Keto Brain | Claims and Science
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- Опубліковано 4 січ 2019
- Keto brain health claims include boosting mental clarity, reducing brain fog and even curing Alzheimer’s disease. What is the science behind these claims? Subscribe to Nourishable at / nourishable
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I am a healthy young man but I have cognitive problems due to Neurofibromatios Type 1. I have been keto for about a year now and have seen big improvements to my energy levels and cognitive function.
you need to look into how a low-carb diet reduces the amount of glutamate produced by the brain and how high fats increase the amount of gaba by increasing cellular permeability of the blood-brain barrier. Once you understand this mechanism, you'll understand why a ketogenic diet can lead to more mental clarity
Keto cured my Mild Cognitive Impairment that I suffered for almost 5 years after 2 concussions. After 3 years on Keto, I have reversed my MCI and I'm in my early 40's and my mind is sharp as a tack. A lot of people my age are forgetting things and misplacing objects, and I'm as keen as I was when I was a teenager. So KETO WORKS!!!
@공부연구ASMRvlog yes. Now it's been 4 years. I have no choice because as soon as I tried to switch over to a 'regular' diet with whole grains, starches and fruits, my memory started to slip again and the brain fog and headaches all came back. It was like reliving a nightmare. I have no issues staying on a LCHF way of eating for the rest of my life.
@@nikkibenk I’m happy for you, and that’s great to hear. I love this fantastic and energy I have now with the keto. Boy how those carbs were keeping me down and unfocused. I’m in school working on my doctorate and I have all the focus and energy. Thanks Keto 💪🏾
That’s great! I’ve noticed I’m now having some word finding difficulties. And the ST memory. This should be more than enough for me to get on Keto/IF.
Absolutely agree! The science is much more straight-forward than mainstream clinicians would have u believe. Ketosis does more than just switch metabolic algorithms; it also has autophagic and epigenetic properties that restores system-wide vitality, including cognitive performance and immunologic vigilance.
Slightly odd finish to this piece. After nine tenths of the video gives intriguing evidence that a ketogenic diet may well have positive effects on brain health, the speaker concludes that somehow a 'diet rich in diverse fruit and vegetables' is the best bet for such an affect. The first question would be: where is the evidence for that? The second question: why, after clearly demonstrating at least the possibility that a ketogenic diet is effective in this area, does the speaker then just fall back to the tired old high carb model?
Agree with you. 👍🙏
@공부연구ASMRvlog if keto heals then keep doing it
Because the mainstream wants to keep the old food pyramid in place. FDA doesn’t admit wrong.
Yea they always just throw in the end that a “balanced” diet is best just cuz that’s recommended by the fda, despite the fact that all the evidence points to a low carb diet being the best
Pay attention.
Excellent presentation, thank you !
Good video. Thank you for the information ;)
Very interesting!
You have a very scientific approach. Thank you for that.
Any study on effect of keto to kids and students on learning, memory and intelligence?
Please do a similar deep dive video on collagen supplements. The science and which is best for anti aging skin
You're in luck, last October I did a video on the science underlying claims about collagen supplements for skin, joint and gut health! ua-cam.com/video/ZhImCihUSik/v-deo.html
I have just been watching a huge amount of videos about the doctors studying a keto diet concerning healthy people. What could you be talking about? They are also trying coconut oil and MCTs on people. Great results.
I am patient of brain.Your diet video helped me a lot
I have the apoe3 gene. I wonder if apoe3 works similar or respond similarly to apoe4. I also happen to chronic nerve pain and neuralgia. Tried going Keto but didn’t survive more than a week because of the shakes
Just like your arm, you have to work it out In Order to lift heavier weights, so if you’ve never done keto, your liver will have a tough time trying to create a lot of ketones, you have to practice going in and out of keto, also don’t forget electrolytes and vitamins you’re deficient in!
Agree with below. If you went to zero carbs instantly, that can give you the shakes easily.
Your shakes could be because of sugar withdrawal symptoms.
Highly informative, thank you.
being on keto for 5+ years helped my psoriasis tremendously, but never felt any different from the whole brain fog thing and the like. i'm already skinny as hell and even lost 5 pounds while being on it. i'd go back to eating junk food and carbs at an instant if it weren't for my psoriasis.
What's your fat/protein ratio? Do you eat vegetables, eggs or diary?
@@spottie0ttie207 i don't know, but i used to eat rice and fish like 4-5 days a week. i just cut off the rice and stuck with fish and vegetables. i eat eggs and sausage regularly for breakfast and sometimes beef broth with cuts of beef but cut off any bread and noodles. and no milk since i'm lactose intolerant
@@lolroflomginternet if you're just eating fish and veggies, you may not be getting enough fat. If you're far protein ratio is off, you may not be producing enough ketones to help with brain fog. I'm no expert, so please do your own research. I had extreme brain fog and felt better when leaving out all veggies and eating high fat/moderate protein. Since you don't tolerate diary, you'll have to experiment with animal fats. I personally eat ground beef everyday 75% lean 25% fat. Another thing you could explore is histamine intolerance. If you have HI you may experience brain fog from eating foods with high histamine. For example the sausages you mentioned. Anything smoked will be very high in histamine. Certain vegetables etc. I could go on, but those are the main things that came to mind. I hope you feel better soon!
