Summary
Leanne Vogel interviews Tiffany Summit about her family's experience combining exogenous ketones with a ketogenic diet, particularly for managing her husband's type 2 diabetes. Tiffany describes how exogenous ketones stabilized her husband's blood sugar so effectively that he was able to come off metformin, and how the couple progressed from basic keto to OMAD (one meal a day) fasting over six months. Tiffany shares practical tips on using BHB ketone salts throughout the day, including morning doses during fasting and afternoon doses for appetite suppression. She also discusses unexpected benefits like increased energy that replaced her 10-cup-a-day coffee habit and improvements in skin conditions including her daughter's keratosis pilaris.
Key Points
- Tiffany's husband came off metformin after adding exogenous ketones to his ketogenic diet, achieving stable blood glucose levels
- The couple progressed from 14-hour fasts to OMAD over six months, with exogenous ketones supporting the transition
- Exogenous ketones replaced Tiffany's 10-cup daily coffee habit by providing sustained energy without caffeine
- BHB ketone salts can be mixed with water, almond milk, or coffee depending on the flavor
- Appetite suppression from ketones helps distinguish between true hunger and habitual appetite during fasting
- Unexpected benefits included improved skin quality and reduction in keratosis pilaris symptoms in their daughter
- Type 2 diabetics can safely build up to OMAD fasting when paired with keto and exogenous ketones, contrary to conventional advice about constant eating
Key Moments
Type 2 diabetes reversal: coming off metformin with exogenous ketones
Tiffany describes how adding exogenous ketones to her husband's keto diet stabilized his blood glucose levels and allowed him to discontinue metformin, achieving completely stable blood sugar readings throughout the day.
"when we started drinking the exogenous ketones, That's when we started really seeing the improvement in his A1C, in his blood glucose levels on a daily basis. They were stable, like they were completely stable all the time. He came off of his metformin after we started drinking exogenous ketones."
Energy replacement: ditching 10 cups of coffee for ketones
After just three days of using exogenous ketones, Tiffany stopped reaching for her second cup of coffee and eventually reduced from 10 cups daily, attributing the sustained energy to ketones rather than caffeine.
"when I started drinking exogenous ketones, the third day I had drank them in a row, I didn't go for my second cup of coffee."
Appetite vs hunger: using ketones to support OMAD fasting
Tiffany uses two doses of exogenous ketones daily during her OMAD fasting window, one in the morning and one around 1 PM, to suppress habitual appetite while distinguishing it from actual hunger signals.
"there's a difference between appetite and hunger, and it's okay to feel hungry every once in a while. It's not going to kill you. So, when I say I use it as an appetite suppressant, it makes I'm talking about appetite, not hunger."
