Exogenous ketones may mitigate the inflammatory cascade and help stop episodes of shingles or herpes simplex.

“And they'll start fasting or they'll acutely use ketone esters or ketone salts. Actually, they've been using...I've been recommending it and it's like, "Okay, please, give me...you know, give me feedback." And I've been giving them recommendations or not recommendations. I've been suggesting this as a potential way to mitigate the inflammatory cascade, and the feedback has been pretty remarkable that they can basically stop, you know, an episode from...you know, like shingles or herpes simplex.”