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Chances are, you’ve heard a lot of buzz about the ketogenic diet. This high-fat, low-carb approach to eating has become extremely popular in recent years for helping with everything from weight loss to cognition.

One cornerstone of the ketogenic diet is the idea that ketones are a powerful alternative fuel source for the human body. But as it turns out, ketones are not the magical fuel source they’ve been made out to be; in fact, the body cannot run on ketones and fats alone. Over the long term, a very low-carb diet can lead to muscle wasting and poor cognitive health.

Today on The Dhru Purohit Podcast, Dhru talks with Dr. Steven Gundry about the new science about what actually makes a keto diet so successful: a cellular process known as “mitochondrial uncoupling.” Dr. Gundry shares why it's the key to reversing your age and living your best, healthiest life.

In this episode, we dive into:

-Lifestyle factors that are contributing to metabolic inflexibility (3:48)

-Understanding the history of ketones and what we got wrong about using them as fuel (7:33)

-Mitochondrial uncoupling and how it impacts cellular aging (20:02)

-Brown fat and mitochondrial uncoupling (27:12)

-Why getting into ketosis is so difficult (29:04)

-Traps of a keto diet (44:51)

-The keys to mitochondrial uncoupling (1:05:44)

-Dairy and the connection to longevity (1:29:06)

-Traditional keto diet vs. Unlocking The Keto Code program (1:41:03)

-Two powerful mitochondrial uncouplers (1:44:26)

Follow Dr. Gundry on Instagram @drstevengundry, and through his website, drgundry.com. Get his book, Unlocking The Keto Code, here.

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