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Keto diet could be beneficial for elderly COVID-19 patients
Medical Net News ^ | 09/14/20 | By Dr. Sanchari Sinha Dutta, Ph.D

Posted on 01/15/2021 4:42:43 PM PST by Pining_4_TX

A recent study by researchers at Yale School of Medicine, New York University Langone Health and Washington University School of Medicine, claims that the ketogenic diet (high fat, low carbohydrate diet) is capable of mitigating clinical outcomes of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in elderly people by improving immune-metabolic functions and reducing inflammation. The study is currently available on the bioRxiv* preprint server.

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: chinavirus; chinavirusinfo; covid; diet; elderly; inflammation; keto; ketodiet
Not a new article. Posted it for my keto peeps.
1 posted on 01/15/2021 4:42:43 PM PST by Pining_4_TX
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To: Pining_4_TX

Keto diet and CBD oil and you’ll live forever according to the commercials.


2 posted on 01/15/2021 4:49:29 PM PST by BusterDog
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To: Pining_4_TX

Sucks not to have a gallbladder.


3 posted on 01/15/2021 4:53:25 PM PST by DivineMomentsOfTruth ("There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily." -GW)
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To: Pining_4_TX

Better for a lot of people


4 posted on 01/15/2021 5:04:19 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: DivineMomentsOfTruth

I don’t have a gallbladder and I am on a keto diet. It works. I’ve been without the gallbladder since 2008 and I’ve been on a keto diet for most of that time. It is not a problem.


5 posted on 01/15/2021 5:14:22 PM PST by Jemian (If it weren’t for double standards, the libs would have no standards at all.)
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To: Jemian

Bile is made in the liver.


6 posted on 01/15/2021 5:25:41 PM PST by JohnnyP (Thinking is hard work (I stole that from Rush).)
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Yes. Nevertheless, I don’t have a gallbladder. I am on a keto diet. I don’t have any problems with it.


7 posted on 01/15/2021 5:42:26 PM PST by Jemian (If it weren’t for double standards, the libs would have no standards at all.)
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