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Six-Pillar Series – Nutrition Optimization #314

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The Effects of Ketone Esters on Fat Burning

When we go on a ketogenic diet, our ketones become elevated and then we pee out ketones that's called ketone urea. As the ketones get elevated, the ketones will then stimulate the pancreas to release a little bit of insulin which decreases fat oxidation in the liver. If you're consuming ketone esters and getting above two millimolar, then you're shutting off your fat burning process as evidenced by the decrease in ketones production. So I can get quite a lot of ketones in my system with a ketone salt and the taste is way better.

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