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Dietary ketosis enhances memory in mild cognitive impairment.

Krikorian, Robert; Shidler, Marcelle D.; Dangelo, Krista; Couch, Sarah C.; Benoit, Stephen C.; Clegg, Deborah J.

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2012-02

10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2010.10.006

PMID: 21130529 PMCID: PMC3116949

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We randomly assigned 23 older adults with mild cognitive impairment to either a high carbohydrate or very low carbohydrate diet. Following the 6-week intervention period, we observed improved verbal memory performance for the low carbohydrate subjects (p = 0.01) as well as reductions in weight (p < 0.0001), waist circumference (p

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Carbohydrate Metabolism; Cognition Disorders; Memory Disorders