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Apr 10, 2021 · The ketogenic diet has been found to change brain metabolism in people with alcohol use disorder. These changes reduced withdrawal symptoms and cravings for alcohol.
- The Ketogenic Diet May Help Stop Seizures
In fact, it has been used for about 100 years to treat...
- The Ketogenic Diet May Help Stop Seizures
- Moderation Is Key
- Moderate Drinkers: Fundamentally Different?
- Can’T Easily stop? It’S Your Brain Chemistry
- An Adaptive Trait That Helped, Now Harms
- Fatty Liver? Lay Off The Booze Until It Heals
- Lower Tolerance, Worse Hangovers
- The Keto Diet Can Reduce Alcohol Cravings and May Even Help Curb Alcoholism
- Conclusion
For those who have healthy livers, not much weight to lose, and no trouble stopping at one drink (for women) or two (for men), the occasional imbibing of a low-carb alcoholic drink is probably not going to cause any harm, and may even help with cardiovascular health and joie de vivre. Swedish diabetes researcher and medical specialist Dr. Fredrik N...
Many studies have shown that alcohol consumption when graphed against mortality risk is a J-shaped curve. Abstainers have slightly higher mortality risks than moderate drinkers and heavy drinkers have the highest risks of all. In a 2007 New York Times article, Gary Taubes says he is suspicious of these sorts of epidemiological findings: “The questi...
Many people who have trouble moderating their eating or drinking may often beat themselves up. Clay describes his feelings of self-hatred for his once uncontrolled eating and drinking. But as Bitten Jonsson— a registered nurse who specializes in sugar addiction — states: the inability to quell cravings and moderate one’s consumption — whether of hi...
Our innate dopamine reward system, which says “this is good, I want more” was likely a highly functional trait for survival in our primate and hunter-gather days, but our stone-age genes have not adapted to the modern world. The evolutionary theories of why our brain biochemistry may drive some to overeat or drink to excess are fascinating and vari...
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a huge health epidemic, impacting increasing numbers worldwide — including 25% of the US population. Research suggests that one of the major contributors is the overconsumption of fructose and sugar sweetened beverages. Dr. Evelyne Bourdua-Roy wrote about how common NAFLD is among the patients in her GP ...
Many people posting in forums and discussion groups about the ketogenic diet report that their alcohol tolerance is much lower, and their hangovers much worse on a low-carb diet. However, there isn’t much scientific research yet to explain why tolerance seems to be reduced, just theories. But it does appear that people on a low-carb or keto diet ca...
Many people, like Clay, have found the keto diet greatly helped reduce their cravings for both sugar and alcohol and reduced their urge and need to drink. Discussion threads on the popular social media site Reddit have many posts from people who found adopting the ketogenic diet helped them lower their consumptionor even kick their alcohol addictio...
In short, drink moderately and stop if weight loss stalls. Be careful how alcohol triggers your own cravings for overconsumption. Watch out for lower tolerance and other harmful effects of mixing alcohol with low carb or keto (especially if you have fatty liver disease), and note the possible beneficial impact on cravings with keto. Finally, of cou...
Apr 9, 2021 · Here, we provide clinical and preclinical evidence for the potential therapeutic benefit of a KD in reducing the severity of alcohol withdrawal symptoms during early alcohol detoxification in treatment-seeking inpatients with AUD and in reducing alcohol drinking during acute withdrawal in a rat model of alcohol dependence.
- Corinde E. Wiers, Corinde E. Wiers, Leandro F. Vendruscolo, Jan Willem van der Veen, Peter Manza, Eh...
- 10.1126/sciadv.abf6780
- 2021
- Sci Adv. 2021 Apr; 7(15): eabf6780.
Jan 30, 2024 · A carbohydrate-restricting ketogenic diet may help ease the symptoms of alcohol withdrawal, according to a new IRP study. Interest in the low-carb ‘ketogenetic’ diet has exploded in recent years, with legions of enthusiasts jumping on the bandwagon.
Aug 11, 2023 · While diet alone cannot cure alcohol cravings, it can certainly play a key role in the alcohol addiction recovery process. Incorporating beneficial foods into your diet can support brain and body health, and potentially lessen the intensity of alcohol cravings.
Background and aims: Increasing evidence suggests that a ketogenic (high-fat, low-carbohydrate) diet (KD) intervention reduces alcohol withdrawal severity and alcohol craving in individuals with alcohol use disorder (AUD) by shifting brain energetics from glucose to ketones.
Sep 26, 2023 · Abstract (253) Background and Aims: Increasing evidence suggests that a ketogenic (high-fat, low-carbohydrate) diet intervention reduces alcohol withdrawal severity and alcohol craving in individuals with alcohol use disorder (AUD) by shifting brain energetics from glucose to ketones.
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