RE: Ketogenic Diets against Epilepsy
May 19, 2020 at 5:20 pm
(This post was last modified: May 19, 2020 at 5:24 pm by LadyForCamus.)
@FlatAssembler
And yet, the diet works, lol. An incomplete picture of the mechanism of action of a particular treatment is not any kind of argument or evidence against its demonstrable efficacy.
How did you determine what is “more likely” here? Show your work.
Quote:As for ketone bodies, well, drugs that make the liver produce more ketone bodies don't work on animals against epilepsy, and there is no reason to think they will work on humans.
And yet, the diet works, lol. An incomplete picture of the mechanism of action of a particular treatment is not any kind of argument or evidence against its demonstrable efficacy.
Quote:If there's anything to it, it's much more likely due to reasons unrelated to low blood sugar or ketosis, like some form of protein in some edible plants (other than avocados and coconuts) leading to an allergic reaction leading to seizures in some people.
How did you determine what is “more likely” here? Show your work.
Nay_Sayer: “Nothing is impossible if you dream big enough, or in this case, nothing is impossible if you use a barrel of KY Jelly and a miniature horse.”
Wiser words were never spoken.
Wiser words were never spoken.
