Today, we Skribit. The question of the day, with 184 votes, is a very interesting one. It is:
Physiological processes during fasting
As you know, I’m a big fan of intermittent fasting, but this is an area of it that I’ve never really looked at. I’m going to break this into several posts because [...]
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It’s time to look at another Skribit question and give a quick answer. The question I’m answering today is:
Every other day fasting and its impact on how often to “carb load” when on a ketogenic diet.
I’m going to go ahead and acknowledge that I don’t carb load, so my answer isn’t from an “insider’s [...]
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I hope you’re ready for some thick reading. I came across a study at Jimmy Moore’s site titled “Ketogenic diet and astrocyte/neuron metabolic interactions”.
After going through much medical jargon, the authors conclude that (feel free to skip this paragraph):
Though many properties of ketogenic diet have been proposed to account for antiepileptic activity, astrocyte/neuron metabolic [...]
Here is another killer post from Dr. Eades, this time on Karl Popper, metabolic advantage and the C57BL/6 mouse. It’s a long read, but helps to explain the mechanisms driving the metabolic advantages of a low-carb, high-fat diet. He also ventures out with a brief foray into explaining the correct way to write [...]
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