BRCT (crossover) · Healthy adults, 3 metabolic studies

On the Metabolism of Exogenous Ketones in Humans

BJ Stubbs, PJ Cox, RD Evans et al.. Frontiers in Physiology. 2017.

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In plain language: Ketone ester drinks raised blood D-BHB to about 2.8 mM versus about 1.0 mM for sodium plus potassium BHB salts at similar BHB doses.
Limits: Small, short metabolic studies; no clinical outcomes.
Source: doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2017.00848 · PubMed 29163194

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