Metabolic Flexibility Explained: Why Ketones May Be an Overlooked Health Marker | Dorian Greenow

Yeah, that is pretty cool.

You used an important word, right? You talked about consistency and sustainability.

I think that's something that we've talked about time and time again.

Here's what I'm curious about, because when I think about the ketogenic diet, particularly living in America, where the hyperpalatable foods are just anywhere that you look left and right, is not something that strikes me as something that's going to be sustainable long-term, particularly when you're fighting your environment.

What made you think that that was going to be the answer with respect to just, hey, lifestyle change long-term, this is something that I can stick to and be successful?

I would definitely say for the first month to two months, And maybe even to the third, the eight to 12 week period, your body's going to go through a transformation.

But the mindset that we have is sort of like a slightly different one.

It's that if you look at food addiction, that's real.

If you look at tobacco addiction, that's real.

Now we know one cigarette's not going to kill us, but the cumulative effects could have a considerable amount.

We look at the cumulative effects of carbohydrates and we can see that on a population scale, diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular risk, and all of those things.

But what happens on a physiological basis is you get this satiety.

You don't get these hunger pangs that you think you can get.

And I see a lot of marketing in keto foods because they think people are going to want to snack.

They think that people are going to need this crutch.

And maybe to begin with, we can look at some of these keto bars and keto things in that respect.

It's sort of like methadone for the heroin addict.

But after a while, when you're kind of like, realize that good quality food and satiety come on into play and that it is actually a very elegant and enriching and delicious lifestyle pattern.

So if I said to you that, you know, we're going to start the meal today with a wonderful ceviche and then we're going to probably move into a fennel salad that will go on there.

Maybe some boccheronis, but just done with a little egg and a squeeze of lemon juice.

Now we're going to move into a little bit of a flank steak with a chimichurri sauce with the wild mushrooms behind that.

They're just done in a light amount of butter.

And then we'll probably finish with a lovely dessert of strawberries and cream.

Do you feel deprived in any way, shape or form by what I've just described?

Now, I was wondering if you're trying to get us to salivate on camera here.

Yeah, that is pretty cool.

You used an important word, right? You talked about consistency and sustainability.

I think that's something that we've talked about time and time again.

Here's what I'm curious about, because when I think about the ketogenic diet, particularly living in America, where the hyperpalatable foods are just anywhere that you look left and right, is not something that strikes me as something that's going to be sustainable long-term, particularly when you're fighting your environment.

What made you think that that was going to be the answer with respect to just, hey, lifestyle change long-term, this is something that I can stick to and be successful?

I would definitely say for the first month to two months, And maybe even to the third, the eight to 12 week period, your body's going to go through a transformation.

But the mindset that we have is sort of like a slightly different one.

It's that if you look at food addiction, that's real.

If you look at tobacco addiction, that's real.

Now we know one cigarette's not going to kill us, but the cumulative effects could have a considerable amount.

We look at the cumulative effects of carbohydrates and we can see that on a population scale, diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular risk, and all of those things.

But what happens on a physiological basis is you get this satiety.

You don't get these hunger pangs that you think you can get.

And I see a lot of marketing in keto foods because they think people are going to want to snack.

They think that people are going to need this crutch.

And maybe to begin with, we can look at some of these keto bars and keto things in that respect.

It's sort of like methadone for the heroin addict.

But after a while, when you're kind of like, realize that good quality food and satiety come on into play and that it is actually a very elegant and enriching and delicious lifestyle pattern.

So if I said to you that, you know, we're going to start the meal today with a wonderful ceviche and then we're going to probably move into a fennel salad that will go on there.

Maybe some boccheronis, but just done with a little egg and a squeeze of lemon juice.

Now we're going to move into a little bit of a flank steak with a chimichurri sauce with the wild mushrooms behind that.

They're just done in a light amount of butter.

And then we'll probably finish with a lovely dessert of strawberries and cream.

Do you feel deprived in any way, shape or form by what I've just described?

Now, I was wondering if you're trying to get us to salivate on camera here.