Providing a different fuel source, such as through a ketogenic diet or supplementation with MCTs or exogenous ketones, can benefit individuals with neurodegenerative diseases where the brain has insulin resistance and cannot utilize glucose.

“what happens when you provide a different fuel source what happens when you start putting them on a ketogenic diet supplementing with ketogenic like MCTS or supplementing with exogenous ketones to provide that we're doing some studies right now in traumatic brain injury individuals because like you mentioned the neuro protective effects of ketones is profound but there's a bunch of studies going on right now looking at just neurodegenerative conditions overall and seeing these benefits when glucose isn't able to be utilized no matter how much you give because there's insulin resistance of the brain ketones are that preferred fuel source that can be utilized and still taken up by the brain”