{"id":3254,"date":"2019-12-05T06:47:05","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T06:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mymedicplus.com\/news\/?p=3254"},"modified":"2021-03-31T00:15:58","modified_gmt":"2021-03-30T18:45:58","slug":"can-the-keto-diet-help-you-fight-the-flu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedicplus.com\/blog\/can-the-keto-diet-help-you-fight-the-flu\/","title":{"rendered":"Can the Keto Diet Help You Fight the Flu?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Source: mensjournal.com<\/p>\n<p>Fans of the keto diet love to tout the regimen\u2019s merits for\u00a0building muscle and burning fat<span class=\"ae-compliance-indent ae-new-window\">Opens in a <\/span><span class=\"ae-compliance-indent ae-new-window\">n<\/span><span class=\"ae-compliance-indent ae-new-window\">ew Window.<\/span>, but new research shows it could give your immune system a boost, too. Researchers at Yale University recently\u00a0published a study<span class=\"ae-compliance-indent ae-new-window\">Opens in a new Window.<\/span>\u00a0in\u00a0Science<em> Immunology\u00a0<\/em>showing that a high-fat, low-carb keto diet helped mice more effectively fight off the\u00a0influenza virus<span class=\"ae-compliance-indent ae-new-window\">Opens in a new Window.<\/span>, and the data has strong implications for humans, too.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mb1\" class=\"ad-slot advertisement inline ae-exclude\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<aside class=\"inset-related-content\" role=\"presentation\">The Best 20-Minute Bodyweight Workout for Weight Loss\u00a0<span class=\"ae-compliance-indent ae-new-window\">Opens in a new Window.<\/span><\/aside>\n<p>In humans, a keto diet usually revolves around eating fish, meat, poultry, and non-starchy fruits and vegetables to achieve a high-fat, low-carb ratio. The researchers fed mice a similar diet (in terms of macronutrients), then exposed them to the influenza virus. They found that mice on the keto regimen had a higher survival rate than those on a regular diet. Further investigation revealed that the keto mice had activated a specific kind of\u00a0T cell<span class=\"ae-compliance-indent ae-new-window\">Opens in a new Window.<\/span>, a white blood cell that forms an integral part of the immune response in mice and humans. This specific T cell, called a gamma T cell, appeared in the lungs of the mice, where it stimulated mucus production that effectively trapped and neutralized the influenza virus. According to a Yale University\u00a0blog post<span class=\"ae-compliance-indent ae-new-window\">Opens in a new Window.<\/span>, this is the first time that gamma T cells have been linked to an immune response to the flu.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was a totally unexpected finding,\u201d said co-senior author Akiko Iwasaki.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers also performed experiments to narrow down exactly what caused the mice to fight off the flu so effectively. They tried feeding another group of mice a high-fat, high-carb diet, but those animals didn\u2019t produce gamma T cells. Directly introducing a chemical ketone (the metabolic byproduct of burning fat) without altering the mice\u2019s diet also failed to activate gamma T cells. Finally, the researchers put mice that had been bred without the gene to make gamma T cells on a keto diet, but they didn\u2019t show the desired immune response, either.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inset-related-content\" role=\"presentation\">Is the Paleo Diet All It&#8217;s Cracked Up to Be? 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