
Dr. Benjamin Bikman
Danica Patrick Pretty Intense Podcast
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What Are Ketones?
Ketones are produced when blood sugar is low, which would inevitably mean insulin is low. The brain either feeds on sugar or feeds on ketones and ketones are simply pieces of burning fat for lack of a better description. Most fats we eat are long chain fats that can be stored very well but the shorter the fat gets like vinegar, those cannot be stored. They can only be burned. But you mentioned MCTs, once again, a ketone is simply a piece of burning fat and MCT, the shorter thefat gets,. We can burn them too. And if ketones themselves play a role in fat reduction. Yeah.
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