{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/655b7c0c64b708001285b256/6adb7e9428324fc86a67fef2?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Why Ketone Supplements Can Slow Down Ketosis | Dr Kaja Falkenhain","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/655b7c0c64b708001285b256/1792768431389-18c744e3-52ce-439f-91eb-0ba4d5eee378.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Are exogenous ketones the same as being in ketosis? Not quite. In this episode, Ben sits down with Dr Kaja Falkenhain, a nutritional physiology researcher who has spent years studying ketones both as a supplement and as a product of fasting and ketogenic diets. Kaja explains why the context your ketones come from changes what they do in your body, how a ketone drink taken before a meal can lower blood sugar spikes by around 25% in people with type 2 diabetes, and why ketones are now being studied as signalling molecules that behave a lot like hormones. Ben also brings his own experiments to the table, from using ketones before cricket to why MCT oil powder switches his brain on like nothing else.</p><p><br></p><p>MILESTONE MOMENTS</p><p>- Why taking ketone supplements might actually slow your route into nutritional ketosis</p><p>- Nutrients are more than fuel: how ketones went from “toxic byproduct” to signalling molecule</p><p>- The study showing a ketone drink before a meal can blunt blood sugar spikes</p><p>- The forgotten research from the 1920s to 1940s that predicted today’s ketone boom</p><p>- Can ketones sharpen reaction time? Ben’s cricket experiment</p><p>- Why MCT oil powder may feel so different for focus</p><p><br></p><p>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ </p><p><br></p><p>🌈 Exploring the benefits of red and infra light therapy? Our community receive 10% off the FlexBeam from Recharge Health via this link: ⬇️ https://rechargehealthas.sjv.io/DyJ3mn (learn more about the benefits of healing with light in our &#39;Light as Medicine&#39; Playlist). 🤝 Join the community - by subscribing, you are self-selecting as a health nerd. We like you. We applaud you. You are shaping the future of health information in real time. As a thank you, we pledge to bring you the best we can, where we are, with the tools we have.</p><p><br></p><p>CHAPTERS</p><p><br></p><p>Welcome Dr Kaja Falkenhain</p><p>Exogenous vs endogenous ketones explained</p><p>Does context change how ketones behave?</p><p>Ketones, insulin and how they switch off their own production</p><p>Do exogenous ketones slow down ketosis?</p><p>How the body adapts to a new fuel source</p><p>Nutrients as signalling metabolites</p><p>Are ketones a hormone?</p><p>Ketones, blood sugar, the brain, heart failure and inflammation</p><p>The surprising history of ketone research</p><p>Ketones, reaction time and cognitive performance in sport</p><p>Undiscovered effects of ketones on the brainKaja’s ideal study</p><p>Ketone salts vs ketone esters</p><p>MCT oil and MCT powder</p><p>Does Kaja take exogenous ketones herself?</p><p>Ketones, calm and metabolic psychiatry</p><p>How the gut senses nutrients and talks to the brain</p><p>Where to find Kaja</p>","author_name":"Benjamin Hopkins"}