Showing posts with label Alzheimer's. Show all posts
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Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Ketosis VI: Therapeutic Roles


We have covered most of the hardcore science that I wanted to review when looking at ketosis and ketogenesis.   We have covered most of the relevant biochemistry in terms of how are ketone bodies formed and how they are regulated.  That is all well and good, but I am sure many of you are just wondering how ketosis can benefit you, right?  Well, this article is meant to show you some of the benefits for ketosis. 

Ketogenic diets have been used as therapeutic diets for some conditions for over a century, and while it isn’t used as much anymore, it probably should be.  This article will mainly go over how it can help out those in a disease state; however, I think the mechanisms through which ketones act in the diseases show us some of the power of these energy molecules.  You many not have one of these diseases, but seeing how much they can help with certain conditions certainly makes you think twice about them.