Ketone drinks: do they really improve sports performance?

But do they really improve performance?

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https://theconversation.com/ketone-drinks-do-they-really-improve-sports-performance-208713https://theconversation.com/ketone-drinks-do-they-really-improve-sports-performance-208713
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Taste, Exercise, Tissue, Diet, Magic, Fats, Glucose, Weight loss, Ketone bodies, Brain, Research, Attention, Athlete, McMaster University, Sodium bicarbonate, Blood, Carbohydrate, Ketone, Sport, KU Leuven, Dietary supplement, Animal feed, Asterix
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CANADA, BELGIUM
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  • But do they really improve performance?
  • Ketone bodies can also be used in other tissues, such as muscle, and could eventually be used as fuel during exercise.
  • Initially, most ketone supplements caused gastrointestinal issues and did not sufficiently increase ketone body availability.
  • A newer ketone monoester (ketone body bound to a compound called monoester) drink was shown not to cause gastrointestinal discomfort and to sufficiently increase ketone body concentrations in the blood.
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