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Chris Marshall-Bell

Exclusive: UCI set to approve ketones use after four-year study

Remco Evenepoel drinking ketones.

The UCI is set to approve the use of ketone supplements in the peloton, after a multi-year study into the product has concluded that they are safe and do not offer a significant performance enhancement to users.

Ketones are naturally produced by the liver when the body burns fat instead of glucose for energy, and synthetic ketones have been on the market for almost two decades.

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