Dr. Rhonda Patrick

Why is the acetic acid working?

We know lactate works too.

No, it's, it's, it's, it's interesting.

Ketone ketones are definitely signaling molecules.

And I also think there's a lot of overlap between lactate and beta hydroxybutyrate as well.

I mean, they're activating a lot of the same, like brain drive neurotrophic factor one, you know, um,

And, you know, I've had Dom D'Agostino on the podcast twice.

We talked a lot about ketogenic diets and, you know, Dr. Eric Verdin talked about them as well.

I do...

think they're not the easiest diet for people to follow for several reasons, including social too.

It's definitely restrictive.

But perhaps cycling them.

I've been interested in cycling it.

I've only done it a couple of times.

For me, it's also very hard to do

as well, but I'm interested in the brain benefits of ketones.

Do you think the dose matters?

So like, not only in respect to wanting the right dose of ketones to activate, you know, these beneficial signaling pathways, but also to make sure that you're not like

dipping too low like your glucose doesn't go too low where you're kind of like what's going on here yeah a little bit anxious a little bit yeah like you can get I can get you know when I haven't eaten for like many hours I like forget to eat because I'm so busy all of a sudden I'll start to get a little anxious and I'm like what's going on oh I haven't eaten you know it's

Yeah.