Rhonda Patrick· PhD
Both fasting and keto reduced TH1 and TH17 cells in mice and improved MS symptoms in small cohort.
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The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
Both fasting and keto reduced TH1 and TH17 cells in mice and improved MS symptoms in small cohort.
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Bookmarking — the dossier-vs-overview split is the right call. Most of the time I want overview; sometimes I want receipts.
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But, I mean, the amazing thing is that a week of fasting, followed by Mediterranean diet, which is really a regular diet, did better than six months of ketogenic diet, right?
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