Keto diet targets gut fungi that may play a big role in dementia – SlashGear

The ketogenic diet — more commonly called ‘keto’ — is popular due to its impact on blood sugar levels and insulin resistance, but that’s not the extent of its various benefits. According to a new study, this type of diet may also cause a change in gut fungi implicated in Alzheimer’s disease…doing so in a good way, potentially reducing one’s odds of developing this devastating condition.
The findings come from the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, where researchers found that eating a Mediterr…

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