Rhonda Patrick· PhD
A ketogenic diet (every other week in midlife) reduces mortality & preserves memory in aging male mice.
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A ketogenic diet (every other week in midlife) reduces mortality & preserves memory in aging male mice.
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The most remarkable thing we saw is that these older mice on the ketogenic diet showed actually better memory than younger mice, and we did not see the loss of memory function that one would normally see associated with the aging process.
The older mice learned better than the younger mice [inaudible 01:37:09].
In the case of Dr. Verdin's study, midlife, they started a cyclical ketogenic diet. And I'd love to get your thoughts on why...he said the reason they did it was because the mice were overeating, which I found to be interesting because I've always been satiated on a ketogenic diet. But anyways. [...] But also the thing that was so striking, and you know much more about the details of these studies than I do, but the effects. I mean, their health span was improved. So their median lifespan was improved. They were dying less earlier, but maximum lifespan I guess wasn't affected. But the effects on the brain and cognition like he said, you know, that these...the older mice had better cognition than younger mice.