Italian study indicates ketogenic diet may help ICU patients survive
A pilot study was just completed in Italy using similar diet changes that we tried with my wife Analiza Scholes . Kudos to Dr. Samir G. Sukkar and his team for taking on this research. The results do clearly show lower inflammation markers for those on the ketogenic diet and suggest changing ICU feeds away from the standard high carbohydrate/sugar feeds may save lives. The study focuses on COVID-19 patients. As is well known, cytokine storm can happen for a multitude of infections and is an ancient phenomenon. This research could literally save millions beyond just the COVID-19 pandemic. I'm looking forward to others continuing on with this research and the eventual improvement in ICU and general hospital feeding protocols. The following quote from this study gives me hope that eventually the medical community will move from symptom treatment with medication and also include dietary interventions. " Differently from other studies in which nutrition is considered...