Exogenous Ketones(they slow fat loss) vs. Endogenous Ketones

We want to burn fuel from our butts not our wallets!

So let me start this blog post off by saying that I personally use, and sell exogenous ketones. I think they are a great tool for many things. However, I believe you can not ingest them and and magically fat burning starts happening while you eat all the junk you want.

Exogenous Ketone Benefits

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Strava results from a 36 hour fasted run.

I love to use them as an awesome aid during intermittent fasting, weight lifting, trail running, hiking, or while adapting back into nutritional ketosis after a carb up meal. They give me extreme mental focus and kill food cravings while fasting. They can even boost physical performance on a fast. I recently ran 3.3 miles 36 hours into a fast and literally felt faster than ever. When in nutritional ketosis I will add them in before a cross fit workout because it allows me to be more intense and not worry about “bonking” during a met con. My wife does 3-5 day fasts all the time and she uses them to sustain energy if she starts crashing throughout the day. It also seems to help her with nausea as well. There is a ton of benefits to using ketones as a fuel source, which is why I got into nutritional ketosis in the first place. That being said there is a lot of hype about this product that needs to be avoided by the average person….

Exogenous Ketones Burn More of Our Fat?

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This is a picture from one of the videos that Exogenous Ketone companies put out.

Let’s look at this from a logical standpoint. To get our bodies to use fat as fuel we have to restrict fuel in the form of macro nutrients (like fats, proteins, and carbs) to level that it signals the body to up regulate fatty acids from adipose tissue. Ketones are a fuel! Taking them is only adding fuel to the equation not restricting it so that we can mobilize body fat. Think of it this way: It’s like if I had a ton of left overs in my fridge that had built up over time, and my plan to eat them was to buy left overs online and consume them instead!…. How does that work??? To start burning your own body fat includes restricting [primarily] insulin (carbs and proteins) and overall calories(less important important than res. insulin). Only then can we turn into Fat burning machines. There is no magic drink out there (Plexis, herbalife, shakeology, Slimfast, Etc. Etc.) that turns on fat burning by consuming it, You have a better chance with coffee than all those HAHA! At least the coffee will make you move more!

The Conclusion:

The ways that this product will help you lose fat is to use it in conjunction of well balanced diet that supports fat burning on it’s own. Then Exogenous Ketones can be used as a tool to help you feel good while fasting or adopting a low carbohydrate diet. I have seen much success with my clients using this to help them intermittent fast, feel good, and restrict macros and calories to the point where their bodies go after it’s “left over’s”, or also called fat. For more info or questions on exogenous ketones email me at musclesandveggies@gmail.com, or to buy exogenous ketones for increased performance and mental clarity, you can buy them HERE. I’ve found these to have the cleanest ingredients on the market.

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