I'm a fan of low-carbohydrate meal, and my position based on the science (seems to be generally effective for weight reduction and improvement of disease indicators), and my experience with it in practice. However, we did not share my enthusiasm for this way of eating. Many people like to carbohydrate reduction as dangerous as they were to paint. more extreme reducing carbohydrates Agency (created from the metabolism of fat and / or protein) usually turn to ketones as a source of fuel. This is a situation as "ketosis known. Generally not recommended extreme carb limit, but no fear or ketosis. Look at it as a natural reaction of the organism in carbohydrates.

Very often I think ketosis with "ketoacidosis, a very different story is confused. Ketoacididosis occurs when serious disturbances metabolism than when the blood sugar level gets out of control in type 1 diabetes. This is a serious situation, and potentially life-threatening, but as I said, this is not the same as "ketosis.

Ketones fuel supply for the body and brain, but some doubt how well this compares with other energy sources (eg glucose). Therefore, I listened with interest to read a recent study, in which a very low carbohydrate ketogenic diet "tested" in people with "mild cognitive impairment (reduced function of the brain involved in but not serious enough to be classified as dementia) [1] . Half of the group in this study were accidentally eat a ketogenic diet, the other half ate a diet rich in carbohydrates. The study lasts 6 weeks.

Researchers found that diet ketogenic diet, compared with the other group, significant improvement in verbal memory (memory words and other abstractions related language) saw. Also, in general, the higher the ketone levels, the better the verbal memory tends to be. The proposal is that ketones prepared stir the brain and can improve 'cognitive function.

In addition to improving memory, ketogenic diet in this we have also reduced significant benefits in terms of weight loss and a mean circumference reduction and blood sugar levels and insulin seen. considered as a whole, these results suggest that this is sufficient to induce ketosis, cited at least in the short term, reduce carbohydrates significant benefits for both body and brain.