Hyperketonemia Increases Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha Secretion – (07-01-02)



Hyperketonemia Increases Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha Secretion

If you are a regular reader of Updates, I’m sure you’re aware of just how much I support the high protein diets that are designed to throw the human body into that dangerous state called ketosis. Here is further support against the “health improving” high protein diets…ketosis leads to upregulation of TNF-alpha, a cytokine intimately related in turning up the level of inflammation in the body. Consider that the latest and greatest drugs for rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn’s disease are TNF blockers because increased TNF-alpha is believed to be a contributing factor to the perpetuation of these chronic inflammatory diseases.

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James Bogash

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