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kinda related: Richard Veech (not in OP article) is probably the doctor/researcher (to my knowledge) has done the best research into ketosis, imo. https://irp.
by pizza 9y ago
kinda related: Richard Veech (not in OP article) is probably the doctor/researcher (to my knowledge) has done the best research into ketosis, imo.
https://irp.nih.gov/pi/richard-veech https://irp.nih.gov/pi/richard-veech
http://drveech.com/ http://drveech.com/
He's found some very interesting results about the improvement of cellular energy efficiency (thermodynamic improvement)/cellular homeostasis due to keto throughout his career:
- neurons were less thermodynamically wasteful in terms of excess heat generated (because more efficient delta-G/easier ionic potentials); and therefore, due to neuronal metabolic dysfunctions induced by concussions, ketosis was good for treating concussion. DARPA has apparently sunk quite a lot of money into his research of the treatment of concussions/TBI (because of IEDs, etc) - e.g., this paper sponsored by DARPA https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5102124/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5102124/
- cardiac cells too performed more efficiently with ketone bodies
(- if I recall correctly (which I'm not sure that I do..) some breeds of mice were able to hold their breath underwater for something ridiculous like 150% (or more?) of the normal length of time than control group mice could. I can't seem to find the source for this.. [although, anecdotally, there have been 4 or 5 times when (in ketosis) I could hold my breath for >2 minutes (timed) with ease, whereas out of ketosis I'd be barely capable of doing so after, say, 45 seconds..])