#105 Exogenous ketones, my coffee protocol, and supplements for blood sugar regulation (Premium Member Q&A July 2025)
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Rhonda Patrick, Ph.D.
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🗓️ 5 August 2025
⏱️ 33 minutes
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In this special episode, you'll get an exclusive 30-minute preview of my latest Ask Me Anything (AMA) session, normally reserved for FoundMyFitness Premium Members. Each month, Premium Members join me live to receive direct answers to their most pressing questions on nutrition, supplements, longevity, sleep, fitness—no topic is off-limits. In today's sneak peek, you'll hear why I've started taking exogenous ketones, details about my personal coffee routine (from bean choices to brewing methods), optimal supplement dosages (including ubiquinol, berberine, and vitamin K2), and whether some popular greens powders might pose risks due to heavy metals.
Learn more here about becoming a FoundMyFitness Premium Member for as little as $15 per month. After signing up, you'll also unlock the full 90-minute session, along with more than 100 hours of additional AMA content. Your membership directly supports our mission to deliver trustworthy, unbiased, science-backed health information that's entirely ad-free and free from commercial bias. Every Premium Member helps us stay focused solely on providing you with the highest-quality insights grounded in rigorous science.
Timestamps:
- (00:00) Introduction
- (02:44) Why I started taking exogenous ketones
- (04:02) What ketone supplement brand am I using?
- (07:16) Can ketones help reduce performance anxiety?
- (08:50) My daily coffee routine (beans, brewing, and tips)
- (11:31) Should you worry about diterpenes in coffee?
- (12:56) Which coffee bean brand do I trust most?
- (14:04) Does coffee cause dehydration or block mineral absorption?
- (15:46) Is drinking coffee on an empty stomach harmful?
- (16:01) Does dairy reduce coffee’s polyphenol benefits?
- (17:53) Should slow caffeine metabolizers avoid coffee?
- (18:52) Can coffee’s vasoconstriction affect brain blood flow?
- (19:18) Do coffee pods release harmful microplastics?
- (20:09) The ketone meter I've relied on for 10 years
- (20:35) Does quitting caffeine lower resting heart rate?
- (20:41) What's the best plastic-free coffee maker?
- (21:13) Ideal dosing for ubiquinol, berberine, and alpha-lipoic acid
- (22:43) Which supplements best support fertility and egg quality?
- (23:49) Why (and how much) myo-inositol did I take?
- (24:08) Am I still taking benfotiamine, collagen, lutein, and zeaxanthin?
- (24:34) Creatine vs. methylated B vitamins for homocysteine control
- (25:56) Which vitamin K2 supplement (and dosage) do I use?
- (26:17) Are greens powders (like moringa) high in heavy metals?
- (27:16) Which choline supplement won't raise TMAO?
- (30:31) Which Thorne supplements do I personally use?
- (30:44) How much CoQ10 is needed if you're not targeting fertility?
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone, today's episode is something special and I'm truly excited to share it with you. |
| 0:05.3 | Rather than a typical found my fitness episode, you're about to listen to an exclusive |
| 0:09.0 | sneak peek of my most recent live Ask Me Anything session. Normally, these AMAs are reserved only |
| 0:15.5 | for Found My Fitness premium members, but I think this one is so packed with valuable insights |
| 0:20.0 | that I wanted to share it with |
| 0:20.9 | everyone. So every month, premium members join me live to ask questions and get direct, |
| 0:26.3 | personalized answers about nutrition, supplements, longevity, sleep, fitness, you name it. |
| 0:31.4 | No topic is off limits. And we dive deep. Members tell me they love these sessions, and personally, they're one of my |
| 0:39.1 | favorite things to do each month. They're genuine, interactive, and filled with actionable |
| 0:43.7 | insights grounded in rigorous science. What you're hearing today is just the first 30 minutes |
| 0:49.4 | of a full 90-minute AMA. So in this preview alone, we cover fascinating topics like why I started taking |
| 0:56.1 | exogenous ketones, my current coffee routine, including what beans and brewing methods I prefer, |
| 1:01.5 | optimal doses of supplements like ubiquinal, berberine, alpha-laphoic acid, vitamin K2, |
| 1:07.0 | and even whether certain popular greens powders contain concerning levels of heavy metals. |
| 1:11.8 | But there's so much more waiting for you in the full Ask Me Anything. |
| 1:15.9 | If you enjoy what you're here today and if the science and advice resonate with you, |
| 1:20.1 | I'd like to invite you to join our Found My Fitness premium community. |
| 1:23.7 | Becoming a premium member isn't just about accessing hundreds of hours of exclusive deeply |
| 1:29.0 | research health content, though that's definitely a great perk. |
| 1:32.7 | It's about being a part of something bigger. |
| 1:35.3 | Your membership directly supports my mission to keep Found My Fitness entirely ad free, |
| 1:41.7 | free from commercial bias and focused on delivering trustworthy, science-driven |
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