Study: Low Carb Diet May Prevent, Reverse Age-Related Effects Within the Brain

Post by collyw » Fri, Mar 06, 2020, 2:54 PM UTC

newscracker wrote: post #22

tejohnso wrote: post #18

Noted that the underlying cause for the improvement comes from ketones. This should indicate that intermittent fasting would also show similar results. Low carb diet, keto diet, intermittent fasting, they're all just different ways to switch the fuel source from glucose to ketones.

Would a time restricted feeding type of intermittent fasting, with a 16/8 schedule, really result in the production of ketones? I thought that it would take about a day and a half or longer to exhaust carbs and start the switch to ketones. Then it’s only the longer fasts (like 5/2 days) that could help.

Post by Spooky23 » Fri, Mar 06, 2020, 2:58 PM UTC

snarf21 wrote: post #27

ropiwqefjnpoa wrote: post #8

Sugar, not fat is the killer. Incredible how for decades bad research and the likes of Ancel Keys and Phil Sokolof put the health of millions at risk.

Well, to be fair, it was on purpose. The food pyramid in the US is created by the USDA, whose sole job is to produce and sell food at massive scale. Remember, they are the ones that subsidize crops and pay farmers not to grow corn and soybeans to keep the price up. If things were sensible, it would be produced by the Department of Health & Human Services. Fat may have more calories per gram than carbs but our real pr…

Post by agumonkey » Fri, Mar 06, 2020, 2:59 PM UTC

throwaway_tech wrote: post #17

The title is terrible, it should read ketosis/ketones may prevent, reverse age-related effects within the brain. "Low carb" as the title currently reads does not necessarily result in ketosis and your body/brain running on ketones, which appears to be the scope of this study. There is more to dietary ketosis than low carb, just as an example carnivore or paleo diets are low carb, but those will generally not result i…

Post by kaibee » Fri, Mar 06, 2020, 3:00 PM UTC

hellofunk wrote: post #34

throwaway_tech wrote: post #17

The title is terrible, it should read ketosis/ketones may prevent, reverse age-related effects within the brain. "Low carb" as the title currently reads does not necessarily result in ketosis and your body/brain running on ketones, which appears to be the scope of this study. There is more to dietary ketosis than low carb, just as an example carnivore or paleo diets are low carb, but those will generally not result i…

> If you have never entered ketosis and experienced your brain running on ketones, I would suggest you experiment for yourself. How do you do that? If the low-carb diet isn't enough, what is?

Post by whb07 » Fri, Mar 06, 2020, 3:02 PM UTC

kaibee wrote: post #37

hellofunk wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> If you have never entered ketosis and experienced your brain running on ketones, I would suggest you experiment for yourself. How do you do that? If the low-carb diet isn't enough, what is?

Low carb is generally considered to be under 100g carbs/day. Ketosis requires under 20g carbs/day.