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Dr. Jeff Volek, PhD, RD | Ketogenic Diet and Human Performance | The Metabolic Link Ep.20

The Metabolic Link

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The Effects of Ketone Ester on Insulin Absorption

When your ketone levels acutely get above, if the delta is two millimolars or more in a short time frame, that actually stimulates insulin. So you have a high elevation of ketones and then the ketone induced increase in insulin facilitates glucose disposal. Two or three hours later, the ketones clear from your system, but you become hypoketotic and hypoglycemic.

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