{"id":13002,"date":"2023-04-19T09:51:59","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T09:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foodpunk.com\/blog\/does-our-brain-need-sugar\/"},"modified":"2023-07-17T08:18:45","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T08:18:45","slug":"does-our-brain-need-sugar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodpunk.com\/en\/blog\/does-our-brain-need-sugar\/","title":{"rendered":"Does our brain need sugar?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<strong>Let&#8217;s be clear. Does our brain need carbohydrates now? Or not?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When you eat carbohydrate-rich meals and snacks 3-6 times a day, your brain&#8217;s neurons burn carbohydrates for energy. More precisely, they use a very specific representative of carbohydrates: glucose. Because the brain has enough glucose available, it doesn&#8217;t even consider looking at the other options. Because&#8230; &#8220;What the farmer does not know, he does not eat&#8221;.[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"vmb-3 wpb_content_element\" ><div class=\"index-list\"><p class=\"h4 index-list__title\"> Table of contents<\/p><ul><\/ul><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vmb-3 wpb_content_element\" ><div class=\"heading heading--h2 \"><h2 class=\"heading   \" >1. it's all a matter of training<\/h2><\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p>But if you train your fat metabolism, if you give up carbohydrates once quite consistently, then the brain is forced to look around for an alternative and to break old habits. After all, we are always stuck with our inner pig. Until we are really forced to change something. Then we often realize that it&#8217;s not that hard.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"vmb-3 wpb_content_element\" ><div class=\"heading heading--h2 \"><h2 class=\"heading h2  \" >2. the brain gratefully accepts ketone bodies<\/h2><\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p>Also for the brain the change is actually not so difficult: Already after 3 days without carbohydrate intake the burning of ketone bodies in the brain, the so-called ketolysis, is increased. The ketone bodies then cover about 25% of the brain&#8217;s energy needs. After 5-6 weeks, they already cover half. These studies were mostly performed on people who had fasted completely. When following a ketogenic diet, the change happens a little slower. Overall, we can say that the higher the concentration of ketone bodies in the blood, the more ketone bodies the brain draws on for energy.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"vmb-3 wpb_content_element\" ><div class=\"heading heading--h2 \"><h2 class=\"heading h2  \" >3. special transporters in the blood-brain barrier<\/h2><\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p>Not every molecule, not every substance can make a detour into the brain just like that. The brain is a very exclusive club. The blood-brain barrier ensures that only invited guests are granted entry. Okay, there are always a few foreign intruders. Fat-soluble substances such as alcohol or nicotine can &#8211; unfortunately &#8211; simply squeeze through between the cells. Ketone bodies, on the other hand, don&#8217;t squeeze through surreptitiously; they come down the red carpet right through the main entrance. This is because the blood-brain barrier has special transporters that specifically take up ketone bodies: The monocarboxylate transporter MCT (has nothing to do with MCT oil). This MCT can take up ketone bodies with about the same effectiveness as the glucose transporter GLUT-1 can take up glucose.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"vmb-3 wpb_content_element\" ><div class=\"heading heading--h2 \"><h2 class=\"heading h2  \" >4. ketone bodies without giving up carbohydrates<\/h2><\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p>You may have heard that our body can convert MCT oil (from middle chain triglycerides) to ketone bodies better than other fat. This is actually true, and MCT oil can create ketone bodies even in the presence of carbohydrates. In addition, there is now even the possibility of ingesting ketone bodies directly. Now you might think &#8220;great&#8221;, I just have a coffee with MCT oil every morning and eat my cheese sandwich. Why still give up carbohydrates? It&#8217;s not that simple. Because the brain must be slowly accustomed to absorb ketone bodies. The absorption capacity only increases with time.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"templatera_shortcode\"><div class=\"vc_container vc_maxwidth \"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row-o-content-bottom vc_row-flex bg--color--bg-secondary bg--image--pos-br bg--image--size--contain\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-7 vc_col-lg-7\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid vpt-3 vpb-3\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"vmb-1 wpb_content_element\" ><div class=\"heading heading--p \"><p class=\"heading h3  heading--center\" >Du m\u00f6chtest dich auch <span class=\"deco-underline\">ges\u00fcnder ern\u00e4hren<\/span>?<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_content_element\" ><div class=\"btn__wrapper \"><a href=\"https:\/\/foodpunk.com\/de\/ernaehrungsplaene\/clean-eating\/?utm_source=website&utm_medium=banner\" target=\"\" rel=\"\" title=\"\" class=\"btn--full btn--primary btn--md \"><span>Jetzt durchstarten!