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The Effects of Ketogenic Diet on Cognitive Function

Just because you lack the scientific means or data to explain something does not mean that they can't be explained scientifically. In the case of, say, Lyme disease, I don't know why exactly ketosis and going into ketosis for an extended period two to four weeks seemed to remove all of my at least cognitive symptoms. The change was so immediate that leads me to think maybe much like Alzheimer's is sometimes thought of as brain diabetes. Perhaps Lyme disease in some fashion affects glucose metabolism, carbohydrate metabolism.

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