So you visit your doc about using a ketogenic diet to treat your mental illness or cognitive dysfunction, and they say absolutely not! Your brain needs glucose! What do you do? 🧵(1/8)
Many college-educated dietitians still believe that the body needs 130 grams of carbohydrates per day. So why would your poor doctor, with their super limited nutrition education, know any better? (2/8)
Here is what you tell them ⬇️ (3/8)
"The body does use glucose, but this does not mean it needs to come from carbohydrates. (4/8)
The liver can produce glucose through a process called gluconeogenesis, which happens automatically when you lower your dietary carbs enough. (5/8)
The liver can produce glucose through a process called gluconeogenesis, which happens automatically when you lower your dietary carbs enough. (5/8)
I don't have to eat carbohydrates in order to make the glucose my body needs." (6/8)
So your doc is accurate to say that the body and the brain require glucose, but it is not accurate to for them to say that it requires the ingestion of dietary carbohydrates. (7/8)
If you are preparing to have this convo with your doctor, you might want to check out this video at @Metabolic_Mind where @bschermd (also a doctor) explains! (8/8) #ketogenic #ketoformentalhealth
• • •
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to
force a refresh
