Comments on: McCleary: Ketone Bodies Produced By A Low-Carb Diet Are High-Octane Brain Food http://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/mccleary-ketone-bodies-produced-by-a-low-carb-diet-are-high-octane-brain-food/2017 To educate, encourage, and inspire the world to start low-carb living Thu, 24 May 2012 05:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Mary Titus, Orange Californiahttp://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/mccleary-ketone-bodies-produced-by-a-low-carb-diet-are-high-octane-brain-food/2017#comment-9679 Mary Titus, Orange California Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:48:41 +0000 http://livinlavidalowcarb.wordpress.com/2007/09/04/mccleary-ketone-bodies-produced-by-a-low-carb-diet-are-high-octane-brain-food/#comment-9679 Hi Jimmy, I went to your link that you posted on your LLVLC forum. Enjoyed this very much. I wanted to add that if I had all of my 3 pregnancies to do all over again, they would all be low carb...especially my son who had struggled with ADHD. I would even try to be in ketosis at this time. Just my $.02. Mary Hi Jimmy,

I went to your link that you posted on your LLVLC forum. Enjoyed this very much. I wanted to add that if I had all of my 3 pregnancies to do all over again, they would all be low carb…especially my son who had struggled with ADHD. I would even try to be in ketosis at this time. Just my $.02.

Mary

]]> By: Jimmy Moorehttp://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/mccleary-ketone-bodies-produced-by-a-low-carb-diet-are-high-octane-brain-food/2017#comment-6828 Jimmy Moore Sat, 24 May 2008 22:06:00 +0000 http://livinlavidalowcarb.wordpress.com/2007/09/04/mccleary-ketone-bodies-produced-by-a-low-carb-diet-are-high-octane-brain-food/#comment-6828 Amazing stuff, Dana! God knew exactly what He was doing when he created us. :) Amazing stuff, Dana! God knew exactly what He was doing when he created us. :)

]]> By: Dana Seilhanhttp://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/mccleary-ketone-bodies-produced-by-a-low-carb-diet-are-high-octane-brain-food/2017#comment-6827 Dana Seilhan Sat, 24 May 2008 20:10:00 +0000 http://livinlavidalowcarb.wordpress.com/2007/09/04/mccleary-ketone-bodies-produced-by-a-low-carb-diet-are-high-octane-brain-food/#comment-6827 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? 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.

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.

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?

]]> By: Jimmy Moorehttp://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/mccleary-ketone-bodies-produced-by-a-low-carb-diet-are-high-octane-brain-food/2017#comment-6826 Jimmy Moore Wed, 05 Sep 2007 14:37:00 +0000 http://livinlavidalowcarb.wordpress.com/2007/09/04/mccleary-ketone-bodies-produced-by-a-low-carb-diet-are-high-octane-brain-food/#comment-6826 It's my pleasure Orvette! There's so much positive happening with low-carb--now we just need to get the word out! It’s my pleasure Orvette! There’s so much positive happening with low-carb–now we just need to get the word out!

]]> By: renegadediabetichttp://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/mccleary-ketone-bodies-produced-by-a-low-carb-diet-are-high-octane-brain-food/2017#comment-6825 renegadediabetic Wed, 05 Sep 2007 13:46:00 +0000 http://livinlavidalowcarb.wordpress.com/2007/09/04/mccleary-ketone-bodies-produced-by-a-low-carb-diet-are-high-octane-brain-food/#comment-6825 Great post. I know my brain functions much better on low carb than it did before. Great post. I know my brain functions much better on low carb than it did before.

]]> By: Orvettehttp://livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/mccleary-ketone-bodies-produced-by-a-low-carb-diet-are-high-octane-brain-food/2017#comment-6824 Orvette Wed, 05 Sep 2007 13:36:00 +0000 http://livinlavidalowcarb.wordpress.com/2007/09/04/mccleary-ketone-bodies-produced-by-a-low-carb-diet-are-high-octane-brain-food/#comment-6824 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! 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!

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