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By now you’ve no doubt heard about the Keto Diet, a diet that is high in fat and protein and low in carbs. While many people are reporting drastic weight loss and health improvements from being on the diet there seems there may be another perk to being Keto. It seems that being on the Ket diet may help you fight the flu bug.

For many, getting their flu shot is how they help prevent themselves from getting the flu, but new research is showing that the Keto Diet can actually add further protection. In a study done by Yale University, it found that mice who were fed a Keto diet were better able to fight off the flu virus than mice who were fed a diet that was high in carbs. According to Yale News, the high protein, high fat and low carb diet activate a subset of t-cells in the lungs which can effectively help trap the flu virus.

“This was a totally unexpected finding,” noted co-senior author Akiko Iwasaki, the Waldemar Von Zedtwitz Professor of Immunobiology and Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, and an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

The study came about when one of Iwasaki’s trainees along with a trainee of senior co-author Vishwa Deep Dixit wondered if a specific diet could impact how one’s body reacted to certain viruses such as the flu. Not only did the mice who were fed a keto diet have a higher survival rate than mice who were fed a high carb diet but they found that the keto diet actually caused the body to release gamma delta T cells, which Yale News describes as “immune system cells that produce mucus in the cell linings of the lung.” The high carb diet didn’t have the same effect.

“This study shows that the way the body burns fat to produce ketone bodies from the food we eat can fuel the immune system to fight flu infection,” Dixit said. So if you’ve been contemplating giving the Keto Diet a try, it just may give you an extra bit of protection from the flu virus this busy holiday season. However, as with any diet or lifestyle change, you should consult your doctor before fully jumping into the Keto Diet.

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Washington: Here’s some good news for people following ketogenic regimen diet. A high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet also known as the keto diet is helpful in combating flu virus, suggests a study.

Mice that were fed a ketogenic diet were better able to combat the flu virus than mice fed food high in carbohydrates, according to a new Yale University study. The results of the study were published in the journal Science Immunology.

The ketogenic diet — which for people includes meat, fish, poultry, and non-starchy vegetables — activates a subset of T cells in the lungs not previously associated with the immune system’s response to influenza, enhancing mucus production from airway cells that can effectively trap the virus, the researchers report.

“This was a totally unexpected finding,” said co-senior author Akiko Iwasaki, the Waldemar Von Zedtwitz Professor of Immunobiology and Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, and an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

The research project was the brainchild of two trainees — one working in Iwasaki’s lab and the other with co-senior author Visha Deep Dixit, the Waldemar Von Zedtwitz Professor of Comparative Medicine and of Immunobiology. Ryan Molony worked in Iwasaki’s lab, which had found that immune system activators called inflammasomes can cause harmful immune system responses in their host.

Emily Goldberg worked in Dixit’s lab, which had shown that the ketogenic diet blocked the formation of inflammasomes.

The two wondered if diet could affect immune system response to pathogens such as the flu virus.

They showed that mice fed a ketogenic diet and infected with the influenza virus had a higher survival rate than mice on a high-carb normal diet. Specifically, the researchers found that the ketogenic diet triggered the release of gamma delta T cells, immune system cells that produce mucus in the cell linings of the lung — while the high-carbohydrate diet did not.

When mice were bred without the gene that codes for gamma delta T cells, the ketogenic diet provided no protection against the influenza virus.

“This study shows that the way the body burns fat to produce ketone bodies from the food we eat can fuel the immune system to fight flu infection,” Dixit said.

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