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The Ketogenic Diet For Bipolar Patients Essay

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The Ketogenic Diet for Bipolar Patients
By E Fiske-Jorgensen | Submitted On July 30, 2013

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Ketone bodies are three different biochemicals that are produced as by-products when fatty acids broken down for energy.Two of the three are used as a source of energy for the brain. Neurotransmitters (such as serotonin and dopamine) work by changing these membrane potentials in various ways. Neurotransmitters can open ion channels, allowing sodium to enter the cell and causing a wave of electrical impulse that travels along the neuron. This is the problem in bipolar patients, especially with the neurotransmitters of seratonin and dopamine. The synapse region does not allow a message from one neuron to pass to another neuron correctly, making one react to a situation in an inappropriate manner, sometimes with little inhibition.

When a person is in a ketogenic state, the electrical impulses that pass from one neuron to another are opened up by the mediation of sodium. It allows extracellular calcium to pour into the cell, which leads to the release of the neurotransmitters of seratonin and dopamine into the synapse

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