@@spottie0ttie207 just read about histamine a bit and it seems a mentioned food i eat regularly is kimchi and other fermented vegetables. that's going to be tough to let go and going into a complete carnivore-like diet is daunting. i may try going all meat for a month and see how it is. just sucks that you have to pass all the delicious stuff just to feel normal
@@lolroflomginternet yes it sucks not being able to eat like everyone else. My theory is that other people are just as unwell as we are, they just don't show obvious symptoms that we can see. Give it a month and just see how you feel, you may be able to work fermented foods back into your diet. I'm able to eat bacon and ground beef without a problem now. I used to react harshly to it. Nothing tastes as good as being healthy feels.
Great mam
Atm, I'm kinda doing the keto diet. I'm having around 70% fat, 20% protein, and 10% carbs. I'm still eating fruits, primarily strawberries, and many vegetables, such as broccoli, spinach etc. Should I continue this diet in the long term?
I don’t think that you are on ketosis with this diet.
@@ioannistzirv fair enough. Should I try and maybe up more protein and veggies then?
@@imazegd3006 You have to consume under 20g of net carbs.
Just eat nothing but a heaping bowl of sugar
@@andrecontreras4679 Thanks Andre.
Thanks for doing this video. Perfect timing, I was just researching this information and was questioning it all. Thank you for clarifying with this well rounded information.
keto is super sustainable, its ridiculous to claim its not sustainable and its a "fad"....your body has been making ketones since birth, grains are the fad
"an intense and widely shared enthusiasm for something, especially one that is short-lived; a craze." That's one definition of fad. So if you throw out the negative connotation (short-lived, craze) then yeah keto is a fad. There's some good and bad information about this diet, it apperently really helps people with mental clarity and especially hunger issues and sugar addiction (these are annecdotes but honestly if you try to connect it with the science it does match) so i'd say it's worth experimenting with. Although a "keto" diet i'd say is just keeping carbs low so approx 50g your fats and proteins don't matter much since if you're doing 2mad you'll still be in ketosis. Also at the end you can see her bias is very clear since she rounds it up with imidiatly calling it a "fad" (she's saiyng it like it harms you or something lmao) and then goes on to say that a diet high in veggies, fatty fish and low in saturated fat helps you with mental clarity wich is very different from a keto diet and that's just bs. Maybe it's different from many people's way of implementing a keto diet but on a keto diet you can still avoid saturated fat by not using coconut oil, palm oil and butter/ghee and opting for lean meats and olive oil instead, and keto diets are usally high in veggies anyway so honestly you can do both.
Butter has short-chained fatty acids. MCT oil is not the only keto oil. Coconut oil, pure avocado oils, olive oils, and all animal fats are keto fats/oils. MCT can be used by non-keto people in any quantity they can digest. The other oils would be minimized for the non-keto people.
Keto is already used for those with dementia or Alzheimers. But you can do exogenous ketones if the individual does not believe the diet would help.
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keto Without any solution and side effects for Alzheimers, Keto is a good therapy instead of doing nothing
Wait why not both
Down the line, being 'fully fat adapted' you can get to a state called 'metabolic resilient' where both things/pathways are possible. But TOO many CARBOHYDRATESeaten too frequently will likely push you away from internal keto-capacity again. Or so they fear.
VERY GOOD STUFF. I'm having ADD, so enhanced mental clarity would be just sweet for me. But I guess I'll just have to wait and see. Wonderful that you tackle the wild health claims.
Any chance of an update? Have new thing come to light? What is being examined properly? When might we expect to know more? Please keep us, blithering ignorant, updated. It would appear that we are dependent on your good work to know what we can trust (in).
@@ulrikschackmeyer848 I’ve got ADD & I’ve tried keto. My cognition heavily improved, however, I couldn’t personally stick to it due to weekends.
Take a look at Dr. Bernard’s site to learn about the bra
The singularity of all religions right here. ♥️🙏
It’s not just a fad..
Lovely video. However, Raphael’s Transfiguration of Christ certainly does not represent prayer and fasting curing seizures! (Not that prayer and fasting cannot cure seizures, but that’s not what is pictured.) How silly.
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So much more scientific evidence than what is provided here for benefits of a keto diet. Disappointing video.
My first thought was why have you made this video. Switching to a keto diet is not going to harm anyone so why not try it? I sense pharma funding. It appears you are advocating a wait and see approach i.e. a new drug therapy.
love u laura ..you are beautiful
Just eat meat perfect diet for all humans
Jesus
You don't speak like doctor , more like Wikipedia, show your diploma scans on your YT profile
That is what bad science tastes like, read "The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet'
Book by Nina Teicholz, which came out in 2014. That book will change your perspective on the history of nutritional science, makesone wonder how man people died needlessly from bad advise give with the best intentions because theythought that the science had been done. It's a shame your video had me excited until the end of this with your horribly unscientific blanket recommendations to the audience.