The Key to Genetic Diet

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Before 19 67, it was thought that the brain could only use glucose as an energy source. After about seven to ten days, about 60 to 70 % of brain energy metabolism was derived from keytone bodies. Key tones become profoundly neuro protective in the context of hypoglysemia. And i think there could be some clinical trials on this and a lot of good animal data.

Dr. Dominic D’Agostino is a tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology at the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine. He is also a Research Scientist at the Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC). His laboratory develops and tests metabolic-based strategies for targeting CNS oxygen toxicity (seizures), epilepsy, neurodegenerative diseases, brain cancer and metastatic cancer.