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This may surprise you, but the ketogenic diet was not originally intended to trim your waist or help you get shredded. Rather, the keto diet was created over a hundred years ago as a way to treat...epilepsy. That's right, this fad diet has humble beginnings as a medical cure for seizures. And it seems to work. How? Well, there's some interesting neuroscience going on, so come along with me and I'll explain what keto does to your brain.
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What is a neuron? - • What is a neuron?
What is action potential? - • What is Action Potential?
The Neuroscience of Epilepsy - • Neuroscience of Epilepsy
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Chapters:
0:00 An introduction
0:42 A history of treating epilepsy with diets
3:41 Why were diets working?
5:00 The birth of the ketogenic diet
7:27 The resurgence of the keto diet
8:59 What the keto diet does to the brain
12:17 The risks of the keto diet
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