tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600659484694637338.post4974377256205981652..comments2024-03-29T00:56:36.070+00:00Comments on The Low Carb Diabetic: Carbohydrate-Biased Control of Energy Metabolism: The Darker Side of the Selfish Brain !Lowcarb team memberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07961199165290289611noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600659484694637338.post-51891739538393729772012-06-07T22:27:23.198+01:002012-06-07T22:27:23.198+01:00Hi Ladybird, it's essentially down to carb add...Hi Ladybird, it's essentially down to carb addiction and the effects on the brain.<br /><br />Hope the following helps:<br /><br />(1) A mere oral sensation of CHO elicits physiological anticipation response (cephalic phase) that is either inborn or rapidly conditioned.<br /><br />(2) Oral CHO sensation stimulates reward-specific brain areas.<br /><br />(3) CHO addiction is essentially similar to typical drug addictions.<br /><br />These peculiarities can explain the physiologically and metabolically opposite effects of obesogenic HFD versus the ketogenic diet (KD), which is also HFD but lower in CHO.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.frontiersin.org/Neuroenergetics/10.3389/fnene.2011.00008/full" rel="nofollow"><br />http://www.frontiersin.org/Neuroenergetics/10.3389/fnene.2011.00008/full</a><br /><br />GrahamLowcarb team memberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07961199165290289611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600659484694637338.post-84157928305280012612012-06-07T20:39:01.590+01:002012-06-07T20:39:01.590+01:00Can I have the Ladybird Guide to this post please....Can I have the Ladybird Guide to this post please. I dont understand it : (fibreclaireUKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09846419669691216627noreply@blogger.com