The Concussion Project provides athletes suffering from a concussion with immediate access to a safe and effective Ketone drink based recovery protocol.
A growing body of evidence indicates that increasing blood ketone levels within 60 minutes post-impact can help reduce concussion-related symptoms and shorten recovery time.
The problem is many teams and athletes do not have access to this protocol. Our mission is to make ketone-based protocols widely available with onsite kits that athletes can use immediately post-impact.
“Thanks to the Concussion Project, having Ketones with me on the hill provides a new level of peace-of-mind.”
Tricia Mangan - 2x Olympian, World Cup Ski Racer
What the Concussion Project Provides
Each organization accepted into the Concussion Project receives the following benefits.
Training of Athletes and Coaches
We provide webinars free of charge to Athletes and Coaches on the benefit of Ketones post-impact and the proper protocol for usage.
Ketone Concussion Kit
Each organization will receive a Ketone Concussion Kit free of charge containing 3x 25ml bottles of deltaG Ketone Ester drink in a hard sided portable case.
Ongoing Supply for Treatment
Injured athletes (or their coaches) complete an online registration once they start the protocol which provides for low-cost and rapid reordering of Ketones until symptoms subside.
Read the research
After the initial injury due to impact, the brain has a metabolic energy crisis. Initially, there is a spike in glucose utilization, but that quickly turns to impaired glucose metabolism and decreased ATP production.
Ketones can help combat this energy crisis by becoming an alternative energy source to glucose. In addition, Ketones also help in reducing inflammation, oxidative stress, and neurodegeneration.
It appears the energy deficit begins within 6 hours post-injury, and the ability to consume Ketone Ester in this 6-hour window could provide added benefit to the athlete’s recovery.
The ketone ester drink developed at Oxford University, known as deltaG, is proven to increase blood ketone levels to therapeutic levels within 30 minutes. It is also FDA GRAS, BSCG Tested, and WADA approved.
Post Impact Protocol
Post impact time is of the essence. The onsite kit provided by the Concussion Project enables athletes to drink 25g (1 bottle) of Ketone Ester as soon as possible post-impact.
0 to 1 hour (or as soon as possible), drink one bottle of Ketone Ester.
While showing concussion symptoms, Athletes will consume one bottle (25g of Ketone Ester) three times per day.
Athletes should continue with the daily protocol until symptoms are resolved.
The initial onsite kit provides six bottles (2 days of treatment) to start the protocol immediately post-impact.
Inside the kit is a QR code to reorder additional ketones as needed until symptoms resolve.