Startup behind chewable coffee created a performance-enhancing 'superhuman fuel'

&gt; The drink comes in a bottle about the size of a 5-Hour Energy shot. It&#x27;s clear and has no smell. The taste, however, burns like rubbing alcohol. It caused our eyes to tear. We gagged, loudly.<p>&gt; Still, after a few minutes, our stomachs ached. A flavor like nail polish remover lingered on our lips long after drinking and was only extinguished with ice water.<p>Sounds great.

Here is my personal &quot;this will make you an uber human and you&#x27;ll code like Linus Torvalds&quot; trick: whipped cream. Skip lunch, and instead drink 2.5 dl (adjust according to body mass) of 40% fat whipped cream. You&#x27;ll kind of feel disgusting and almost nauseous for 10 minutes afterwards but then you&#x27;ll have amazing energy for eight hours or more. Awesome for times when you need to deep study some complicated topics.<p>Of course, YOU are not ME. YMMV :)

You can already buy KetoKaNa and similar products on amazon, so I don&#x27;t see how this is any different, nor innovative.<p>The article hints to studies, but so far I have not heard of anyone combining ketone esters with carb rich diets. Typically they are only used to get you through the slump in ketone production when you first start the keto diet.<p>It seems this would have been a natural evolutionary path if ketones were meant to co-exist with carbs. Why is it that your body shuts off ketone production with carbs present? Why not keep them both available. Circumventing this without studying the effects first may not be wise.

Seems like this effect can be reproduced by intermittent fasting or a keto diet.

A ketogenic diet stimulates your body to produce ketones, which seems preferable to drinking something which tastes like &quot;rubbing alcohol&quot; with a &quot;nail polish&quot; aftertaste.

I&#x27;ve done Keto several times, and while the results were always fantastic the hardest thing is that 3-4 day period where you need to watch what you eat to enter ketosis, one false move can reset your progress and really discourage you; however for me once I&#x27;m in ketosis I&#x27;m pretty disciplined at keeping it up.<p>If this drink can get me into ketosis quickly and allow me to maintain it by following the regular diet then I&#x27;m sold. I&#x27;ll definitely be keeping an eye out.

I&#x27;ve been going in the opposite direction. Last year I&#x27;ve bought an aeropress coffe device to improve my coffee at work. Last week I&#x27;ve started to use a manual grinder so I can use high quality whole beans. My morning and after lunch coffees are my personal rituals.<p>A chewable coffee looks completely detestable. :-)

As someone who practices IF semi-strictly, is there any benefit to taking this while maintaining a low level of carb intake? Or is it&#x27;s ideal use case for someone who wants to get carb intake levels higher?

Man slow down and drink a cup of coffee.. enjoy life!