you're not on the ketogenic diet if you aren't making ketones yes I've said that several times but if you've been doing a ketogenic way of eating you know that ketones rise and fall with our habits so the fastest way to get back into ketosis is what you're going to learn in this video be warned that you might be accused of being a ketone chaser don't worry they said that about me too we'll cover that let's make ketones we're going to show you the good way to make ketones the better way to make ketones and the
best the good way to get in ketosis is BHB beta hydroxy butyrate is a supplement it is a ketone it tone that when you prick your finger to see if you're in ketosis yeah it's that molecule swallowing these molecules puts you into ketosis without any work those ketones slip out of your GI system and into your circulation and they have two destinations you either burn them as energy or you pee them out swallowing those ketones does more than just push you into ketosis those circulating ketones have messaging that talks to other cells in your body
specifically within your liver the downside to swallowing these ketones is number one they're pretty costly number two they taste terrible on their own so we have to add a bunch of flavor to make them palatable three if you swallow them too quickly it will cause diarrhea you'll be in the bathroom and four they only last for a couple of hours in circulation if you don't burn them as energy you will pee them out after two to three hours not All Is Lost these ketones while in circulation do more than just offer energy to your cells
they have a signaling property where the presence of ketones signals your body to make more ketones yes ketones beget ketones I use this supplement when I've fallen off the wagon or if I'm having a lull in my afternoon and I don't want to take in Sugar this energy boost although expensive is a Fail-Safe way to be in ketosis for two to three hours let's move on to the better way to make ketones this is MCT medium chain triglycerides these special chains of fat slip out of your GI system and into your circulation once there your
liver spins these fats in into ketones so unlike BHB they're not ready made your body must work for them this has its advantages once swallowing these fats you will find yourself in ketosis this double bonus from MCT means you have ketones in circulation for six to eight hours while having these special fats available as fuel as well swallowing MCT activates that mechanism that your body needs to practice taking fats and turning them into ketones this is one of the advantages for medium chain triglycerides the downside to MCT is diarrhea if you start too hard too
fast you'll be trotting to the bathroom these fats are absorbed not digested and if your gut hasn't seen those in a while it can have the wrong reaction so start slow and gradually increase a frequent question I get is Doc what's the right dose of MCT well for starters one that doesn't cause diarrhea but know that studying MCT dosing has been looked at in the dementia literature 30 to 45 grams of MCT a day has been proven to decrease the mild cognitive impairment that shows up in patients before dementia the other slight downside to MCT
is that you can store this if you're in the wrong metabolic state unlike BHB which cannot be stored you either burn it or pee it out medium chain triglycerides can be turned into ketones they can slip past the blood-brain barrier and they can be stored as fat it's for this reason that I do not recommend my patients take this when they're fasting speaking of fasting this is the best way to make ketones yeah the whole point of the ketogenic diet is to get your body into better shape and although there is a season for each
of these supplements the BHB the MCT there is also a season for fasting and when your body is in the right shape that means the chemistry in your body is correct fasting is a powerful tool that should be in all of your toolboxes especially if you're trying to reverse these metabolic diseases so what does it mean to be in the right chemistry for fasting for starters it works best if your body has been using ketones in recent days so BHB helps with that MCT helps with that even more but practicing a ketogenic state where you've
been producing ketones for several weeks is one of the best precursors before fasting so the pros and cons constant fasting well the pro to fasting is that your body makes ketones out of your own fat yeah a wonderful way to give a workout to your body specifically those mitochondria and to empty the fat stores in your body fasting also boosts feel good hormones like norepinephrine growth hormone and even dopamine it's a great workout for your system well the con or downside to fasting is it's hard it takes willpower it does take a focused denial of
something we love to do we are required to do eat and you don't get some of those health benefits if you fast before your body is ready those benefits of fasting are amazing but is your body ready how long should you fast all those questions and more I'll answer in the next video about fasting
