Hi, it's Mark Sisson.

Welcome to the Primal Blueprint Podcast.

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

Check out KetorReset.com for details about my New York Times bestselling book

and send your questions to info at Ketorreset.com.

Hello and welcome to the keto show. This is Brad Kearns. I am working hard with Mark Sisson on a sequel to the New York Times best selling keto reset diet. This next work will

focus on the topic of longevity. You're going to absolutely love

it. We are advocating for a comprehensive approach, especially cultivating that longevity mindset,

where you live in a state of gratitude and have a gratitude practice, have mindfulness practice, perhaps formal

meditation sequences, or just taking the time to slow down, disengage, disconnect,

and enjoy yourself. We're getting sucked into the vortex of hyperconnectivity and constant

simulation. And I, for one, am not too happy about

some of the recent doings of modern life and am fighting my hardest to maintain that primal style

approach where you have appreciation for nature and health practices that benefit both mind and body

centered around the ketogenic diet or the keto zone type of existence where you fluctuate

in and out of the strict macronutrient requirements but honor the basic principles of keto.

And as we get further and further down the road of explosive popularity of the

keto movement, we have to keep our eye on the ball and make sure we respect the basic principles.

One of them that I shake my head about a lot is the original notion of keto is an evolutionary-based metabolic trait that allows us to

survive and even thrive in the absence of dietary carbohydrate intake or with minimal

dietary carbohydrate intake. So the designed use of ketones come when you are starving, like our ancestors often were.

And when we're not getting the carbs we need from the diet, we can make these wonderful

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