Show notes
View all show notes and timestamps on the KoopCast website.Episode overview:Chiel Poffe is a Postdoctoral researcher at KU Leven. His areas of focus are energy metabolism and ketones.Episode highlights:(32:56) Practical ketone use: best during high-intensity training, 25g after exercise and before sleep, individual variance, potential improved sleep, muscle recovery, cognitive benefits, cost(39:38) Ultramarathon study results: complications with investigating performance, reaction time test, no cognitive decline in ketone groups, ketone increase dopamine levels, mechanistic speculation(45:19) Ketones aid cognition in extreme circumstances: revisiting study design, parallels to the overtraining study, ketones inhibit cognitive decline rather than improving cognition, support from initial ketone researchAdditional resources:Chiel on TwitterKetone ester supplementation blunts overreaching symptoms during endurance training overloadExogenous ketosis increases circulating dopamine concentration and maintains mental alertness in ultra-endurance exerciseOutside Online’s dumb headline that ketones cure overtrainingResearch Essentials for Ultrarunning: https://www.jasonkoop.com/research-essentials-for-ultrarunningKoop’s Social Media-Twitter/Instagram @jasonkoopInformation on coaching-https://trainright.com/Buy Training Essentials for Ultrarunning on Amazon or Audible.
