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Dr. Gundry's Quick Health Tip: The BEST Keto & Intermittent Fasting TIPS! | EP 244.B

The Dr. Gundry Podcast

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Ketones Aren't a Super Fuel, Why Are They Important?

Ketones in fact are signaling molecules that tell cell membranes what to do, that tell mitochondria what to do and that tell your genes what to do. They normally would have only been generated when we were starving, when we had nothing to eat. But ketones can be made from free fatty acids in the liver so there are a emergency fuel for the brain when we run out of something deep. And it's this combination that actually results in not only weight loss but in improved health overall.

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