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loegyesterday at 8:10 PM1 replyview on HN

> to improve performance

How? Like, what is the mechanism where this is useful?


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flinneryesterday at 8:43 PM

Monitoring glucose and ketones can help you develop metabolic flexibility and let you grok how easily your body cuts over to ketones. Knowing your personal realtime glucose and ketone levels helps you understand just how much carbs will kick you out of ketosis or keep you in it. Glucose monitoring will help you avoid large crashes that can lead to low energy. Among other things!

More on metabolic flexibility: https://www.levels.com/blog/what-is-metabolic-flexibility-an...

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