 All right y'all All right, so we're all live now. Hey, so why I stopped the ketogenic diet So this would be fun and feel free to ask questions if you want to or hit me privately, but basically When I was in my early 20s, I got sick real sick. I autoimmune disorder ahead. What's up? What's up, Fiona? How are you? So I was sick in my early years and I Stumbled into a ketogenic diet through a long fast and I felt better it kind of woke me up So for 15 years I was following a pretty regimen regimenly following a ketogenic diet or modified low-carb diet through exercise I would be in ketosis continuously and when every time I slept out. I just didn't feel very good and so It it worked it worked absolutely wonderful if you can commit to the journey of it all but then fast for 15 years And I'm actually even 10 years. What's up, Liz? How are you? Fast forward I met my wife and my wife didn't know the old me like she didn't know Like the sick me or the all the person she she's like, why are you on this diet? This is like not good for our relationship. It was almost a deal breaker for us And um, but she didn't understand how bad I was struggling before like how much everything Were hurt how much everything was hard to do how it was hard to get out of bed like it was tough Um, and I she only knew the person that had been in ketosis. So that was feeling better And so we really had a struggle for a long time like I would have to back back 15 years ago Y'all just so you know, there wasn't keto foods out there. I mean it was just meat and vegetables That's all I basically ate But you go to a restaurant and go out for a nice dinner or you go to a wedding or whatever else It's complicated, right? It's not it's not easy I'm just gonna tell you if you like to have an adventurous traveling life doing a strict diet And any kind of diet is not easy to do it really controls your parameters, especially if it's health related and so I um Lo and behold eight years ago. I met a guy in birthing class and he introduced me to drinkable ketones I'm actually gonna make one up this morning. So you've never seen this before you're gonna see it here in just a minute of like how it actually works and He introduced it to me and I was just like in my brain I'm like if this works this would be huge because I don't actually want to follow kijink that I love watermelon I love fruit. I'm weird. I'm really kind of like a paleo natural paleo guy like I love Sweet potatoes and I like all those things I like desserts, but they're not like uh desserts aren't a driver for me like they don't I don't obsess about about it Oh, even if it's their kind of thing, but I'm not really it's not my it's not my thing right meat and meat is my thing, right? So fortune that's fortunate for me because doing kijink diet and like you meet is a really good good thing but It was it was it was getting to the point where we had our first child We're having our second child and I'm still still plugging along on this ketogenic diet um I'm still hey if somebody knows dusty tell him i'm on i'm on a zoom right now Uh are on a live so i'm still plugging along the kijink diet During from proof at launch with drinkable ketones. I did the kijink diet for almost the first three years And finally I just realized like you know, we're ready to have our third child and I'm like, what if I if I just cannot do the diet and I just drink ketones and I See if it works like let's try that So that's what I've been doing for almost the last five years is I drink ketones. I do not follow kijink diet I still follow a very healthy diet. I'm very conscious of my of my health choices. I encourage that Um, I primarily I would say more of a paleo diet and I have fun That's what I like to say. I have a paleo diet guy and I have fun But I do drink ketones twice today And the reason why is because the ketones have a huge benefit on my body They help me with sustained energy. I don't have dips. I mean When I look around most people think I'm in my 30s at school Um, and I'm as old as they are just to kind of put that in purpose perspective, right? Um, I I had four major surgeries. I did not Uh gain any weight from those surgeries. I was able to maintain everything. Um, I'm not able to exercise like I used to So I just want to put in parameters people, you know that this this works like in such a huge way So now I get to drink ketones. I get my ketones because that's important to me because of my my health challenges in my past Um, and I was the health guy. Y'all, you know, sometimes your body just breaks down And so because of my injuries my my my head injury my health challenges Ketones are really important for me. So if you're struggling with just life Having ketones is going to help you. It's it's it's not going to solve every one of your problems But it's going to help you So what I did is I decided that I'm not going to follow a kidney diet. Um, I do do I do do I just said do do Liz I just said do do but what I do do is um, I I do some intermittent fasting not all the time. I do it a few times a week Um, I might do a couple prolonged fast in those situations. I'm deeper in ketosis I still follow a relatively low carb diet. My exercise isn't back up after my hip replacement So I'm not getting like crazy exercise. So I'm not using exercise as a way to To drive down my glucose levels so that I can produce more ketones Um, I would say I probably still wake up in ketosis every morning to some level probably not therapeutically But to some level um in most cases And then I just drink ketones twice a day sometimes three times a day And I enjoy my day and I just eat moderately. I enjoy life. I exercise when I can I am exercising more As my I'm recovering from all my surgeries, but um, do do. Yes. I said do do but basically it's simple you know, it's funny because I actually, uh The at school everybody thinks I'm a keto diet guy and I'm not like I even when we launch prove I never said that you have to engage in a diet I encourage low carb living because I think most people do better with less carbohydrates We already know that that's already scientific. Like you don't need as many carbohydrates. There's no essential carbohydrates There's essential fatty acids and essential amino acids We know that people need a certain amount of protein in their