I realized this morning that I totally should have taken before pics. I’m generally somewhat against the practice of before and after pics for my own reasons, but even my yoga tights were kinda baggy this morning so I admitted my error to myself. I DID take day 6 pics 😉
I don’t have a whole lot new to share today although I did test my blood ketones 😁 and I learned something pretty cool yesterday that could benefit everyone…
Two questions for you:
Do you wake up in the middle of the night? 😳
Did you know your BRAIN needs fuel, even while you’re sleeping? 🧠 ⛽️ 😴
Your brain performs some pretty important tasks while you’re asleep!
Creates and consolidates memories – While you’re asleep, the brain is busy forming new memories, consolidating older ones, and linking more recent with earlier memories, during both REM and non-REM sleep. Lack of rest could have a significant affect the hippocampus, an area of the brain involved in memory creation and consolidation.
Clears out toxins – If we’re not getting enough sleep, our brains don’t have adequate time to clear out toxins, which could potentially have the effect of accelerating neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s.
Learns and remembers how to perform physical tasks – The brain stores information into long-term memory through something known as sleep spindles. This process can be particularly helpful for storing information related to motor tasks, like driving, swinging a tennis racquet or practicing a new dance move, so that these tasks become automatic. What happens during REM sleep is that the brain transfers short-term memories stored in the motor cortex to the temporal lobe, where they become long-term memories.
Drinking Ketones is one way to “preserve” fuel for your brain during your sleeping hours! This is one of the reasons drinking this stuff is helping SO many people actually get a good night’s sleep after years of restless nights! Another way is to either eat something small right before bed, or when you wake up, take 1-2 bites of food before trying to head back to dreamland.
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Blood ketone tests. I wanted to compare two stimuli, but I had a blonde moment this morning and didn’t take a picture 🤦🏻♀️ Thankfully I had one from a previous test with the same result 😉 The first image was a test done in the middle of the day. I had consumed Ketones that day, although about 5 hours before. The second test was taken first thing this morning on an empty stomach. 😊 Ketosis baby!! Do you know all the AMAZING things that happen when your body is in this state? 💪
Carnivore Diet – WITH Ketones
Carnivore Diet – WITHOUT Ketones
Thriving Keto 