#232 (Keto): Brad’s Experiment With Increased Caloric Intake

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Mark Sisson & Morgan Zanotti

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🗓️ 28 March 2018

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Host Brad Kearns talks about his month-long and still running experiment with increasing his overall caloric intake (and consequently allowing for an increase in carbohydrate intake). The experiment was inspired by his NourishBalanceThrive.com consultation with Dr. Tommy Wood, the content of which was presented on a previous Primal Endurance Podcast. Brad’s detailed NourishBalanceThrive test results suggested some deficiencies that might be righted with custom supplements as well as a superfood “green” smoothie.

Brad embarked on a grand experiment to significantly increase his overall food intake—of course focusing on highly nutritious foods with little or no empty calories. Brad reports an improvement in athletic performance and especially recover. He went all-in with this test, including indulging in fabulous Las Vegas buffets, occasional carb binges, and big-time green smoothies in the morning. The early results of the experiment pose an interesting question: could there be a different set of rules and decision-making processes for someone in the category of optimal body fat, good blood numbers, and ambitious athletic goals, versus someone with metabolic damage and/or wanting to reduce excess body fat? Brad and Dr. Lindsay will look into this matter with further research and self-experimentation (stay tuned for a future show where Lindsay varies fat intake up and down from daily expenditure level to track effects on blood ketones).

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0:00.0	Hi, it's Mark Sisson. Welcome to the Primal Blueprint Podcast. It's time for another show dedicated to the world of keto.
0:09.4	Check out KetorReset.com for details about my New York Times bestselling book and send your questions to info at Ketorreset.com.
0:41.4	Hi, listeners. Thanks for tuning in. Have an exciting show today talking about myself. Oh, boy. Actually, I think this is going to be a very thought-provoking subject, and I do want to share my recent experiment lasting for an entire month now, as we're here in October of 2017, the show won't launch for a while longer,
0:46.8	but I've been going for a month here with a distinct alteration to my typical keto eating
0:53.7	patterns and seeing and assessing the results.
0:57.6	And I have some very interesting results. I don't have a lot of definitive conclusions for you,
1:01.9	but mainly to give you a teaser of where we're going with this, we're going to end up with that
1:08.9	ultimate recommendation that n equals one, that personal
1:12.3	experimentation is the predominant driving force that will dictate your best practices with keto
1:19.7	and with your overall dietary habits, your overall training exercise habits, testing things
1:25.5	out, seeing what works, but of course honoring the big picture
1:28.3	parameters. So one thing that came up for me as I've been having a prolonged success with
1:34.0	ketogenic or near-ketogenic style eating was a consultation with the guys at nourishbalance thrive.com
1:43.6	Chris Kelly and Dr. Tommy Wood, an absolutely fabulous program
1:47.6	they have going there for comprehensive, the most comprehensive and progressive health
1:54.1	testing that you can get anywhere all in one spot. So it's kind of like doing this wild goose
1:58.8	chase that we often do with holistic health care, all corroborated into one particular full service program.
2:05.8	So I did a whole bunch of blood testing, urine, stool, saliva, and did all the reports coming back with the distinct patterns of my cortisol secretions during the day and all my blood values, including some
2:18.8	progressive tests that aren't usually done on traditional blood tests, everything, everything under
2:25.0	the sun. And then a full-on consultation service with their experts to identify the results
2:31.9	and how to write the numerous concerns that come up. And they've done over a thousand
2:36.0	top athletes have gone through this, including Olympic and professional athletes. And everyone has
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