{"id":75090,"date":"2018-01-09T22:43:45","date_gmt":"2018-01-10T06:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/scientists-think-theyve-discovered-a-fourth-type-of-fuel-for-humans-beyond-carbs-fat-or-protein"},"modified":"2018-01-14T11:02:36","modified_gmt":"2018-01-14T19:02:36","slug":"scientists-think-theyve-discovered-a-fourth-type-of-fuel-for-humans-beyond-carbs-fat-or-protein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/scientists-think-theyve-discovered-a-fourth-type-of-fuel-for-humans-beyond-carbs-fat-or-protein","title":{"rendered":"Scientists think they\u2019ve discovered a fourth type of fuel for humans \u2014 beyond carbs, fat, or protein"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/scientists-think-theyve-discovered-a-fourth-type-of-fuel-for-humans-beyond-carbs-fat-or-protein.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Ketones could super-charge the body in a way that\u2019s unlike any other source of fuel. <\/li>\n<li> San Francisco-based startup HVMN recently launched a drink made of pure ketone ester to harness its performance-boosting qualities. <\/li>\n<li> The company partnered with Oxford University to leverage $60 million-worth of scientific research on elite athletes. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The nutrition label on a shot-sized bottle of this clear, odorless liquid defies traditional explanation. It contains 120 calories \u2014 roughly the equivalent of a hearty slice of bread \u2014 yet it has no fat, no protein, and no carbohydrates.<\/p>\n<p>Those calories instead come from ketones, an ingredient that <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/hvmn.com\/team\" rel=\"nofollow\">Geoff Woo<\/a>, cofounder and CEO of San Francisco-based human performance startup called HVMN (pronounced \u201chuman\u201d)to call \u201cthe fourth macronutrient.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.in\/Scientists-think-theyve-discovered-a-fourth-type-of-fuel-for-humans-beyond-carbs-fat-or-protein\/articleshow\/61565638.cms\">https:\/\/www.businessinsider.in\/Scientists-think-theyve-disco...565638.cms<\/a> --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ketones could super-charge the body in a way that\u2019s unlike any other source of fuel. San Francisco-based startup HVMN recently launched a drink made of pure ketone ester to harness its performance-boosting qualities. The company partnered with Oxford University to leverage $60 million-worth of scientific research on elite athletes. The nutrition label on a shot-sized [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":367,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1497,1506],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-energy","category-food"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75090"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75090\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75143,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75090\/revisions\/75143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}