pamela quoted:

Source:
http://www.medpagetoday.com/LabNotes...&userid=215607

Atkins Diet for Alzheimer's?

By this they mean ketotic eating in general not the 4 phase Atkins plan.

Previous research had suggested the diet could be beneficial in other
neurodegenerative disorders including Alzheimer's disease and
Parkinson's disease.

This was a speculation a while ago. Their were also studies of milder
ketotic eating plans for epileptics - The idea on that is the old
suggestion was a no-carb plan but that milder ketotic plans should work
just as well.

"There is evidence that adenosine deficiency might also be a
pathological hallmark of Alzheimer's. Adenosine deficiency can lead to
both seizures [and] cognitive impairment," senior author Detlev Boison,
PhD, of the Legacy Research Institute in Portland, Ore., told MedPage Today.

"Interestingly, seizures are a comorbidity of Alzheimer's and cognitive
deficiency is a comorbidity of epilepsy. Based on this rationale and the
fact that a ketogenic diet augments adenosine signaling in the brain, a
ketogenic diet should be effective in Alzheimer's disease as well," said
Boison.

Thanks!