Ketones

In this edition of Biohacking Weekly:

1. Muscle is the longevity organ.
2. Book recommendation: "Built to Move" by Kelly and Juliet Starrett.
3. The best foods to fill common micronutrient gaps.
4. Low-carb diet can help reverse type 2 diabetes.
5. Ketones may be a promising treatment for neurodegenerative diseases.

In this post:

1. The next-generation probiotic that loves to munch on your mucus.
2. Drinking coffee improves vascular function.
3. Low carb diets put type 2 diabetes into remission.
4. Research links low Vitamin D with high inflammation.
5. Jumbo-Visma pro cyclers use the power of ketones to push the limits at the Tour de France.
6. Dr. Ovadia shares his thoughts on keto diet after conducting over 3,000 heart surgeries.

KetoneAid, exogenous ketone supplement company, announced a multi-year partnership with Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl, the world’s number one cycling team for 2021. According to a press release KetoneAid will supply Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl with its nutritional products.

KE4 and KE1 are the two main products offered by KetoneAid. KE4 is super concentrated with 30g of active ketones per bottle, while KE1 is more diluted with 50% Ketone Ester (2.5g of active ketone) and 50% Ketone Salts.

In this post learn about:

1. A new Youtube series that explores some of today’s hottest wellness trends.
2. How biohacking technology gives the medical field insight into a person's wellness.
3. Biomarkers that can predict biological age and the main lifestyle interventions known to regulate the aging process.
4. The cause of insulin resistance diseases.
5. The impact of aerobic exercise and caloric restriction on cognitive performance.
6. Detailed analysis and comparison of exogenous ketones (ketone esters, ketone salts and C8 MCT oil).

In this post learn about:

1. The secrets to staying sharp in extreme longevity from the world's oldest person.
2. How do ketones work?
3. The science of obesity and why low-calorie diets fail.
4. What is metabolic flexibility and how metabolic inflexibility can affect your health.
5. The first FDA-approved eye drops designed to replace reading glasses.

In this post learn about:

1. A startup that is rethinking the concept of longevity by intending to improve the healthspan and lifespan in dogs.

2. The natural metformin and rapamycin mimetics with anti-aging effects.

3. The effect of a high carb and processed sugar diet on fat storage and weight gain.

4. Food myths about dairy, salt and steak.

5. Vitamins that may help treat Huntington's Disease.

6. The effect of ketone ester supplementation on blood flow and cognition.

Microdosing is a technique that comes down to consuming micro amounts of psychedelic substances in order to enhance performance and cognitive functions.

However, microdosing is just one of many ways we can make our body perform at its best. In this post, we take a closer look at performance-enhancing psychedelics, the power of psychobiotics, ketone esters and the amazing benefits is excluding gluten from our diets.

SnakeWater is the latest sports performance drink from KetoneAid, the maker of KE1 and KE4 Ketone Esters. But what makes it so powerful? 

In this post, KetoneAid founder and CEO, Frank Llosa, and pharmacist formulator, James Hughes go in-depth covering each and every KetoneAid SnakeWater ingredient to explain the science behind each compound and its effect on the human body.

Frank and James also talk about the ​main benefits of KetoneAid SnakeWater for keto and non-keto athletes as well as debunk some myths about using such ingredients as Taurine and Niacin.

Brett Melanson, a PhD Candidate in Behavioural Neuroscience, describes how exogenous ketone supplementation, precisely in the form of ketone esters, can enhance performance and possibly reduce anxiety-like state. Combining ketone esters with ketone-salts or MCTs may also enhance motor performance. The addition of keto esters to a ketogenic diet may also provide benefit in reducing the long-term elevations in lipid and cholesterol that can arise from a persistent ketogenic diet alone.

Nowadays, the idea of ketone ester diet has already been utilised by nutritional companies like Ketone Aid, which received positive feedback from athletes claiming a boost to their typical performance compared to training without the ketone ester supplementation.

Glucose or Ketones? Carbs or fats? Carbohydrates have been a staple part of meals for centuries, but there is evidence that ketones produce more energy per mole of substrate than glucose, while optimising body composition, cognition and sports performance.

Brett Melanson, a PhD Candidate in Behavioural Neuroscience, talks about how following a ketogenic diet allows our body to tap into fat stores to produce energy during extended periods of low glucose availability. He explains that burning ketones instead of glucose preserves carbohydrates in muscle. Therefore transitioning the body’s energy dependence from glucose to ketones could be beneficial in the long run, both mentally, and physically.

Medium Chain Triglycerides (MCT Oil) have dramatically gained in popularity in Australia. MCTs are a subset of saturated fatty acids that, when used appropriately, have unique biological effects ranging from enhanced cognitive performance to accelerated weight loss. MCTs can be found in coconut and palm oil, dairy products, Bulletproof MCT oil and Bulletproof Brain Octane oil. Note that Bulletproof MCT oils are 100% derived from coconut oil. Some other brands may still source from palm oil.