3 Best Ways To Get Into Ketosis Fast

 

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

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