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Originally Posted by Doug Freyburger
pamela quoted:
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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.
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