January 27, 2025

Episode 429: Why You Want to Make Ketones

42 minutes

You’ve heard us talk about the many benefits of ketosis, but do ketones themselves have benefits? How can ketone production help with muscle sparing, body fat burn and taming cravings? Can ketones really reduce inflammation, improve cognition and aid in mood stability? Tune in to learn more about the life changing benefits of ketones and how you can harness them in your body!

In this episode, we dive into the research on what ketones can do in the human body. From reduction of inflammation, to gaining and maintaining muscle, to working on leptin and GLP-1 to reduce food cravings, there are so many incredible benefits beyond weight loss. Learn whether more is better when it comes to ketones, our take on BHB supplementation, and simple tweaks you can make to increase your ketone production to reap the benefits.

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Muscle Sparing

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Reduction of Food Cravings

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Reduced Inflammation and Neurogenesis

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The ketogenic diet increases mitochondrial glutathione levels

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Mood and mental health

Do ketone bodies mediate the anti-seizure effects of the ketogenic diet?

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Are more ketones better? Should we be taking BHB?

DHEA as a limiting agent to ketone production

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By Ali Miller RD

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