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Ketogenic diet helps tame flu virus
Medical Press ^ | November 15, 2019 | Yale University

Posted on 11/16/2019 9:27:13 AM PST by BobL

A high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet like the Keto regimen has its fans, but influenza apparently isn't one of them.

Mice fed a ketogenic diet were better able to combat the flu virus than mice fed food high in carbohydrates, according to a new Yale University study published Nov. 15 in the journal Science Immunology.

The ketogenic diet—which for people includes meat, fish, poultry, and non-starchy vegetables—activates a subset of T cells in the lungs not previously associated with the immune system's response to influenza, enhancing mucus production from airway cells that can effectively trap the virus, the researchers report.

"This was a totally unexpected finding," said co-senior author Akiko Iwasaki, the Waldemar Von Zedtwitz Professor of Immunobiology and Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, and an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

(Excerpt) Read more at medicalxpress.com ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: dsj02; flu; keto; lowcarb
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To: cdcdawg

Agree

I found lots of normal walking combined with some occasional sprints or just a really long intense hike/climb every week or so to be more than enough cardio...the hour a day cardio regimens are not good for you long term


21 posted on 11/16/2019 10:35:22 AM PST by Manuel OKelley
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To: gaijin

Does grandma’s chicken soup qualify?


22 posted on 11/16/2019 10:40:59 AM PST by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Gone but not forgiven.)
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To: BobL
Ketogenic diet activates protective γδ T cell responses against influenza virus infection
23 posted on 11/16/2019 10:46:17 AM PST by PA Engineer (Liberate America from the Occupation Media.)
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To: BobL

I quit getting sick when I began taking Vitamin D daily. Heck, I’d love to get the flu to drop some poundage - but no luck!


24 posted on 11/16/2019 10:55:32 AM PST by peggybac (Government is about force. It always has been about force.)
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To: BobL

Awesome news!!!!

Im working towards less than 10 grams carb a day now.

I don’t make it every day but am trying!!


25 posted on 11/16/2019 11:03:17 AM PST by LouisianaJoanof Arc (The future is best decided by ballots, not bullets. Ronald Reagan 1984)
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To: BobL
Diet has nothing to do with killing viruses colloidal silver kills 🦠 viruses
26 posted on 11/16/2019 11:04:50 AM PST by Truthoverpower (The guvmint you get is the Trump winning express !)
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To: peggybac

???

Well, since this is a Keto thread....may I humbly suggest you might try ketogenic to ‘drop some poundage’?

All kinds of benefits.


27 posted on 11/16/2019 11:05:12 AM PST by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: BobL

Thanks for posting and thanks for the ping.


28 posted on 11/16/2019 11:05:36 AM PST by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: Qiviut

Low Carb MD is my go to podcast. I also found a new doc that I am listening to. Dr. Robert Cywes. He is on various podcasts and you-tube.


29 posted on 11/16/2019 11:06:22 AM PST by LouisianaJoanof Arc (The future is best decided by ballots, not bullets. Ronald Reagan 1984)
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To: LouisianaJoanof Arc

The Weimbs Lab in Santa Clara California in October reported that a Keto diet will reverse Polycystic Kidney Disease.


30 posted on 11/16/2019 11:08:00 AM PST by magua (It's not racism, it's just that thisBecause itÂ’s being reported that a lot of this started in 2015.)
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To: cdcdawg

High cholesterol is a condition generated by your own liver, and triglycerides are generated from partial metabolization of various carbohydrates. See, carbs have a hexagonal ring of carbon as their base structure, which is broken into two three-carbon segments, forming the basis for the formation of triglycerides. This first step is called propionic acid. Blood glucose, supposedly the energy carrier in your bloodstream, is only accepted by the cells when there is just the right amount of insulin to effect the transfer. Excess glucose is held by the red blood cells when it does not get metabolized, and is identified by something called the HbA1c ratio, which in non-diabetic persons is somewhere in the range of 5% of all the red blood cells circulating at a given time.

