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Nutritional ketone salts increase fat oxidation but impair high-intensity exercise performance in healthy adult males

T O'Malley, E Myette-Cote, C Durrer, JP Little. Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism. 2017.

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In plain language

0.3 g/kg BHB salts raised fat oxidation but lowered time-trial power by about 7%.

Limits

Very small, single dose.

Source

doi.org/10.1139/apnm-2016-0641 · PubMed 28750585

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