Instead of morning coffee
½–1 bottle
First thing, empty stomach. It’s how people switch to decaf without the withdrawal.
KETONE SHOT · 8% Veech Ketone Ester · Quick reference
More energy is
more fun.
But more Ketone Shot is not necessarily better. This is the one-page version of how to use it — start at the bottom of the ladder and work up.
8%Concentration
5gVKE per bottle
60mLBottle size
2“Servings” per bottle
Start with one “serving”
½ bottle = 30mL
2.5g Veech Ketone Ester (VKE)
That’s one “serving” — the amount a sensitive female usually starts with, and the number every dose below is built from. Each Ketone Shot has 2 “servings” (5g VKE total). Most men start with the whole bottle.
Find your dose
| WHO | Ketone Shot | VKE |
|---|---|---|
| Sensitive or smaller femaleStart here | ½ bottle | 30mL · 2.5g |
| Most women | ½–1 bottle | 30–60mL · 2.5–5g |
| Most men | 1 bottle | 60mL · 5g |
| Big guys, or a hard effort | 1½ bottles + | 90–300mL · 7.5–25g max |
Take your first ½–1 bottle on an ordinary day, not your biggest one — you want to learn what it feels like (if anything) against a normal baseline. Then move one step at a time. One bottle already contains 2 “servings”; going bigger can be wasteful and sometimes worse.
When to use it
A deep focus block
½–1 bottle
About 15 minutes before you need to be sharp. Should carry you 2–4 hours.
Skipping a meal or killing the 3pm crash
½ bottle
Empty stomach. It takes the edge off hunger as well as the energy dip.
Before training
½–1½ bottles
15 minutes before warm-up, ideally 2–3 hours after your last food. Keto-adapted athletes can go higher.
Long endurance, alongside carbs
1–2 bottles per hour
Dual fuel: 60–100g of carbs an hour with 5–10g VKE per hour. Also attempt to increase your carb max by 15%.
Recovery
1–2+ bottles
Right after you finish, and again later.
Deep sleep
¼–1 bottle
Immediately before bed. Too much can backfire — more ≠ better here. If you’re already in ketosis or you took a larger amount during the day you probably don’t need it for sleep.
Jet lag
¼–½ bottle
Before the flight, then every 2–3 hours during, then post flight. Don’t wake up just to take it. Best if you can drink water and salt and skip eating the whole flight. Low cal intake is fine.
Daily or only when you need it — both work. Every one of these is better on an empty stomach.
What it should feel like
Minute 0
Drink it on an empty stomach. Ketones are in your blood within minutes.
15 minutes
A calm, steady focus. No jitter, no crash, none of the sugar-and-caffeine rollercoaster.
2–4 hours
Sustained energy, flow and endurance, depending on your exertion — then a smooth taper down.
The worse your energy and focus were to start, the more you’ll notice. The more optimized you are the less you may feel it, if at all. Remember it’s in your bag the next time performance slips.
The rules
Do
- Take it on an empty stomach — that’s where you get the most effect and the best value per gram.
- Drink it cold. Peachy is the easiest-to-drink version we make, and it’s ready to drink — no measuring or mixing.
- Stay on top of hydration and electrolytes, especially with repeated doses or hard training.
Warnings
- Friends don’t let friends mix VKE with C8 MCT oil (possible GI issues).
- GI context: The early trial that reported GI issues used about 20× our current serving per dose, three times a day.
- Caffeine: Reduce your normal amount. Customers frequently report caffeine feels 2–3× stronger with VKE — including more jitters, a crash, and possible sleep disruption if taken late.
- More ≠ better — and can be worse. Headache, hunger, sleepiness, or low blood sugar could mean you overshot — back off, take half next time.
- Don’t assume more is faster. Large doses may blunt glucose use and impair top speed in races.
The ceiling. Don’t go past 75g of VKE in a day — 15 Ketone Shots, 300mL Ke2, or 150mL Ke4. Almost nobody needs to be anywhere near that. More ≠ better. 3rd-party tested for WADA-prohibited substances.
Same ester, different bottle
All three are the same gold-standard Veech Ketone Ester. Only the concentration changes — so a “serving” is still 2.5g VKE, whichever bottle you’re holding.
| PRODUCT | ONE “SERVING” (2.5g) | IN PRACTICE | “SERVINGS” / BOTTLE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ke4 — 50% concentrate | 5mL | 1 capful | 12 (30g / 60mL) |
| Ke2 — 25% concentrate | 10mL | 2 capfuls | 10 (25g / 100mL) |
| Ketone Shot — 8%, ready to drink | 30mL | ½ bottle | 2 (5g / 60mL) |