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The Melanie Avalon Biohacking Podcast

#053 - Trey Suntrup (Biosense): Measuring Ketosis, Ketone Types, Fat Burning, The “Nebulous” State, Intermittent Fasting, Breath Vs. Blood, Keto Adaptation, MCTs, Exercise, Glycogen, And More!

The Melanie Avalon Biohacking Podcast

Melanie Avalon

Alternative Health, Nutrition, Health & Fitness

4.5650 Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2020

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

GET TRANSCRIPT AND FULL SHOWNOTES: MelanieAvalon.com/ketones 1:40 - IF Biohackers: Intermittent Fasting + Real Foods + Life: Join Melanie's Facebook Group For A Weekly Episode GIVEAWAY, And To Discuss And Learn About All Things Biohacking! All Conversations Welcome! 1:55 - Get $20 Off A Biosense Device, At MelanieAvalon.com/Biosense, With The Coupon Code avalon20 2:30 - BEAUTYCOUNTER: Non-Toxic Beauty Products Tested For Heavy Metals, Which Support Skin Health And Look Amazing! Shop At Beautycounter.Com/MelanieAvalon For Something Magical! For Exclusive Offers And Discounts, And More On The Science Of Skincare, Get On Melanie's Private Beauty Counter Email List At MelanieAvalon.Com/CleanBeauty! Find Your Perfect Beautycounter Products With Melanie's Quiz: Melanieavalon.Com/Beautycounterquiz 4:20 - LUMEN: Measure Your Breath To Instantly Find Out If You're Burning Carbs Or Fat! Get $50 Off A Lumen Device At MelanieAvalon.com/Lumen With The Code melanieavalon 6:45 - Trey's Background 9:45 - What Is Ketosis? 11:30 - The Fat Burning Vs Ketogenic State 12:30 - The Problems With The "Nebulous" State 16:00 - Urine, Breath, And Blood Ketones: Acetoacetate, BHB, And Acetone  19:05 - Acetoacetate Conversion to BHB vs. Acetone  21:55 - Recap: Ketone Use By Cells  22:40 - The Stability Of BHB  24:00 - Acetoacetate Vs BHB As A Fuel, And Anti-Inflammatory Signaling  25:10 - What Do Urinary Ketones Indicate? 28:00 - Changes in Urinary Ketones Measurements  29:50 - BHB Vs Acetone Production, Redox Potential, NAD, And Longevity  32:10 - Long Term Keto Adaption 32:35 - SUNLIGHTEN: Get $200 Off Any Sunlighten Cabin Model Or $100 Off The Solo Unit (That Melanie Has!) AND $99 Shipping (Regularly $598) With The Code MelanieAvalon At MelanieAvalon.Com/Sunlighten. Forward Your Proof Of Purchase To [email protected], To Receive A Signed Copy Of What When Wine! 34:40 - The Value Of Measuring Breath Vs. Blood 36:40 - Accurate Breath Measurements: Deep Lung Sampling 38:35 - Using Biosense: Personalization  40:10 - Breath Acetone Correlations To BHB 44:10 - Ketone Variability Through The Day 46:15- The Time Difference Between Breath And Blood  51:00 - Total Ketone Exposure During A Single Day: The Ketone Score 54:00 - Exogenous Ketones And MCT oil 56:30 - Using Ketones As Fuel Vs Excretion  1:00:20 - The Effect Of Exercise On Ketones 1:01:05 - Biosense Vs. Lumen LUMEN: Measure Your Breath To Instantly Find Out If You're Burning Carbs Or Fat! Get $50 Off A Lumen Device At MelanieAvalon.com/Lumen With The Code melanieavalon 1:04:00 - Biosense Ketone Measurements (ACEs) 1:07:45 - Tracking The Effect Of Ketosis In Your Body (Kick On In A Higher State Of Around 10) - Signaling Benefits 1:09:05 - BiOptimizers: Magnesium Breakthrough: Get 10% Off The Most Comprehensive Magnesium Supplement Available www.magbreakthrough.com/melanieavalon With The Code Melanie10 1:11:30 - OMAD, Carbs And Ketosis  1:12:20 - Fat And Glycogen From Trey: "You will want to direct your attention to Figure 4, which shows that RQ stops changing above breath acetone values of 2 ppm (i.e. 2000 ppb). As I mentioned during the interview, 2ppm corresponds to about 3 ACEs on our device (remember that the BIOSENSE range is 0-40 ACEs)."  1:13:40 - Liver And Muscle Glycogen, And Ketosis  1:18:15 - The Importance Of Feedback For Lifestyle Change 1:19:45 - Storing Measurements : Using The App, Tracking Trends, Etc.  1:22:00 - Get $20 Off A Biosense Device, At MelanieAvalon.com/Biosense, With The Coupon Code avalon20

Transcript

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If you're just doing time-based fasting, you don't really know what's going on in your body unless you're measuring.

0:05.0

The important thing to understand about urinary tests, because they're being removed and then excreted in the urine, by definition those are unused ketones.

0:13.0

And the high resolution of our device allows you to say, I have a sense now, a very precise idea of the effect of that decision on my metabolism. You can take as many

0:22.4

measurements as you want during the day. Part of what happens during exercise is you're actually

0:26.2

just using the ketones that are in your body. And when we did the multiple daily measurements,

0:30.6

we found that people's ketones actually vary a lot. Welcome to the Melanie Avalon biohacking podcast,

0:36.0

where we meet the world's top experts to explore the

0:40.0

secrets of health, mindset, longevity, and so much more. Are you ready to take charge of your

0:46.7

existence and biohack your life? This show is for you. Please keep in mind, we're not dispensing

0:53.1

medical advice and are not responsible for any

0:55.9

outcomes you may experience from implementing the tactics lying here in. Are you ready? Let's do this.

1:04.6

Welcome back to the Melanie Avalon Biohacking Podcast. Friends, this episode, I learned so much.

1:12.2

I'm kind of in shock about how much I learned.

1:14.5

If you are at all interested in ketosis, ketones, understanding what's happening when all

1:19.8

of that goes down, this is the episode for you.

1:22.5

I cannot even describe how much I learned, and I'm super excited to hear what everybody

1:26.3

thinks.

1:27.1

You will definitely want to check out the transcript for this episode because we dive deep

1:31.8

into a lot of things.

1:33.4

That will be at the show notes.

1:34.8

The show notes are at Melanieavalon.com slash ketones.

1:38.8

There will also be an episode giveaway for this episode.

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