Andrew Huberman· PhD
So that's how we use it, just to sustain the energy supply to the brain that might be compromised through brain trauma.
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So that's how we use it, just to sustain the energy supply to the brain that might be compromised through brain trauma.
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the ketogenic diet so ketone bodies can act as an alternative source for energy in the brain and the important point is that even though glucose is a preferred so straight during aging this is compromised this uptake however the uptake of ketone bodies is not compromised therefore you could satisfy some of these nutritional requirements by adding the ketone bodies to the diet
where ketones are being metabolized and what their contribution is to normal brain energy metabolism and disease states and hypoxia states and traumatic brain injury.
I think it would work better from what we know.
So the question is, one, will this lactate or beta-hydroxybutyrate or whatever ketone get into the MCT shuttle better? So there's questions of which one gets in there? And can they be used together? And there's all sorts of interesting things, but I'm sort of interested in this for my own personal...
And in this, of course, ketone bodies would work very similarly, in theory.
I think a cocktail of the two would be...
But I always wanted to revisit the lactate thing because, yeah, I think there's a lot that can be done in formulating more of a comprehensive multi-fuel delivery system for the brain. And lactate's been a bit under-appreciated and kind of stigmatized and criticized, but I think it's got a lot of potential.