by AlfredJe » Fri Sep 15, 2023 11:24 am
These mechanisms are to provide an efficient source of energy for the treatment of certain types of neurodegenerative diseases characterized by focal brain hypometabolism; to decrease the oxidative damage associated with various kinds of metabolic stress; to increase the mitochondrial biogenesis pathways; and to take advantage of the capacity of ketones to bypass the defect in complex I activity implicated in some neurological diseases. "In this study, it seemed to be the adaptation to metabolizing fat and making ketones that was important," Brianna Stubbs, lead translational scientist at the Buck Institute who was not involved in the study tells Inverse. Mucus can trap virus particles, and prevent the flu from infecting target cells, Akiko Iwasaki, professor at Yale University and study co-author, tells Inverse. The annual flu shot is still the best way to protect against influenza. The study does not suggest that the diet serves as a replacement for the flu shot. The human and economic costs of the flu are high: Influenza causes an estimated 20,000 deaths each year in the United States alone.