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What’s your take on Ketone Ester useage? Was thinking about trying for hot long rides like Gibraltar!

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Thanks for signing up, Gregory! I think they show promise for recovery. Here's a study showing they helped blunt the effects of overtraining in cyclists:

https://physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1113/JP277831

However, I haven't seen anything compelling for using them as fuel. In fact, here's one study on cyclists showing they hurt performance during longer efforts.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5660098/

So if you plan to two two Santa Barbara climbs two days in a row, I think they'd be helpful between days.

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Love it. Can I use magnesium as part of a post workout routine? Seems logical right?

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I do. Protein, magnesium citrate, and beta glucan are my go-to recovery stack

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Separately or is there a product you like which includes them all?

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I take them individually. For the Mag and BG, I use NOW Foods sups. For the protein, I use Beachbody Performance, Ladder, or "real" food, like eggs or Greek yogurt.

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Where is it you explain why water is not absorbed as efficiently as water with minerals because the latter engages two cell membrane pumps whilst the former only one. I know that is a wretched paraphrasing of the facts but I’m hoping you’ll know what I’m looking for.

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