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“Neurogenesis and Atkins style high protein diets....is there a correlation and has it been validated to increase new neurons in the hippocampus?”

Some of the videos did comment about there being evidence of beneficial effects associated with true ketogenic diets that results in a person being in nutritional ketosis, but I am not aware of any comments about the role of an Atkins or New Atkins Diet that allows higher percentages of protein in the daily caloric intake.

Judging from what I saw in the videos, it would surprise me to see one of them claim a diet high in protein could be useful for neurogenesis. The reason for this surprise is the dangers involved with any diet that increases the protein percentages to greater than a small percentage of daily calories. There are some dangerous consequences to the liver when chronic overdoses of protein result in liver toxicity and adverse autoimmune disorders. It should also be noted that high levels of sugars in the bloodstream from any forms of carbohydrates is reported to be associated with damaging the myelin that sheathes the nervous system. This damage they believe plays a major role in a wide assortment of neurological disorders. When a diet has an amount of protein that exceeds the very small requirement of the daily metabolism, your metabolism will convert the excess protein into forms of glucose. The glucose converted from the protein may elevate the blood sugar levels and insulin response levels until metabolic syndrome begins and causes weight gain and eventual diabetes. Since sugars in the bloodstream can damage myelin and cause neurological disorders, presumably the glucose derived by the metabolism from the protein would simply make the neurological disorders worse instead of better. Perhaps there will be another video will give reason why that would not happen?

See:

Nutritional Health Series, Part 10

Dr. Mercola and Dr. D’Agostino on Ketogenic Diet

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3358054/posts