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It makes no evolutionary sense to reduce nerve conductivity and thus function when attempting to flee or migrate in a situation when carbs are scarce. Further,
by electrondood 3y ago
It makes no evolutionary sense to reduce nerve conductivity and thus function when attempting to flee or migrate in a situation when carbs are scarce.
Further, keto/VLC diets are neuroprotective.
Highly skeptical.
- foooorsyth 3y agoDo you think every acute reaction in the body to intense exercise has to make "evolutionary sense"? Do shin splints make evolutionary sense?
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- jlmorton 3y agoDisclaimer: I didn't read more than the first page of the paper But there are lots of possibilities, right? For instance, if the alternative is glia starvation, and the myelin can be later regenerated, that might be preferable to glial death. Separately, it's been theorized that myelin first evolved as an energy storage. It may respond to the same biological processes that cause adipose tissue to release fatty acids. Further disclaimer: I don't really know what I'm talking about, but it seems like there are lots of possibilities why this observed result might have an evolutionary purpose, or explanation.
- kian 3y agodo you have any citations for the myelin evolution as energy storage? That's a fascinating take.
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