Your Personal Jetfuel: Ketone Esters Decoded with Frank Llosa

Frank Llosa discusses ketone esters, racemic versus non-racemic ketone salts, and why you should really pay attention to those terms on the label of exogenous ketones.

“It costs so much more to be non-racemic. They are going to put it on the package. They’re not going to accidentally sell you something that costs them 10 times more.”

Frank Llosa

Who is Frank Llosa?

Frank Llosa is the founder and CEO of KetoneAid – the same ketone ester company that raised over $150,000 on Indiegogo (5X their projected target!) to continue research on their ketone ester product. They had so many people pre-order the product, that they had to stop the offer. He got into the wide world of ketones after his wife’s godfather – the creator of the exogenous ketone Dr. Richard Veech tapped him on the shoulder.

Key Highlights of the Podcast

• [4:00] Should everyone follow a ketogenic diet?
• [5:03] An introduction to the ketogenic diet
• [9:04] Racemic vs. Non-Racemic
• [12:22] Which Ketone Salt would Frank use
• [14:02] Dr. Richard Veech
• [15:50] What is a Ketone Ester?
• [16:36] The problem with mixing Esters and MCT oil
• [19:10] Why esters are more cost-efficient than salts
• [25:22] Ketone Esters, the Tour de France, and sports performance
• [28:18] Boomer’s experience with Ketone Esters
• [30:24] Ketone Esters and improving sleep and bettering jet lag
• [38:22] Does exogenous ketones reduce the natural production of ketones?
• [41:03] The effect of combining ketones and caffeine
• [45:21] Ketone Esters and the battle against cognitive decline
• [52:48] Ketoacidosis
• [55:50] Ketone Esters and professional sports
• [60:00] Frank answers the final questions

Resources Mentioned

• Ketone Aid
• Ketone bodies mimic the life span extending properties of caloric restriction
• Novel ketone diet enhances physical and cognitive performance
• Nutritional Ketosis Alters Fuel Preference and Thereby Endurance Performance in Athletes
• Tour de France riders ready to fuel up on ketones – the mysterious energy drink developed at Oxford University
• Born to Run by Christopher McDougall
• Vibram Men’s V-Train Cross-Trainer Shoe Black Out

‍