Oxford Review - Ketones & Athletic Performance
Introduction In the early 2000’, the agency responsible for research and innovation in the US military – DARPA – was looking for nutritional ways to enhance the performance of their elite forces. Fighters of these units work under extreme psychological and emotional stress. The compound DARPA was looking for should have improved both physical and mental performance. Ketones seemed like a great fit for DARPA’s needs. The liver naturally produces ketones in times of food scarcity, which is the most significant physical and psychological stressor our body had to deal with throughout human evolution. Ketones helped our ancestors to...