diet and that's kind of a constant So if Liz needs 120 grams of protein a day that isn't changed from now Um or in six years from now like it's the same So we know those things are the same but glucose or carbohydrates can vary fat can vary to some extent Um, basically the rule is is that if the more carbs you eat the less fat you should eat The the the more fat you eat less carbs, right? So that's how it should that's how usually how it works But you still need fat because the fatty acids are really really important You don't need a ton of carbohydrates at the same time Is as if you've got a healthy diet you're relatively active You probably can tolerate more carbohydrates than most if you've already broken your system down and been really Broken down and really unhealthy. You may need to stay in a low carb or keto style diet To maybe heals your body a little bit while drinking ketones to get to your end result To be able to have that flexible did I got so This is how you do it. It's pretty simple. It's a I have ice and water my ice is almost melted This is one of my favorite flavors. This has a little bit more ketones in it than um Then our regular ones. So this one has This is they're basically the same. This is has this one has more ketones in another extra little fun ingredient in there But it's a powdery mix of water and literally in within an hour I'll have a therapeutic level of ketones in my body. So that's like Most of you do in the kid drink diet For three five days if you're skilled at it to get the level of one of these So when people go, hey, that's cheating or that stops ketone production. That's just all ignorance. It's not true Our product doesn't stop anybody's ketones from being produced If anything it's going to help you be more more compliant more consistent feel better and help you sustain at long term and produce more ketones because of all the other benefits of it So, uh, you know, unfortunately some people just get mis-consumed Misinformation and they we want to believe what they want to believe or I think some people want to do the hard way They don't they don't want to shortcut. I used to be like that like, you know, hey, let's go this way to the mall I'm like, no, let's go this way. It's a hard way because I had to prove myself to somebody to myself, I guess And so this is just a shortcut. It makes life easier. It's a supplement to your lifestyle So you're supplementing something that's very healthy. That's very natural. That's very good for you That's never been done before in history but backed by the top scientists in the world and you're supplementing it So that you can find a lifestyle that you're willing to live and sustain and some people need to go more extreme low carb Some people may need to go on a ketogenic diet. Some people maybe can do more of a just a healthier diet more of a Standard american. What's up carry american diet? Maybe you want to call it with health food versus with crappy food Um, but it's been really interesting. I've been digging into some new science recently and it's it's pretty fun So with that said in done, I'm gonna drink my ketones up. Uh, if you're drinking ketones currently, uh, drop me a little What's your favorite flavor and your favorite benefit? I would say my favorite benefit This is my favorite flavor. It's called ruby rush I like it a lot. It's so good I would say my favorite benefit of drinking ketones Is I don't have to do the ketogenic diet That's my favorite benefit because that was my alternative I think it's funny because like my friends these are friends of mine, but I don't uh at school I don't over pitch what I do. Uh, I just have conversations with people because it gets I can get pretty excited about what I do and they're like Aren't you like aren't you a fraud? You don't follow ketogenic diet. I'm like, no, I drink ketones You don't understand like I don't have to this is what I do and I teach I know the ketogenic diet. Well, if you want to learn it I can teach you a world class at that but I don't have to follow it My brother-in-law has to follow it for his situation. So we're in different situations I work with vegans around the world that do not follow ketogenic diet And it's extremely hard to have your vegan. Uh, it's very very hard to so Um ruby rush is my a favorite. Oh Uh, Liz likes the craving controls helps keep the pounds off. That's good. I like it strawberry jams You know, strawberry jams is so good. I have not had one of those in a while Blue ocean strawberry benefits focus and the community awesome That's the other thing about this blue ocean. Look at this. My favorite benefit is energy keeps my smile on my face It's pretty funny that my wife's an attorney and a marine. So, um, let's just say that uh, she was the biggest skeptic in the world There's nobody out there. That's a bigger skeptic. I'm not all my world-run out expert doctors We're not nearly the skeptics that my wife was And when she started smiling Uh into this day when she drinks her ketones, you can see a smile from on her face It just has an impact on her mood and it's cool. If you look at the science of all that it actually shows you why it's it's kind of it's kind of neat, but um Over the next year or the rest of the year, I'm going to be doing more talking about That you don't have to follow kizzenka. Although I believe in the kizzenka I think a well-formulated kizzenka can be very helpful for a lot of people But it's not always the end game that people have to be living by and I think there's a hybrid to it all And so at the same time, I don't think this is an excuse to go treat yourself like a garbage truck either Just saying like I want you to take care of yourself. I want you to exercise I want you to think clear. I want you to sleep better. I want you that's what a health person wants Right, you want you to do all the other things, but what happens too many times is that people get on this thinking It's just a weight loss product And it can really support fat metabolism and fat loss But you still have to do some of the work with it and we want you to do that because that's what's going to change your life This is just the catalyst to help you get there faster. So, um, with that said and then I got an appointment So you go well get out of here get out of here Cheers y'all