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In Episode 483 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show with Jimmy Moore,” we start off with some late-breaking news that happened just last week when a brand new study of mice revealed how the high-fat, low-carb ketogenic diet works to control seizures in those people with epilepsy. We’ve already featured podcast interviews in the past few years with people like Dr. Eric Kossoff and Dr. Deborah Snyder on the use of ketogenic diets with epileptic patients. These respected medical professionals have noted that they don’t really know exactly why a high-fat, low-carb diet works to control epilepsy–but that it does work in a certain segment of people with seizures. Now we might be getting closer to an answer to that question thanks to this exciting new breakthrough research.
Detlev Boison from The Legacy Research Institute in Portland, Oregon and his fellow researchers have now identified in mice the molecular mechanism responsible for the antiepileptic effects of the ketogenic diet. It turns out it happens by decreasing the expression of the protein Adk, which is responsible for clearing the natural antiepileptic agent known as adenosine from the brain. This incredible new study was published in the June 23, 2011 issue of The Journal of Clinical Investigation. I wrote to the lead investigator requesting an interview and he was more than happy to share more about what they found. The 9-minute interview appears at the beginning of today’s podcast, but you can also hear it in this video I posted to YouTube:
Amazing stuff! Today’s primary interview is with an incredible champion of healthy low-carb living who was another one of those physicians privileged enough to work with the late, great Dr. Robert C. Atkins in his complementary medicine practice in New York City. His name is Dr. Fred Pescatore and you may remember him as the bestselling author of the low-carb books The Hampton’s Diet and Feed Your Kids Well. But he’s still out there helping his patients find the low-carb answer to their weight and health problems in 2011 (I’ve got him listed on my Low-Carb Doctors blog) and is just as passionate about livin’ la vida low-carb today as he’s ever been! I’ve know Fred for many years, but have never had him on my podcast before–until now. Sit back and enjoy the wisdom from this low-carb doctor who understands the relationship between nutrition and health than most physicians.
Listen to Dr. Fred Pescatore talk about his passion for low-carb nutrition:
There are three ways you can listen to Episode 483:
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3. Download the MP3 file of Episode 483 [59:06m]:
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