#015: Dr. Benjamin Bikman: New Research on Ketones and Muscle Health

Last year, I was fortunate enough to see Dr. Benjamin Bikman at KetoCon, and it was one of the best presentations I’d ever seen. I began following him on Twitter, and was excited to see that his team had published some new research.

He agreed to schedule some time to come onto the PricePlow channel, and the result was this massively informative interview where we learned about all kinds of things:

If this is a disease where we gotta control glucose, eat less glucose! It’s mind-boggling!

— Dr. Ben Bikman

• A behind-the-scenes look at being a professional scientist
• insulin resistance
• misconceptions about ketosis
• Type-II diabetics going on the keto diet, and finally
• his lab’s new research showing that exogenous ketones help a muscle cell thrive (full-text and images below).

We finished off with some of his own personal philosophies on training, supplementation and BHB salt usage, and never letting your dietary choices negatively affect your family.

This is a must-watch interview if you’re interested in insulin, diabetes, the keto diet, or ketones in general:

Dr. Benjamin Bikman’s New Research and More: Ketones Boost Muscle Tissue Health

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVxlHU_RlDY

Full-Text PDF: β-Hydroxybutyrate Elicits Favorable Mitochondrial Changes in Skeletal Muscle

Show Notes

On top of the research above, we covered a lot of other studies. Here are some of them below:

• Dr. Bikman’s team’s initial study that led to the study at hand: β-Hydroxybutyrate improves β-cell mitochondrial function and survival
• (10:45) – Gerald Reaven, the “Godfather of Diabetes Research”, study in 1987, where the “recommended diet” by the American Diabetes Association for diabetics made them all worse: Deleterious metabolic effects of high-carbohydrate, sucrose-containing diets in patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus

The Tweet that started the conversation

New research from my lab reveals how #ketones (bHB) elicit favorable #mitochondria changes in #muscle. https://t.co/Kct2ZGlQrj

— Benjamin Bikman (@BenBikmanPhD) August 1, 2018

Learn more about Dr. Bikman

After watching the podcast interview above, you’ll undoubtedly realize he is a force of knowledge in the world of insulin, type-II diabetes, metabolic disease, and using a low-carb or ketogenic diet to combat them.

He is a must-follow on social media:

• Twitter: @BenBikmanPHd
• Instagram: @BenBikmanPHd

Also see Ben’s lab website at bikmanlab.byu.edu.

And of course, you can see our list of Keto Diet Supplements and BHB Salts on PricePlow!