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Everything You Need To Know About Ketones & Ketosis

Ben Greenfield Life

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The Evolution of Ketones

The three main form of ketone bodies that we produce are acetyl acetate, acetone and beta hydroxy butyrate, BHB. There is something called 3BHB acid, which is a BHB powder that people can take directly. The problem with that is that it is an acid form. It's like drinking acid, right? You're going to get acid reflux or GI issues. Butane dial goes into your liver, gets converted directly into BHB. So what happens when you drink ketone ester is that when you drink it in the gut, the esterates cut the ester bond. And so the BHB goes directly to your blood.

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