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Why The Ketogenic Diet And Fasting Eliminates Brain Fog - Science Explained

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Health & Fitness, Science, Education, Self-improvement

4.9806 Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2021

⏱️ 16 minutes

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0:00.0

I wanted to discuss briefly how the ketogenic diet may make your thinking clearer.

0:04.2

So oxidative stress in the brain and inflammation, neuroinflammation actually causes that fog,

0:09.4

that brain fog.

0:10.5

So the ketogenic diet, number one, improves the efficiency of the mitochondrial respiratory chain,

0:15.7

thereby reducing free radicals in the brain.

0:18.0

So it actually reduces oxidative stress in the brain. Also,

0:22.1

ketogenic diets are consistently shown to increase glutathione synthesis and glutathione peroxidase

0:26.9

synthesis. So overall, I think the main impact on the brain fog is the reduction of oxidative stress,

0:32.4

which is why in my mornings, by the way, before I work, I not only take cholinergic things,

0:37.1

but I take free radical

0:37.9

scavengers every morning. And I notice it has an impact on the clarity of my thinking. The second

0:42.9

thing I wanted to mention about the clarity of thinking. So the other thing it does is improve the

0:48.2

metabolism of the brain. So ketones are more efficient at providing the brain with energy, you know, that's one thing.

0:57.1

And also there's a, there's a, they also improve the mitochondrial respiration in there by

1:04.0

increasing ATP synthesis. So basically, and that's why you think for, that's why ketogenic diets

1:08.0

are so much associated with prevent, preservation of function in neurodegenerative disease because a lot of that has to do

1:14.8

with metabolic function and oxidative stress both causing damage in the brain in the long

1:18.4

term.

1:19.7

So ketogenic diets like in for most of my programs for clients when they have anxiety issues,

1:24.3

my diet program will always have a sec.

1:27.2

I actually have a section like I write out

1:29.0

depending on the person. It's a little bit different, but about how ketogenic diets may help them.

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