One of the partially metabolized steps of glucose is something called pyruvic acid, evolved from propionic acid, and this is further metabolized into lactic acid, as the oxygen supply gets used. Lactic acid is what causes the “tired” feeling and the pain from great muscle exertion, and is only slowly washed away as the complex regains its normal balance of oxygen.

Fully metabolized glucose is reduced to its component parts, carbon dioxide, and with additional oxygen, water. How do you lose weight? Simple, you exhale CO2 with every breath, or it leaves your body by exuding from the skin surface. The same for excess water, which is also drained from the body through the kidneys and keeps many biologic poisons washed out of the body with the passage of urine.

Fat does not make you fat. In the right ratios of saturated and unsaturated lipids, it serves many functions throughout the body, one of which is as a reserve energy source when glucose or other carbohydrates are is reduced supply.

Fasts lasting for 36 hours or longer force the body to convert to this fat-burning mode, as all blood glucose is depleted within the first 24 hours of the fast.

Remember to stay hydrated, though, or the fast is ineffectual.


31 posted on 11/16/2019 11:23:02 AM PST by alloysteel (Nowhere in the Universe is there escape from the consequences of the crime of stupidity.)
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To: cdcdawg

High cholesterol and triglycerides come from eating too much sugar.

Your body makes cholesterol, it can produce too much in response to too much sugar intake. It doesn’t come from the cholesterol you eat. In fact, almost all of the dietary cholesterol is excreted from the body.


32 posted on 11/16/2019 11:23:26 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: alloysteel

Also make sure you get plenty of Omega-3 fats as opposed to Omega-6 fats, as these cause inflammation.

Get your fats from fatty fish, remember SMASH (Salmon, Mackerel, Anchovies, Sardines, Herring), and from Grass-Finished Beef.


33 posted on 11/16/2019 11:26:59 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: BobL

I’ve always believed that virus’ Use sugar for energy. A low carb diet starves them of sugar and makes it easier for our bodies to defeat them. I am not a doctor or medical researcher but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express one time.

When I go seriously low carb, I rarely if ever get sick for more than a day or two.


34 posted on 11/16/2019 11:47:49 AM PST by XRdsRev (You can't spell HILLARY without the letters LIAR.)
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To: XRdsRev

The key with Keto, is to make sure you get your nutrients, usually nutrient deficiencies are what cause the “Keto Flu”. And usually that is the result of doing “Dirty Keto”, which is an over-reliance on a few high-fat low-carb foods.


35 posted on 11/16/2019 11:53:57 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Dacula

Thank you for that! Listening now.


36 posted on 11/16/2019 12:04:29 PM PST by Mama Shawna
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To: Dacula

Yes, they are!


37 posted on 11/16/2019 12:07:42 PM PST by Qiviut (Support the country you live in or live in the country you support.)
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To: LouisianaJoanof Arc

Dr. Cywes ... he’s a “bull in a china shop”, isn’t he? I mean that in a ‘good’ way. Doesn’t spare the truth!! I first heard him on the podcast I referenced and now I follow him on FB & his youtube channel so I get to see more of his stuff. I’d like to turn him loose on two relatives of mine (one obese & one getting close to obese - love them both lots & it’s ‘killing’ me to see them self-destructing). :-)


38 posted on 11/16/2019 12:11:04 PM PST by Qiviut (Support the country you live in or live in the country you support.)
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To: Dacula

Thanks for that link, btw ... I can start binge-listening this afternoon again! Podcast Republic is my go-to for all sorts of podcasts ... they’re still “down” so it’s nice to have an alternative site.


39 posted on 11/16/2019 12:13:01 PM PST by Qiviut (Support the country you live in or live in the country you support.)
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To: BobL

Combining Keto with Intermittent Fasting is really the ticket. Fasting helps the gut flora, which also provides a big boost to the body’s immune system.


40 posted on 11/16/2019 12:13:38 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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