NEW RESEARCH ON SPINAL CORD INJURY PATIENTS
New research, first presented at Neuroscience 2009, the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, indicates that a diet high in fat and low in carbohydrates, known as the "ketogenic" diet, speeds recovery in paralyzed rats after spinal cord injury. According to ScienceDaily.com, patients recovering from spinal cord injuries are usually given intravenous, high calorie solutions containing large amounts of sugar as they heal.
In the study, researchers investigated the high fat, low carb, ketogenic diet as an alternative to fasting. Like fasting, a lack of carbohydrates forces the body to use fat as fuel. During the study, rats were fed either standard or ketogenic diets after a cervical spinal cord contusion. The rats on the ketogenic diet recovered faster. After 14 weeks on their ketogenic diets, 54% percent of the rats used their injured paws 15 times more frequently than the rats on a standard diet.
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