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Western and ketogenic diets in neurological disorders: can you tell the difference?

Diet and Exercise, Metabolites, Parkinson's Disease, Probiotics, Prebiotics and Symbiotics /

The prevalence of obesity tripled worldwide between 1975 and 2016, and it is projected that half of the US population will be overweight by 2030. The obesity pandemic is attributed, in part, to the increasing consumption of the high-fat, high-carbohydrate Western diet, which predisposes to the development of the metabolic syndrome and correlates with decreased […]

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Effects of a Ketogenic Diet on Symptoms, Biomarkers, Depression, and Anxiety in Parkinson’s Disease: A Case Study

Diet and Exercise, Parkinson's Disease /

The ketogenic diet has grown in popularity as an alternative or adjunct to medication therapy for Parkinson’s disease (PD) and other neurodegenerative diseases (NDD). Traditional medication therapies often fail to produce desired improvements in PD symptoms and can have little or no effect on symptoms of depression and anxiety that often accompany a PD diagnosis. We

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The Role of Milk Nutrition and Ketogenic Diet in Epileptic
Disorders

Diet and Exercise, Gut Microbiota /

This chapter explores the role of the gut-brain axis, ketogenic diet, and cow’s milk allergy onepileptic seizures, with a special focus on childhood. Milk nutrition is particularly relevant fornormal growth and health in childhood; however, some studies report an association betweencow’s milk allergy and epileptic events. It is necessary to clarify the role of proteinpolymorphisms

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Western and ketogenic diets in neurological disorders: can you
tell the difference?

Diet and Exercise, Parkinson's Disease /

The prevalence of obesity tripled worldwide between 1975 and 2016, and it is projected that half of the US population will be overweight by 2030. The obesity pandemic is attributed, in part, to the increasing consumption of the high-fat, high-carbohydrate Western diet, which predisposes to the development of the metabolicsyndrome and correlates with decreased cognitive

Western and ketogenic diets in neurological disorders: can you
tell the difference? Read More »

Effects of an low carbohydrate/healthy
fat/ketogenic diet on biomarkers of health
and symptoms, anxiety and depression in
Parkinson’s disease: a pilot study

Diet and Exercise, Lectins /

To evaluate a low carbohydrate/healthy fat/ketogenic diet (LCHF/KD) on symptoms, depression,anxiety and biomarkers in adults with Parkinson’s disease (PD). Patients & methods: 16 adults ages 36–80with PD participated in the intervention for 12 weeks. The study provided pre-post-study comparisonsof biomarkers, weight, waist measurement, united Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS), Parkinson’sAnxiety Scale (PAS) and Center for

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fat/ketogenic diet on biomarkers of health
and symptoms, anxiety and depression in
Parkinson’s disease: a pilot study Read More »

Recent aspects of ketogenic diet in neurological disorders

Diet and Exercise /

The ketogenic diet (KD) is a high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet, in which fat is used as the primary energy sourcethrough the production of ketone bodies (KBs) in place of glucose. The KD was formally introduced in 1921 tomimic the biochemical changes associated with fasting and gained recognition as a potent treatment for pediatricepilepsy in the mid-1990s.

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Alterations in the gut microbiota contribute to cognitive impairment induced by the ketogenic diet and hypoxia

Gut Dysbiosis /

Here, we show that a carbohydrate-restricted (ketogenic) diet potentiates CI induced by intermittent hypoxia in mice and alters the gut microbiota. Depleting the microbiome reduces CI, whereas transplantation of the risk-associated microbiome or monocolonization with Bilophila wadsworthia confers CI in mice fed a standard diet. B. wadsworthia and the risk-associated microbiome disrupt hippocampal synaptic plasticity, neurogenesis, and gene expression. The CI is associated with

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Food for thought: the emerging role of a ketogenic diet in Alzheimer’s disease management

Diet and Exercise /

Recently, particular attention has been paid to the possible function of three dietary patterns in AD prevention: the Mediterranean diet, the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet, and the Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay (MIND) diet. These dietary patterns have well-known anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties, and their neuroprotective properties have been shown to be

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Ketogenic Diet and Health

Diet and Exercise, Fasting /

In recent years, emerging evidence suggests KD’s may also have therapeutic benefits for some cancers and for neurological conditions such asAlzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s’ disease, multiple sclerosis, traumatic brain injury, and spinal cord injury. Finally, as the physiological mechanisms by which a KD operates become increasingly understood, we speculate that several other health conditions (e.g., autism,

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Supplementation of regular diet with medium-chain triglycerides for neuroprotective effects

Diet and Exercise, Short Chain Fatty Acids /

This review summarizes currently available research on the effects and revealed mechanisms of using MCTs as a supplement to standard feed/diet without concomitant reduction of carbohydrate intake, highlighting open questions and potential considerations.

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