Drinking ketones improves heart health, a new small-scale study from the University of Portsmouth has found.
This is the first time people with type 2 diabetes (T2D) have been given a drink with ketone esters – a supplement that is meant to plunge your system into ketosis – to monitor the effect on the heart.
Ketosis is the metabolic state where your body is forced to burn fats instead of carbohydrates.
The study was carried out after a new drug treatment, set to lower sugar levels in people with type 2 diabetes, was also found to save people dying from cardiovascular disease, but more research was needed to find out why.
Study author, Dr. Maria Perissiou from the University of Portsmouth’s School of Psychology, Sport and Health Sciences, said: “It’s still early days, but these results are promising….