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Does glucose handling in the brain decline with age? And if so, does this serve as a rationale to supplement with MCT oil to prevent cognitive decline? | Masterjohn Q&A Files #304

Mastering Nutrition

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Is Insulin Resistance a Protective Agent in Type Two Diabetes?

Insulin signaling of course, peripherally in your muscles, it's going to decrease glucose. Some of these animal experiments are suggesting that insulin has direct effects on the brain that are protective against cognitive decline. Lactate is a product of glucose in the brain that fuels neurons. Insulin is something secreted by the pancreas, not entirely, but largely in response to glucose and has its largest effects on glucose handling.

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