So much awesome in this article.
“The UCSF team has discovered a molecular key to the diet’s apparent effects, opening the door for new therapies that could reduce harmful brain inflammation following stroke and brain trauma by mimicking the beneficial effects of an extreme low-carb diet.”
I have a friend with Chiari Malformation - a scary (possibly fatal) condition where the brain basically doesn’t fit in your skull and it “leaks” into the spinal column. She had surgery November 6. Just 2 weeks later, she was home and doing great, but her surgical incision started leaking fluid. A trained homeopath, she realized this was likely due to inflammation and started an anti-inflammatory low-carb regimen. I helped her by suggesting foods that would fit her lifestyle (she’s vegetarian), and we made low-carb crackers one day to go with some sunflower seed hummus (the woman is a snacking fool - of course, she’s a carbivore!). Four days after she started the AIF protocol, her incision was dry.
My niece who is 13 years old has this also, she had various symptoms which no medication worked until they did a brain scan and found the problem!
Wow!
Intricate Molecular Waltz
“…In the new study, the researchers used a small molecule called 2-deoxyglucose, or 2DG, to block glucose metabolism and produce a ketogenic state in rats and controlled laboratory cell lines. The team found that 2DG could bring inflammation levels down to almost control levels. …” https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2017/09/408366/how-ketogenic-diets-curb-inflammation-brain
”…Furthermore, central administration of carnosine[1] induces changes in blood glucose levels in 2-deoxyglucose-induced hyperglycemia …” http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304394008012329
[1] “…dipeptide (β-alanyl-l-histidine)…” “…neurotransmitter-like molecule that regulates neuronal functions such as hypothalamic control…”
This is interesting but I see they continue the idea that a ketogenic diet is very difficult to follow in everyday life. Funny thing is, for me and several members of my family, its the easiest diet to follow we’ve ever tried.