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Experience the benefits of ketosis instantly – boosted energy, improved mental clarity, reduced hunger. Whether you’re trying to avoid “keto flu” in the first few days of the diet or you just want to benefits on-demand, exogenous ketones are your answer.

For better or worse, the ketogenic diet has gotten a lot of attention in recent years. We’re fans of keto in some cases but we tend to stay out of the diet discussions since we’re firm believers that there is no one-size-fits all approach to diet.

Everyone’s body is different.

Some people thrive as vegans, and some thrive on the carnivore diet eating nothing but meat.

What we can certainly agree on however is the benefits to energy and mental performance that the ketogenic diet, specifically having your body in a state of ketosis, can provide.

Once your body get’s adapted to the low carb diet your system switches from using glucose (carbs) for it’s primary fuel source and starts converting fat molecules into what are known as ketones.

These ketones are a secondary form of fuel for your brain which easily pass through the blood-brain barrier and give you lasting energy throughout the day.

A keto-adapted person can typically fast for extended periods of time without experiencing the usual blood sugar/energy level crash that they’d normally experience, or the typical hunger.

And these ketones are exactly why, offering benefits such as:

• Reduced hunger and cravings
• Increased energy
• Better mental clarity and memory recall
• Faster rate of fat loss

Even the leanest of people still have tens of thousands of calories worth of stored fat. If you’re in ketosis, your body can tap into that fat directly for fuel instead of having to rely on food alone.

The only downside, as anyone that’s ever done keto for extended periods can tell you, is that the diet is very limiting from a social standpoint.

To put it simply it’s hard eating less than 50 grams of carbs a day while maintaining a social life.

What’s more, the initial few days when your body is transitioning into keto can be rough, with many individuals experiencing what’s known as “keto flu”, leading to side effects like low energy and irritability. 

The solution?

Exogenous ketones – supplements that you can take at any time in the day which mimic the same type of ketones that your body typically produces in ketosis.

Whether you’re in the first few days of keto and want to use these supplements as a bridge to avoid “keto flu”, or you just want to take them regardless of your diet for their added benefits, they’re a great option for pretty much anyone.

Up until very recently there hadn’t been much development in the exogenous ketone market. The earliest ketone-ester products that became available (often through less-than-reliable sources) generally tasted like drinking gasoline.

They worked… if you could get them down without gagging.

But, thanks to the rise in popularity of the keto diet craze, in the past few years some great new supplements have hit the market that actually taste great and offer many of the same benefits as being in ketosis in the form of an easy-to-use powder.

They’re really the best of both worlds, allowing you to take advantage of many of the same benefits of the ketogenic diet without having to restrict your food.

They’re one of our most-used supplements for energy here at Biohacker Blueprint, and we’ve compiled our top 3 favorite exogenous ketone supplements for 2022 below.

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FULL BREAKDOWN: Top 3 Best Exogenous Ketone Supplement Brands for 2022

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