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ketogenic

British  
/ ˌkiːtəʊˈdʒɛnɪk /

adjective

  1. med forming or able to stimulate the production of ketone bodies

    a ketogenic diet

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Inside the Roy Blunt NextGen Precision Health building, Ai-Ling Lin, a professor in the School of Medicine, and doctoral student Kira Ivanich are examining how the ketogenic diet may benefit people with the APOE4 gene, which is the strongest known genetic risk factor for late-onset Alzheimer's disease.

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In their recent study using mice, Lin and Ivanich found that females with the APOE4 gene developed healthier gut bacteria and showed higher brain energy levels when following a ketogenic diet compared to those on a high-carbohydrate diet.

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Their work focuses on a high-fat, low-carbohydrate eating plan known as the ketogenic diet.

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The study, funded by the National Cancer Institute and conducted using preclinical mouse models, indicates that breast cancer patients and survivors with obesity might benefit from treatments that reduce lipid levels, and that high-fat diets such as the ketogenic diet could be harmful for them.

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The ketogenic diet has been shown to induce a variety of biological changes, such as enhancing mitochondrial efficiency and changing hormone balance.

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