High-fat, low-carb diet eased mouse nerve injury in MS study

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In mice, a ketogenic diet (a high-fat, low-carb diet) eased nerve injury after researchers disrupted how myelin-making cells get energy.

What They Found

Researchers found lower levels of an energy transporter in tissue from people with progressive MS. They removed this transporter from cells that make myelin in mice. The cells survived, but myelin was not maintained, inflammation increased, and nerve fibers were injured. Control mice had only mild inflammation and did not show these changes. A ketogenic diet (a high-fat, low-carb diet) eased the nerve injury in the mice.

Who Should Care and Why

This study examined mice and tissue from people with progressive MS. The mouse experiments tested what happened when myelin-making cells lost a way to take in fuel. The human tissue showed that this fuel pathway was reduced in progressive MS. The mouse results link that pathway to myelin maintenance and nerve injury. The diet finding came from mice, not from a study of people with MS.

Important Considerations

You should know that the diet was tested in mice, not people. The abstract does not say how many people donated tissue or how many mice were studied. It does not show whether the diet protects your nerves or myelin.

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