Keto diets may reverse polycystic kidney disease - Futurity KETOSIS TO FIGHT POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASE In previous studies, the research team found that reducing food intake in mouse models slowed the growth of polycystic kidneys; but at the time, they did not know why. In the new paper, the scientists identified the specific metabolic process responsible for slowing the progress of the disease. The best part? It’s a process many of us already know well. “There’s a way of avoiding the development of the cysts through dietary interventions that lead to ketosis,” Weimbs says. You read that right: Ketosis, the underlying metabolic state of popular diets such as the ketogenic diet , and, to a lesser extent, time-restricted feeding (a form of intermittent fasting), has been shown in the Weimbs group’s studies to stall and even reverse PKD. “The cysts appear to be largely glucose-dependent,” Weimbs explains. In people with the predisposition toward PKD, the continuous supply of sugar in t
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