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Drinking ketone drink after a hard workout doesn’t help your muscles refill their energy stores any faster than drinking a fake drink — even if your blood ketones are high.

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Intake of a Ketone Ester Drink during Recovery from Exercise Promotes mTORC1 Signaling but Not Glycogen Resynthesis in Human Muscle

Randomized Controlled Trial
Human
2017

Scientists gave athletes a special drink with ketones after a tough workout and found their muscles refilled with energy (glycogen) just as fast as when they drank a fake drink — so the ketone drink didn’t help or hurt glycogen recovery.

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Intake of a Ketone Ester Drink during Recovery from Exercise Promotes mTORC1 Signaling but Not Glycogen Resynthesis in Human Muscle

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DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2017.00310

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