Sentences with phrase «brain mitochondria»

Goldstein says that turmeric's benefits include improving the health of brain mitochondria and helping with spatial memory by decreasing lipid peroxidation in brain tissue.

They also improve neuronal cellular communication, improve blood flow to the brain and protect brain mitochondria from oxidative stress.

«When glucose utilization is impaired in neurodegenerative diseases, transport of KBs [ketone bodies] into the brain appears to be less affected and their utilization for energy by the brain mitochondria is not impeded by such factors as local insulin resistance that, by interfering with the neuronal fuel supply, may contribute to the progressive nerve cell damage observed in Alzheimer's disease» (1).

In my reading about ketosis I can to the conclusion given the change from glucose to fats as the major source for the production of ATP time was required for the enzymes to be enhanced for ketogenesis by the mitochondria in the liver and for enzymes for ketolysis in the skeletal muscles and brain mitochondria.