The super-fuel designed for the US military that allows you to eat carbs, burn fat and supercharges your brain
- Oxford University created the drink based on a decade of scientific research
- Now, San Francisco firm has launched the first commercial version of the drink
- Dubbed 'keto in a bottle' – the supplement is made of pure ketone ester
- The controversial ketogenic diet puts the body into an 'optimal' fat burning state
- Keto followers – including Kim Kardashian – claim significant weight loss
- But experts say low-carb diets bring risks from eating excess fat and protein
Kim Kardashian lost 75 pounds following a keto diet
Scientists have designed a drink that allows you to get the fat-melting benefits of ketosis without having to cut back on carbohydrates.
The supplement, designed to turn the US Military into 'super-soldiers' on the battlefield, is also said to boost physical and mental performance.
Oxford University experts created the supplement based on a decade of $60 million-worth of scientific research.
Now, a San Francisco-based start-up has launched the first commercial version of the drink – dubbed 'keto in a bottle' – made of pure ketone ester.
Followers of the ketogenic diet – which puts the body into an 'optimal' fat burning state – include celebrities such as Kim Kardashian.
But experts say the controversial low-carb diet bring heart and cancer risks from eating too much fat and protein.
Dubbed 'keto in a bottle' – the supplement made by Oxford University scientists is made of pure ketone ester
According to Geoff Woo, cofounder and CEO of manufacturer HVMN (pronounced 'human'), the drink can be classed as 'the fourth macronutrient.'
It is said to super-charge the body in a way unlike carbs, fat and protein does.
According to Business Insider, it gives you the ability to perform better but doesn't give you the same rush a stimulant such as caffeine would.
A 2.2-oz shot of Ketone contains 120 calories – roughly the same as a large banana – yet it has no fat, no protein, and no carbohydrates.
Ketones are the tiny, but powerful sources of energy our bodies make naturally when we start using up our fat stores for energy because there are no carbs around.
If your diet is low in carbohydrates your body is shifted into 'ketosis', which is when fat stores in the body are broken down into ketones, which fuel the muscles and the brain.
This then results in enhanced fat burning and relatively quick weight loss.
HVMN has launched the first commercial version of the drink described as 'human performance fuel'
Ketone esters are synthetically-made compounds can have the same effect without cutting back on carbs.
Kieran Clarke, University of Oxford professor of physiological biochemistry, suggests that drinking ketones alongside a carb-rich meal like a piece of pizza provides a performance boost that's 'unlike anything we've ever seen before'.
Why was it created?
Just over a decade ago, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) asked the scientific community to devise a food that could boost soldiers' performance, reports Business Insider in an earlier article.
Researchers at University of Oxford and National Institutes of Health came forward.
With $10 million in funding from DARPA, their team of biochemists invented the ketone ester.
They have conducted numerous trials to test the drink, which has proven effective on athletes.
In a study published in 2016 in the journal Cell Metabolism, Professor Clarke gave an early version of HVMN's ketone drink to a group of elite cyclists, some of whom were former Olympians.
They compared how they performed on a 30-minute cycling exercise to two other groups who were either given a carb-rich drink or a fat-rich drink.
The high-performing cyclists on the ketone drink went an average of 400 meters further than the best performers who'd had the carb or fat drink.
HVMN's drink is being reviewed by the US medical watchdog, the Food and Drugs Administration. The company will initially market the product to competitive athletes.
AI machines injected into our bodies could give us superhuman strength and let us control gadgets using the power of THOUGHT within 20 years
- AI implants will create humans that are 'melded' to machines, experts said
- This means we could control our environment with thought and gesture alone
- These tiny machines will also repair and improve our muscles, cells and bones
- Comments were made when AI experts submitted evidence to the House of Lords Artificial Intelligence Committee
AI nano-machines injected into our brains and other parts of our bodies could a new generation of cyborgs within 20 years.
That's according to a senior inventor at IBM's Hursley Innovation Centre who claims, in two decades, humans will have superhuman strength and be able to control gadgets using the power of thought.
Speaking to the House of Lords Artificial Intelligence Committee, John McNamara, said the technology create a new generation of humans that are 'melded' to machines,
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AI nano-machines will be be injected into our bodies within 20 years which will allow us to control our homes using just the power of our minds, experts say (stock image)
'We may see AI nano-machines being injected into our bodies,' he told peers,according to the Telegraph.
'These will provide huge medical benefits, such as being able to repair damage to cells, muscles and bones – perhaps even augment them.'
This will mean we can embed ourselves into our surroundings and 'control our environment with thought and gesture alone'.
He predicted 'Political Avatars' will search through vast quantities of governmental data and tell people how they should vote.
He claimed the creation of technology that allows our bodies to join with machines will also mean we could 'enhance human cognitive capability directly, potentially offering greatly improved mental, as well as being able to utilise vast quantities of computing power to augment our own thought processes'.
However, he warned that these nan-machines might only be available to wealthier people.
This would mean they would be disproportionately stronger, have better cognitive ability, health and lifespan.
Noel Sharkey, Emeritus Professor of AI and Robotics, University of Sheffield also provided evidence to the committee.
He raised concerns about biases being embedded in machine learning.
'The immediate concern is that by ceding decisions or control to machines, the humans start accepting their decisions as correct or better than their own and stop paying attention,' he said.
Miles Brundage and Allan Dafoe from the University of Oxford warned people's jobs could be at risk from AI.
'AI is likely to exceed human performance in most cognitive domains. This poses substantial safety risks', they told peers.
Humans could be 'melded' to machines, giving us huge advancements in brain power, experts told peers at the House of Lords Artificial Intelligence Committee (pictured, stock)
Dr Jochen Leidner, Director of Research at Thomson Reuters also said older people or those with regional accents could struggle to use voice recognition systems of the future.
'Such a system would likely be trained with British voices available in London if the company developing the system is London-based', he said.
As well as asking experts to submit evidence, the government has also commissioned an independent review on artificial intelligence called Growing the Artificial Intelligence Industry in the UK.
The report recommended basic information about people's health and lifestyles should be opened up to allow major advances to be made in developing artificial intelligence (AI).
The report makes 18 recommendations on how to make the UK a world leader in AI, including boosting skills through an industry-funded masters programme and increasing diversity in the sector.
It calls for the Alan Turing Institute, named in honour of the wartime codebreaker, to become a national centre for AI and said the Government should expand its support for businesses in the field.
Industry experts called for the Government to set up a secure system of sharing data, claiming areas where the records are most sensitive are also often the ones where the greatest benefits can be achieved.
It also highlighted how health app Your.MD wants access to data sets of anonymised personal health records from the health service in order to improve its free of charge advice service.
Matteo Berlucchi, chief executive officer, said a 'profound understanding of each individual person's medical profile' was needed.
'Therefore, access to reliable and consistent data sets of anonymised personal health records would give us a tremendous boost towards achieving this goal,' he said.
Investment in research and development over the next four years has been increased by £4.7 billion ($6.3 billion) by the Government.
Culture Secretary Karen Bradley said: 'I want the UK to lead the way in artificial intelligence. It has the potential to improve our everyday lives – from healthcare to robots that perform dangerous tasks.
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