December 1, 2011 / Glucose, Ketogenic diet, Ketone bodies, Ketosis, ketogenesis, Methodology
It is interesting that while the ketogenic diet becomes well researched as a method for improving energy metabolism during quite a few medical conditions and the number of original research articles
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November 30, 2011 / Alzheimer's, Glucose, Ketone bodies, Lactate
Chronic exposure to glucose due to the traditional Western diet impairs neuronal function and causes apoptosis (programmed neuronal death), concluded Drs Seneff & Wainwright (UK) and Mas
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November 25, 2011 / Glucose, Hormesis, Theories
Related article: Prescription-strength stress as a medicine The intermittent glycolysis during fasting, physical exercise, and stress may delay senescence by lowering intracellular concentration of m
June 4, 2011 / Brain metabolism, Energy Substrates, Excitatory GABA, Glucose, Ketone bodies, Lactate, Pyruvate
Part 1. "Sweet slices are fine"? Part 2. Energy substrates: too sour? Part 3. Let the neurons breathe! Part 4. "Physiological" concentrations: what and where? [caption id="" align="alignleft"
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May 7, 2011 / Applications, Energy Substrates, Glucose, Ketone bodies, Lactate, Pyruvate
Part 1. "Sweet slices are fine"? Part 2. Energy substrates: too sour? Part 3. Let the neurons breathe! Part 4. "Physiological" concentrations: what and where? Is glucose the absolutely exclus
November 27, 2010 / Energy Homeostasis, Energy Substrates, Glucose, Ketone bodies, Neuroprotectors
Medium-Chain Fatty Acids Improve Cognitive Function and Support In Vitro Synaptic Transmission During Acute Hypoglycemia (1) The brain can use alternative fuels such as monocarboxylic acids, lactat
November 16, 2010 / Excitatory GABA, Glucose, Ketone bodies, Methodology, Pyruvate
“They teach us in our institutes that GABA is excitatory in the neonates, should we still believe it?" (Excitatory GABA scandal?) There was an interesting development in the Department of Neur
November 15, 2010 / Epilepsy, Glucose, Ketone bodies, Lactate, Neuroprotectors, Pyruvate
A few interesting articles about glucose, lactate, and pyruvate and their neuroprotective functions. J Neurochem. 2010 Feb 15 Chronic in vitro ketosis is neuroprotective but not anticonvulsant. Ma
June 13, 2010 / Astrocyte–neuron lactate shuttle, Glucose, Lactate
Updates: Glucose versus lactate in immature brain slices Brain metabolism updates: Sweet and sour recipes for the brain Astrocyte-neuron lactate transport is required for long-term memory formation
May 17, 2010 / Adaptive regulation, Glucose
It's a well known fact that drinking carbohydrate-rich beverages during high-intensity exercise improves performance even if it's relatively short, which made researchers suspect that direct metabolic
March 1, 2010 / Brain metabolism, Glucose, Ketone bodies
February 17, 2010 / Energy Substrates, Glucose, Ketone bodies, Lactate
The use of energy substrates by the brain depend on species, age, and physiological conditions
February 17, 2009 / Epilepsy, Glucose, Ketogenic diet, Ketone bodies
See References in this post Ketogenic diet efficiency has been studied for different age groups, species, types of diet including LCT and MCT triglycerides or types of fatty aci