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544: These “Healthy” Foods Lead To Insulin Resistance, Inflammation & Weight Gain | Dr. David Harper

The Ultimate Health Podcast

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The Effects of Ketones on the Brain

When somebody is in nutritional ketosis through diet alone or having something like an MCT oil, they have ketones in the body. When the brain is burning those, is glucose still part of that picture and fuel source? Or is, do the ketones fully replace that? Well, it's, you know, the Krebs cycle thing. One doesn't interfere with the other. It's just that your brain cells will prefer one to the other based on how easy you can get in, it's ready supply. And so by introducing the ketones to it, you're telling your body, yeah, this is gonna be a pretty regular part of our energy supply. So start up

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