tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12333976.post2892430281911729947..comments2024-02-18T15:43:14.717-05:00Comments on Moved to LivinLaVidaLowCarb.com/Blog: McCleary: Ketone Bodies Produced By A Low-Carb Diet Are High-Octane Brain FoodJimmy Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08590225257991702645noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12333976.post-77293690267382510222008-05-24T18:06:00.000-04:002008-05-24T18:06:00.000-04:00Amazing stuff, Dana! God knew exactly what He was...Amazing stuff, Dana! God knew exactly what He was doing when he created us. :)Jimmy Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08590225257991702645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12333976.post-34115468415080087992008-05-24T16:10:00.000-04:002008-05-24T16:10:00.000-04:00Hey, I found this particular entry of yours on a G...Hey, I found this particular entry of yours on a Google search for a post I was writing in my own blog. I just ran into another piece of work about glucose and cancer cells--research was published earlier this year indicating that some kinds of cancer cells kind of fall apart without access to glucose. This at least partially explains why doctors and researchers have noticed for so many years that cancer cells need more glucose than normal cells do--even Dr. Atkins remarked upon it.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, point is, in the article I found about this, they mentioned that whatever drugs they come up with, "the central nervous system [brain] needs glucose to function," so they have to come up with something that won't cross the blood-brain barrier. Oh yeah, what about brain cancer? Why not just put the patient on a ketogenic diet and see what happens? Oh no, we've gotta reinvent the wheel, even if it kills people. Puke.<BR/><BR/>Oh and did you ever hear that very young infants are constantly in a state of ketosis? I haven't verified it yet but it would be a very easy thing to test. ;) Apparently, some folks think that the reason babies are born fat is that they use their body fat to build up their brains in the first year or two of life. Well, ketosis is apparently part of that process. It is also a failsafe in case something happens to the mom--the baby won't starve immediately. Isn't it incredible how the human body works?Dana Seilhanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11749354913843954242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12333976.post-73898813424473807492007-09-05T10:37:00.000-04:002007-09-05T10:37:00.000-04:00It's my pleasure Orvette! There's so much positiv...It's my pleasure Orvette! There's so much positive happening with low-carb--now we just need to get the word out!Jimmy Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08590225257991702645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12333976.post-64016486366464391772007-09-05T09:46:00.000-04:002007-09-05T09:46:00.000-04:00Great post. I know my brain functions much better...Great post. I know my brain functions much better on low carb than it did before.renegadediabetichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11710855525093861921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12333976.post-13137632748567109192007-09-05T09:36:00.000-04:002007-09-05T09:36:00.000-04:00Wow, Jimmy, this is just an amazing interview! Liv...Wow, Jimmy, this is just an amazing interview! Livin Low Carb is getting more exciting all the time- what hope this news brings to all of us! Thanks for what you do here, Jimmy. I'm going straight to Amazon to buy Dr. McCleary's book!Orvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09387729793833942318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12333976.post-55910004759629434912007-09-05T07:34:00.000-04:002007-09-05T07:34:00.000-04:00Great post, Jimmy; thanks for bringing this inform...Great post, Jimmy; thanks for bringing this information to my attention--I'm always reassured when you interview a professional who has done the hard work of showing not only the benefit but the necessity of livin' la vida low-carb. This is great news.<BR/>And you, my friend, are writing beautifully these days--your blurb for this book is exquisite! Keep up the good work, Jimmy!<BR/>AdamAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12333976.post-49019638206611883262007-09-05T06:12:00.000-04:002007-09-05T06:12:00.000-04:00"The diet we cut our evolutionary teeth on is esse...<I>"The diet we cut our evolutionary teeth on is essentially a low-carb diet that generates high levels of ketone bodies. You need look no further than the brains of children with intractable seizures to see how miraculous ketones are for brain health and function."</I><BR/><BR/>I could not have said it better myself. Numerous studies have pointed out the fantastic benefits of low-carb dietary approaches for brain health and function. The body of evidence keeps growing and growing. The results that researchers are getting, for many years already, with children suffering from epilepsy are nothing short of miraculous.<BR/><BR/>So much for the (constantly repeated) BS that the brain can <I>only</I> function on glucose... another one of these nonsensical lies that the late great dr. Atkins already debunked. In the presence of (an abundance of) carbs the brain uses glucose, yes. So what? What does that prove? Nothing. if anything, it only proves that one consumes too many carbs... that's all. The truly healthy (and truly preferred) fuel for the brain is ketone bodies. As is proven, here, once again.<BR/><BR/>Excellent and very valuable interview, Jimmy.Science4u1959https://www.blogger.com/profile/14032931049767819624noreply@blogger.com