<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"d-none d-md-flex wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-4 vc_col-lg-5\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div  class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_left vmb-3 wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t\n\t\t<figure class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_figure\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_single_image-wrapper  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"865\" src=\"https:\/\/foodpunk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/hero-manu2.png\" class=\"vc_single_image-img attachment-large\" alt=\"\" title=\"hero-manu2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodpunk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/hero-manu2.png 900w, https:\/\/foodpunk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/hero-manu2-300x288.png 300w, https:\/\/foodpunk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/hero-manu2-768x738.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n<\/div><div class=\"vmt-3 vmb-3 wpb_content_element\" ><div class=\"heading heading--h2 \"><h2 class=\"heading h2  \" >5. conclusion<\/h2><\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p>The brain needs sugar. As long as it was never accustomed to use ketone bodies. As soon as the brain receives a regular supply of ketone bodies, it gratefully accepts them and uses more and more ketone bodies for energy production. It becomes independent of sugar. Extremely practical, because ketone bodies are created from fat and we always have that with us. So there is no more afternoon slump &#8211; the brain is optimally supplied around the clock. I don&#8217;t think a ketogenic diet is the optimal long-term solution for everyone. But it is worth exploring this path once.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"vmt-3 vmb-3 wpb_content_element\" ><div class=\"heading heading--p \"><p class=\"heading h2  \" >And once again - this time in scientific German<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vmb-3 wpb_content_element\" ><div class=\"heading heading--p \"><p class=\"heading h3  \" >If you count yourself among the science fans and Pubmed nerds: Here is the concentrated load of science gobbledygook and further reading. If that becomes too much for you: no problem! The most important things have already been said above.<\/p><\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p>Under normal conditions with regular food intake, brain neurons almost exclusively oxidize glucose for ATP production, and ketone bodies make very little contribution to energy supply. Only in a ketogenic metabolic state are ketone bodies increasingly used as energy sources. After only 3 days of fasting, ketolysis in the brain is increased so that ketone bodies provide about 25% of cerebral energy requirements (Hasselbalch SG et al., 1994).<\/p>\n<p>In a 1967 study, catheterization of blood vessels of the brain of obese patients, measuring the arteriovenous difference of metabolites, showed that 3HB and AcAc were responsible for more than half of the cerebral oxygen consumption after 5- to 6-week fasting (Owen OE et al, 1967). Nowadays, such invasive human studies are mostly prohibited for ethical reasons. Therefore, for recent findings on the cerebral metabolism of ketone bodies, studies are mainly performed in rodents and sporadic human studies are performed using position emission tomography (PET) and radiolabeled AcAc or 3HB as tracers. More often, studies are performed on food restriction than on a ketogenic diet.<\/p>\n<p>A PET study in five healthy men in which, after injection of<br \/>\nR-beta-[1-11C]hydroxybutyrate the time course of the tracer in the brain was studied, found a strong correlation between the utilization of 3HB in the brain and the plasma concentration of the ketone body (Blomqvist G et al., 1995). Transport of ketone bodies across the blood-brain barrier appears to be the rate-determining step (Blomqvist G et al., 2002). These findings fit with findings in experiments with mice (Pifferi F et al., 2011).<\/p>\n<p>While ketone bodies enter other tissues via diffusion across cell membranes, their transport across the blood-brain barrier is mediated by monocarboxylate transporters (MCTs), which also transport pyruvate, lactate, and \u03b1-keto acids (Bouteldja N et al., 2014). There are 2 subtypes of MCT in the brain. MCT-1 in blood-brain barrier endothelial cells and MCT-2 in neurons and glial cells. The kM value of MCT is similar to the kM value of GLUT-1, which catalyzes glucose uptake into the brain.<\/p>\n<p>The fact that ketone body concentration in the brain is higher with fasting than with acute ketone body infusion, despite comparable blood concentrations, indicates that although ketone bodies can always be taken up into the brain, the uptake capacity is inducible and reaches its full extent only after an adaptation period by prolonged fasting or long-term ketogenic diet (Bouteldja N et al., 2014). A distinctive feature of cerebral ketone body metabolism is that certain cells in the brain &#8211; astrocytes &#8211; may be capable of ketogenesis (Auestad N et al., 1991; Guzm\u00e1n M and Bl\u00e1zquez C, 2001).<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"templatera_shortcode\"><div class=\"vc_container vc_maxwidth \"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid vpt-3 vpb-3 bg--color--bg-primary vc_boxpadding\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12 vc_col-lg-10\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"vmb-1 wpb_content_element\" ><div class=\"heading heading--p \"><p class=\"heading h3  \" >Always stay up to date with our <span class=\"deco-underline\">Newsletter<\/span>.<\/p><\/div><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\nvar 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