tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31055569.post1290349271179064810..comments2023-09-05T06:17:14.849-06:00Comments on Healthy Low-Carb Living Blog: Links of all shapes and sizesAmy Dunganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06125706233425564277noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31055569.post-1795254788627011562008-02-29T11:10:00.000-06:002008-02-29T11:10:00.000-06:00Hi Migraineur!I remember reading a study a few yea...Hi Migraineur!<BR/><BR/>I remember reading a study a few years back talking about how the brain actually functioned better on Ketones than glucose, but I couldn't find the study when I searched for it. I hate mentioning a study without giving links, so instead I mentioned the Brain Trust book, which has a lot of great information on this subject.Amy Dunganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06125706233425564277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31055569.post-69531831475362666512008-02-29T10:19:00.000-06:002008-02-29T10:19:00.000-06:00Oh, that stupid old chestnut about 130 g of carb. ...Oh, that stupid old chestnut about 130 g of carb. Even Michael Pollan, who is otherwise a good thinker and a smart man, fell for that, saying that glucose is the brain's preferred fuel. What "preferred" means is, if you give your brain a large supply of glucose, it will suck up 130 g of it every day. But, because blood glucose fluctates a lot, it can also leave your brain in an energy crisis when supplies are low. Ketones are a much better fuel, because the supply fluctuates much less, as you would expect with a fuel that is made from a substance - fat - that each of us stores several pounds of.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com