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high-fat diet low in carbohydrates that are generally favored by the bodybuilding can be very effective for the treatment of schizophrenia, according to a finding of a recent study.
Schizophrenia is a devastating disease, a chronic mental illness that affects nearly one percent of the world's population.
There is no cure or treatment that can cure and relieve the disease, and can also cause side effects such as motor disorders, weight gain, as well as cardiovascular disease.
The researchers found that feeding a small mouse with a ketogenic pattern, namely a diet high in fat but low in carbohydrates (sugars),
showed reduced animal behavior that resembles schizophrenia, as quoted from page Times of India,
Ketogenic diet has been used since the 1920s to control epilepsy in children and was recently used as a new dietary pattern favored by the athlete.
Diet works by providing alternative sources of energy in the form of so-called condition of ketones (a condition in which the body takes fat for energy instead of sugar from carbohydrates) and to help avoid the function of pathways abnormal cells the energy in the brain of schizophrenics , said one researcher Zoltan Sarnyai of James Cook University in Queensland, Australia.
"Most people have a source of energy derived from fat. So this diet should consist of butter, cheese, salmon, and more. In essence, it is used as an adjunct to treatment in patients admitted to the hospital where the diet such patients can supervised, "said Sarnyai.
This study also showed that mice whose diet is set with the ketogenic diet has a lighter weight and blood glucose levels were lower than the rats given normal diet.
These findings have been published in the journal Schizophrenia Research.
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