Ketone Diet

reasons the ketone diet is beneficial for treating inflammatory disease is because it reverses the effects of the SAD diet. August McLaughlin from Livestrong says, “High-glycemic carbs can cause blood sugar irregularities and trigger or worsen inflammatory responses.” (Carbohydrates and Inflammation). High carb diets are creating all of this metabolic derangement with inflammatory responses. Switching from the standard american diet to the ketogenic diet drastically improves symptoms of inflammatory disease immediately which is a positive response for dieters.
An Alzheimer's patient, Steve Newport, saw his symptoms slow, stop, and then reverse by the simple addition of coconut oil to his daily diet. The coconut oil is made up of sixty percent
A seizure is defined as, “a disruption of the electrical communication between neurons” (NINDS Epilepsy Information Page) which is often debilitating in daily life for most patients. Epilepsy research conducted on animals concluded, “Direct injection of ACA and acetone into animal models of epilepsy prevented seizures, hinting that ketone bodies may directly suppress seizure activity” (Brain, Livin’ on Ketones). Due to common day pharmacy we now take pills that reduce seizures but for people who don't want to get their children to go on a pharmacy diet they can use the ketogenic diet to produce ketones endogenously reducing seizures. The National Library of Medicine says, “Children with epilepsy due to mutations in GLUT-1, which transports glucose across the blood-brain barrier, suffer from seizures in infancy. If not identified and treated, they develop microcephaly, mental retardation, spasticity, and ataxia as a consequence of relative brain hypoglycemia. These children respond well to the ketogenic diet, as it is believed to provide an alternative fuel source for their central nervous system” (Barañano, Kristin W., and Adam L. Hartman). Research around ketosis and health benefits of the ketogenic diet has continued to support the benefits of this diet change to treat many diseases including: obesity, inflammation, and
In ketosis, people will be blessed with long sustainable energy while using their body fat for fuel. The ketones created endogenously will create a muscle sparing effect so there will be no need to worry about oxidation of muscle during restricted calories or intense workouts. While with SAD, there is a direct relationship in diets with high carbohydrate intake and being the number one cause of inflammation. Another factor with SAD is the link of inflammation as the number one cause and acceleration of diseases such as Alzheimer's, Cancer, and Cardiovascular Heart Disease. Sugar is the number one cause for insulin release which is then main reactant of accelerated aging, fat storage, Type 2 and 3 diabetes. These diseases have costs in the tens, if not hundreds of billions, of dollars. If the human population were to switch over to a ketogenic lifestyle there would be numerous health benefits just from the restrictions of carbohydrates. There would less high carbohydrate, metabolic problems, inflammation, and diseases. Health conditions would actually be reversed due to the low carbohydrate intake and the anti-inflammation properties of ketones. When ketones are used to fuel the brain, the chances of developing neurological degenerative diseases diminish greatly all while the cognitive functions of the brain increase. These are the many factors solidifying