Well, hello, hello, guys. You're listening to Beauty Bites with Dr. Kay, Secrets of a Plastic Surgeon, and I'm Dr. K. DeRay Raj. I'm a facial plastic surgeon,

a skincare expert, a passionate longevity nerd. And today we're diving into one of the best,

most exciting topics in metabolic health, women's health and aging. It's all about ketones. And you

might have heard of them, keto diets, biohacking circles,

but let's take a deeper look about why ketones are a metabolic superpower, especially for women,

especially for longevity, especially when it comes to controlling your chronic inflammation.

So what are ketones?

Ketones are small molecules produced by your liver when your body is in a low glucose state.

Think about fasting, low carb diets, ozambic, actually, and extended exercise.

This is the state where you are burning sugar. Sugar, sugar, sugar for energy.

Your body taps into sugar first and then you finish all the sugar and now your body taps into

the fat stores and creates ketones as an alternative fuel source. And if you've ever exercised

to that point or fasted to that point and you've gotten to that

fasting phase where you're through with your glucose and you're into your ketones, you know that it is

ethereal. It feels like you're floating, your clear thinking, your fresh mind. It's beautiful. Ketones

are not just your backup battery sugar. They're a cleaner, more efficient

source of energy. And they do so much more than just power your cells. For women,

especially in your 40s, 50s and beyond, they're really unique shifts in your hormones that can

affect your metabolism and energy and your inflammation. Your estrogen is dropping.

Your insulin resistance creeps up and hormonal balance is very hard to achieve. And you can get

these energy crashes where sometimes you feel like overly satiated and like brain fog from all the

sugar and carbs not being processed cleanly. But ketones are unique.

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