Andrew Huberman· PhD
but I actually will ingest liquid ketones from time to time because of the further cognitive enhancement and physical enhancement that I experience on top of nutrition that does include some carbohydrates.
The evidence is convergent. Multiple independent sources reach the same conclusion, the underlying mechanism is well-characterized, and even the field's most cautious voices treat it as worth doing.
but I actually will ingest liquid ketones from time to time because of the further cognitive enhancement and physical enhancement that I experience on top of nutrition that does include some carbohydrates.
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many people, including myself, find that increasing blood ketones by using a supplement such as HVMN can greatly improve cognitive ability and physical output for mental work and for exercise even when not on a ketogenic diet.
There's a lot of research supporting the fact that even if you are consuming carbohydrates and you are not in ketosis, that is, you are not following a ketogenic diet, consuming supplements that can increase blood ketones can allow you to think more clearly for cognitive work, and physical work, for that matter, perform at greater output for things like resistance training and endurance exercise.
it turns out that even if you're not following a ketogenic diet increasing your blood ketones can still have benefits so for instance I use Ketone IQ anytime I want to do extended bouts of focused work preparing for podcasts research writing grants and if I ever want to exercise but I don't have time to eat or I don't want to have my gut full of food taking Ketone IQ and thereby increasing my blood ketones allows me to do cognitive work or physical workouts without getting hungry and with plenty of energy and cognitive Focus
nonetheless increasing your blood ketones can improve the function of your brain and the function of your body and that's because ketones are preferred use of fuel for the brain and body