Episode 54: Brianna Stubbs talks about ketone esters and their application in sport

STEM-Talk

Dawn Kernagis and Ken Ford

Natural Sciences, Alternative Health, Science, Health & Fitness, Nutrition

4.7 • 706 Ratings

🗓️ 2 January 2018

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Late in 2017, a San Francisco startup company brought one of the commercial ketone esters to market. Today’s episode features an interview with a scientist and world-class athlete who has spent the past year helping develop and rollout HVMN Ketone, an FDA-approved drink that promises increased athletic ability as well as heightened focus and energy. Dr. Brianna Stubbs earned her PhD in biochemical physiology from Oxford University in 2016 where she researched the effects of ketone drinks on elite athletes. During Brianna’s collegiate athletic career, she won two gold medals while representing Great Britain at the World Rowing Championships. She first made international news when as a 12-year-old she became the youngest person ever to row across the British Channel. Brianna graduated from Oxford’s Pembroke College with a BA in preclinical sciences with the idea of becoming an MD. But after spending a year working as a research assistant helping to investigate the effect of exogenous ketones on human performance, she decided instead to pursue her doctorate in biochemical physiology and investigate how ketone compounds might be applied in a sporting and healthcare setting in the future. While at Oxford, she worked alongside Dr. Kieran Clarke to develop a novel ketone monoester that has been shown to improve exercise performance in endurance athletes. She also was a member of the Great Britain Rowing Team and in 2016 become the World Champion in the lightweight guadruple sculls. Brianna’s time at Oxford gave her a unique opportunity to combine her scientific interest in sports physiology and metabolism while also competing at an international level. Brianna moved to the United States in June of 2017 to work at HVMN and help bring the company’s ketone ester to market.

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0:28.1	So today's episode features a world-class athlete who also is beginning to appear on the world stage as a scientific researcher studying the benefits of ketones and their supplementation.
0:37.4	Dr. Brianna Stubbs is the youngest person to ever row their supplementation. Dr. Brianna
0:38.0	Stubbs is the youngest person to ever row across the English Channel. She also won two gold
0:42.1	medals while representing Great Britain in the World Rowing Championships. More recently,
0:46.5	she has been in the news as part of a San Francisco-based company that just brought out
0:50.7	one of the first commercial ketone esters to the market called human ketone.
0:54.1	But before we talk to Brianna about the human ketone ester and her research, we have some
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