“I am using the ketone ester to support my attempt to maintain a keto-diet. I am using novamax blood ketone test strips to measure my ketone levels. When my first package of 3 esters arrived, I played around with doses and blood ketones measures over the course of one week. Described below is how I was able to find it useful: I started with .01 baseline blood ketone level as evidenced by the test strips while trying to obtain ketosis via the diet. I do intermittent fast from 9pm to 1ish, daily. I struggled to maintain the fast past 11am. I took my test prior to food and supplements and it was .02. To help stave off hunger, I would take a swig of the ester followed by a water chaser. My tests showed 2.3 blood ketones. I was able to fast through 1 pm and the ester would wear off after a couple of hours. I then proceeded with eating between 1pm and 9pm daily. Over the past two weeks I have been able to increase my baseline ketone level to .6 during times that the ester has cycled down, I believe that the esters worked proactively to increase my body’s ketone system resulting in an increased baseline ketone without supplements.
Summary: The esters work well to supress my appetite.
During ester cycle use my blood ketones rise by 1.7-2.2 with swig doses. I usually get 4 per bottle.
My baseline off the ester has risen enough for me to loose 10 lbs over 40 days, with a consistent loss weekly of 1.2 lbs. per week to date.
I have ordered more and will continue to supplement with it while working towards my goal weight.”
“I took one bottle each day I did my 100+ mile bike ride days. I rode Seattle to Portland in 2 days. On the second day, I actually took a second bottle (although it wasn't a full 2.2 fl oz due to shipping disaster reasons) and I found it hard to sustain energy when my heart rate was above 169 bpm. I kept feeling like the ketone's wanted to keep my HR at 149-154 to be in a some sweet aerobic zone. Anyway, the product worked as I suspected and I felt lasting energy for about 5 hours. I supplemented with gels to keep my calories on the carb/sugar side up so I wasn't starving. Overall, this is a good product and I would recommend it to anyone who wants to try this out - especially for bicycling/endurance event type sports. Lastly, they were nice enough to ship me a new pack of ketones free of charge due to the shipping disaster - so that was extremely nice! This stuff ain't cheap!”
“It did not work for me. I did do some research on the effects the ester had on me and it turned out I was not the only one. I won't purchase this again. But I did purchase one of the newest items and I can't wait to try it.”
“Upside- Take 2-3 servings to get thru a 24 hr fast. This is a huge assist and honestly as a 65 female warrior I do find fasting with ketones to be a lot less stressful (read cortisol!)
Also 1 serving before a fasting HIT workout (intense, heavy to failure with negatives) creates a successful experience. Max lifts up by 5#
Coginitive- no doubt, smarter!
Downside- way too expensive and I will need to decide how to distribute the meager rationing of 3/week
No way around the fact it just tastes awful.”
