Josh TrentIdentity Transformation Architect and award winning Host of the Wellness + Wisdom Podcast—a decade-strong show with over 750 episodes and 15M downloads.

The truth about #ketones 🔥 ⁠@ketone-iq #hvmn #sponsored #ketosis

13 Sept 2023 · 1 min

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A short YouTube segment (host: Josh Trent) addressing common misconceptions about ketones. Key claims in this chunk: exogenous ketone products contain calories and will not automatically 'melt' body fat; ketones can suppress appetite via effects on ghrelin which may make low-carb diets feel more satiating; achieving endogenous ketogenesis can take days for habitual carb-eaters and often causes a transient adaptation period ('keto flu').

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What do you think most people get wrong about ketones? Hey, it's just a Kim Kardashian. Melt fat off my body. No, this is a calorie containing substance. Whenever you have something that contains calories, your body will burn exogenous input versus using its own body fat stores. That said, it does have a ghrelin effect, so it will suppress appetite. So I think maybe net long term that's why a lot of people like keto diet, because it feels more satiating. That's from the ghrelin effect. So I think that would be misconception one, like, hey, do I drink this and I'll melt fat off my body? We may be able to control appetite, but no, we're not like breaking the laws of, of thermodynamic deleting. Like energy from your system, ketogenesis, your liver has to convert to fat stores. Yeah, it takes a long time. You can get really good at it. And maybe you get your natural ketones up, you know, in 18 hours, 24 hours. But usually if you're just like a carb eater, you're going to take like multiple days and you're going to get what's called keto flu. You're going to feel really shitty. I've gone through that. Yeah, yeah. Because your body just got to adapt readapt its enzymes, all its metabolism to focus on being a fat burner.