<story><title>Can ketones enhance cognitive function and protect brain networks?</title><url>https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/news/publications/neuroscience/can-ketones-enhance-cognitive-function-and-protect-brain-networks</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>intended</author><text>This is so incredibly strange - I just connected with someone who had disappeared for a while, and they were dealing with mental health challenges. They were facing challenges, and they were trying their damndest to connect with people working on Metabolic Psychiatry.&lt;p&gt;I did a cursory read on whatever most recent credible sources existed, and found that… it wasn’t a fad.&lt;p&gt;I hope I’m largely correct but:&lt;p&gt;The underlying work was talking about something else entirely - in essence a link between cardiovascular &amp;#x2F; metabolic health, mental health and diet.&lt;p&gt;Switching to a low carb diet has helped reduce those metabolic factors, which allowed for a reduced dose of medication in conditions such as ADD, Bipolar disorder, depression.&lt;p&gt;Having never heard of this before, it smacked 100% of being some fad. But it looks like (diet + health) = better (cardio &amp;#x2F; energy).&lt;p&gt;Yes - the conversation did eventually go to Psych is bad, and doctors only want to medicate, and mitochondria misfiring.</text></comment>
<story><title>Can ketones enhance cognitive function and protect brain networks?</title><url>https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/news/publications/neuroscience/can-ketones-enhance-cognitive-function-and-protect-brain-networks</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>grondilu</author><text>This is only anecdotal but I had heard about the benefits of fasting for brain performance, so I once tried fasting during a chess tournament.  I fasted during the first six days of the tournament.  My results were disappointing so I gave up and broke the fast on the seventh day.</text></comment>