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Sort of! You can enter ketosis through IF and keto diet (we run WeFast, a big facebook fasting group, and I fast 36 hours every week).

What's special about HVMN Ketone is that you can get into ketosis with just a drink. And it lets you maintain carb levels at the same time, unlike keto diet & IF, which is a big plus for the sports performance gains.

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Can you provide the research or documentation proving that this drink will immediately get you into ketosis? How long does it last? Are you actually just faking out ketone strips for some period of time?

Can I eat carbs every day but drink this and stay in ketosis? That seems really unlikely.

The graph on their website (if to be believed) shows a comparison between their ketone ester and a ketone salt.

Also, if I remember correctly, ketone esters were originally developed for use in rebreather SCUBA diving. The concentration of oxygen makes seizures much more likely. Since ketogenic diets are useful for preventing seizures, the military wanted a "ketogenic diet in a pill".

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