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Biohacking Secrets with Melanie Avalon! (Part 1)

Optimal Protein Podcast with Vanessa Spina

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The Nuance of Fat Burning Pills

The best way to measure your fat burning is actually to measure the breath acetone. Acetone is a ketone that our body makes by taking the fat from our stored, fat in our fat cells and in our liver. When we practice intermittent fasting, caloric restriction or keto, our bodies make this metabolic switch where we go from primarily burning glucose or sugar to primarily burning fat and ketones. So when we measure our breath acetone, we're actually measuring our fat burning that is occurring in real time. We're getting feedback on the amount of lipid oxidation or fat burning that actually is occurring because the carbons we are measuring in the acetone come directly from our stored body fat

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