lungs by converting most of the acetoacetate it produces to a more stable substance, called beta-hydroxybutyrate or BHB. And this is where those euphoric feelings could come from.

High on fat, low on evidence: the problem with the keto diet

A ketogenic diet (or keto) is predominantly made up of high-fat foods – including butter, oils, meat, fish, eggs and cheese – and very low-carb vegetables such as cauliflower and leafy greens. This forces the body to burn fat for fuel, rather than glucose. In order to maintain that state, known as ketosis, followers typically restrict their carbohydrate intake to less than 50g a day. And, as protein can also be broken down into glucose, that has to be restricted, too.

Keto weight loss is mostly a sham

The fat-heavy diet is good for some diseases, but not as a general weight-loss practice.

What is Beta-Hydroxybutyrate (BHB)?

Whether you're taking MCTs or not, BHB supplementation can be a good idea. It rapidly raises blood ketone levels without digestive issues because it bypasses digestion.

What Is the Keto Diet and Does It Work?

Yes. But we don’t know how effective, or for how long.