Sentences with phrase «brain as an alternative fuel»

Strict compliance with this diet causes the liver to produce ketones which are used by the brain as an alternative fuel source.

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Research indicates that giving a baby artificial milk at this time can actually worsen his blood sugar problem as it stops him using alternative brain fuels such as ketone bodies and lactate.

A case study documented by Dr. Mary Newport discusses ketone bodies, an alternative fuel for your brain, which can be produced when your body converts fat (as opposed to glucose) for energy.

Ketone bodies flow from the liver to extra-hepatic tissues (e.g., brain) for use as a fuel; this spares glucose metabolism via a mechanism similar to the sparing of glucose by oxidation of fatty acids as an alternative fuel.

Therefore, ketone bodies flow from the liver to extra-hepatic tissues (e.g., brain) for use as a fuel; this spares glucose metabolism via a mechanism similar to the sparing of glucose by oxidation of fatty acids as an alternative fuel.

But MCTs from coconut oil trigger the metabolism of ketones in the liver, which the brain of Alzheimer's patients easily accepts and uses as an alternative fuel.