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Mice that acquired intestine microbes from kids with epilepsy on the ketogenic food regimen had been shielded from seizures. The discovering suggests the microbiome is behind the food regimen’s seizure-reducing impact
By Grace Wade
The keto food regimen is low in carbohydrates and excessive in proteins and fat
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Mice are extra immune to seizures when handled with intestine microbes from kids with epilepsy on the low-carbohydrate ketogenic food regimen. This implies that the food regimen’s anti-seizure impact comes from modifications to the intestine microbiome.
The ketogenic, or keto, food regimen has been used to deal with epilepsy for round a century, however the way it does so is unclear. Beforehand, Elaine Hsiao on the College of California, Los Angeles, and her colleagues discovered that the food regimen doesn’t defend in opposition to …
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