Rhonda Patrick

So what that is is the beta-hydroxybutyrate, and it's esterified to 1,3-butanediol.

What that is is it's

It's an ester that your liver does get, your liver converts into beta-hydroxybutyrate eventually.

So what happens is when you take a product like Delta G, and I'm using their Delta H product because it's the, I don't really need the really, really high ketones.

So this is about 11 grams of ketones in a serving size of a bottle.

And they have higher dose ones that's like 25 grams.

And I don't really need that.

So you feel the effects immediately because it does have beta-hydroxybutyrate in there without having to be converted into beta-hydroxybutyrate by your liver.

So you feel the effects immediately within like minutes.

And then because it's esterified to the 1,3-butanediol over the course of an hour to 90 minutes, you're also converting that 1,3-butanediol into more...

beta-hydroxybutyrate.

And so it's sort of, not only do you have an immediate effect, but you have this sort of long tail effect as well.

Now, someone asked about Ketone IQ.

That product only uses the 1,3-butanediol.

So there's no actual beta-hydroxybutyrate in that product.

It's a much lower dose.

I believe it was five grams.

And it's also...

Slow acting.

So if you want that, if you're using that for something like in my case where I'm giving, you know, doing a Q&A or let's say I was, you know, I'm doing a podcast or a talk, then I would take it at least an hour beforehand because it takes a while to convert the 1,3-butanediol into the beta-hydroxybutyrate.