Peter Attia
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Most people have no idea what they're talking about.
And most people who are selling these things are not being transparent about what it is you're buying.
They just call everything a ketone.
Let's do a little bit of biochemistry, Dom.
Oh, he passed away.
Sorry, just before we leave that, you said 1,3-butanediol elevates beta-hydroxybutyrate.
Let's explain how and why.
Let's take a step back here.
If I asked you to consume 100 grams of ethanol a day for two weeks, your transaminases would go up.
I've done that before.
Yeah.
So let's talk about that.
So a standard drink is about 15 grams of ethanol, maybe more, right?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Call it 20.
We round up 20.
So now I'm asking you to have five alcoholic beverages a day.
And by the way, you could space that out over the course of the day and not even get a buzz.
Say five alcoholic beverages a day for two weeks, you are metabolizing ethanol with alcohol dehydrogenase and...