Hi, it's Mark Sisson.

Welcome to the Primal Blueprint Podcast.

It's time for another show dedicated to the world of keto.

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Hello, listeners, Brad Kearns talking keto with another keto dedicated podcasts. Oh my goodness,

keto is so hot today. It's everywhere. So many people talking about it. Some people misinterpreting it, or talking nonsense,

some people gaining a greater understanding of the nuances, which is really important to discuss through as people get more and more enthusiastic and we get more and more user experiences

about it. I've personally been modifying and adapting my approach over

the past a year and a half that I've been playing around with keto. Oh my gosh, I think it's coming up

on two years actually. So varying my caloric intake, my level of carb intake, my devotion to strict

nutritional ketosis and just evaluating the various results. I had a great show

with Dr. Tommy Wood that you can search the archives for, just recently published. And he brought up

some really compelling suggestions for me and my personal goals with keto that obviously are relevant to all

listeners. And also we talked about the possible different decision-making parameters if you're

trying to shed excess body fat or you have metabolic damage, things like that. If you're coming

into the game with a more extreme level of carbohydrate dependency,

maybe more insulin resistance, a history of yo-yo dieting and the metabolic damage that's caused

by that versus a person who's lean has good blood work, is not needing to reduce excess body fat and is looking for longevity,

peak performance goals, things like that, athletic success. So one of the things Tommy said to me

that really resonated was I was reporting great success with keto. I'm not hungry. I can fast for

long periods of time. But of course,

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