Andrew Huberman· PhD
but if you were to look at what neurons normally prefer, meaning in a typical diet regimen, it would be glucose.
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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.
but if you were to look at what neurons normally prefer, meaning in a typical diet regimen, it would be glucose.
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They need glucose. Unless you're a keto and ketogenic adapted, you need carbohydrate, is glucose. That's what neurons run on, and you need electrolytes. Neurons have what's called a sodium-potassium pump blah, blah, blah. They generate electricity. In order to get nerve cells to fire, to contract muscle, to say, I'm going to continue, you need sufficient sodium salt because the action potential, the actual firing of neurons is driven by sodium entering the cell, rushing into the cell.