Supercharge Your Energy, Cognitive Function, and Recovery with Ketones

The Jay Ferruggia Show

Jay Ferruggia

Fitness, Health & Fitness, Nutrition

4.9 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2026

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Kill your vices, sculpt your physique, and become unstoppable with my FREE 6-Step Daily Domination Blueprint.

Today I'm joined by metabolic scientist Dr. Latt Mansor to discuss all things ketones.

Latt holds a PhD in Physiology, Anatomy, and Genetics from University of Oxford and is the Research Lead at Ketone-IQ; a performance nutrition and metabolic health company.

His work has helped shed light on the role ketones play in cognitive function, physical performance, and metabolic health. And he's here to share how they impact recovery, mental clarity, and energy production.

We also dive into their role in heart health, metabolic disease, brain function, and more.

Find out why ketones are called "nature's superfuel", and how you can use them to supercharge your health, in today's episode...

What impact do ketones have on appetite, strength, and recovery? [6:23]
Pre or post workout: When is the best time to take ketones? [13:17]
Is combining carbs with ketones the optimal performance strategy? [15:07]
Ketones vs. stimulants... What's the difference? [20:04]
Can ketones treat heart failure and cardiovascular disease? [23:34]
Carbs, processed foods, genetics... What really causes insulin resistance? [30:36]
What are the physical performance benefits of taking ketones? [39:48]
Can they reduce the effects of traumatic brain injuries? [45:32]

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0:00.0	You are listening to the J. Faruja show, the podcast that helps high achieving men get lean and jacked, build an unbreakable mindset, and become the man you're meant to be.
0:19.1	Give everybody a little quick kind of background intro on yourself.
0:23.5	Yeah, sure.
0:25.1	Lat Mansour, originally from Malaysia,
0:28.3	did my undergrad in biotechnology from University of Nottingham in the UK.
0:32.4	Did my master's in biotechnology also in Columbia University in New York.
0:37.1	And then I worked in pharmaceutical company
0:39.5	called the Medicines Company. I worked for them for about a year and a half before I decided to go
0:45.9	back to school, did my PhD or defil in physiology, anatomy and genetics from University of
0:51.6	Oxford in the UK, specifically looking at metabolism
0:55.6	of type 2 diabetic heart in hypoxia, which is low oxygen environment. And then after I graduated,
1:02.5	I went back to Southeast Asia, Singapore and Malaysia. I worked for three years in the startup environment,
1:08.7	startup world, worked for a diabetes management company for a year and a half,
1:13.2	came out, started my own health tech for a year and a half.
1:15.8	And then I got introduced to Ketone IQ or HVMN at that point.
1:19.3	It was Health for Modern Nutrition, the name of the company, in 2019.
1:23.5	They flew me out to San Francisco, my first time there in June, 2019, interviewed me for the whole week, offered me the job at the end of the week.
1:34.2	August 2019, packed my stuff from Malaysia, took a one-way flight to San Francisco.
1:42.4	Wow.
1:42.7	And the rest of history.
1:44.2	Now, here I am.
1:45.8	I've been leading all the science efforts at Ketone IQ since 2019, overseeing all of our
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