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Hansen, Jason M. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9781-6433
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Bikman, Benjamin T. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3680-6906
Parrish, R. Ryley https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6798-6140
Article History
Received: 7 June 2026
Accepted: 20 September 2026
First Online: 2 October 2026
Declarations
Competing Interests: B.T.B. is an advisor for Unicity International and receives royalties for his role with them, along with royalties from the sale of a book about insulin resistance. B.T.B., P.R.R., and R.R.P. are advisors for Ketone Labs. All authors declare there are no additional conflicts of interest.
Ethical Approval: All animal experiments were conducted in accordance with the National Institutes of Health Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (8th ed.) and were approved by the Brigham Young University Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee.