insanemantis@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-216 hours agoSince the brain is made up of fat, lard is probably the closest possible thing to literal brain foodmessage-squaremessage-square32linkfedilinkarrow-up135arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up128arrow-down1message-squareSince the brain is made up of fat, lard is probably the closest possible thing to literal brain foodinsanemantis@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-216 hours agomessage-square32linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarejet@hackertalks.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 hour ago Nowhere did I say it needs only glucose. No it cannot run on fat. can technically ‘run’ on other things There is a 1972 paper that demonstrates normal functioning after prolonged fat adaptation, it’s a great read, but this specifically speaks to brain glucose utilization - https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI107095