Drugs like benzodiazepines potentiate your existing gaba which makes it perfect to treat anxiety and alcohol is an NMDA receptor antagonist, which is why it decreases anxiety. What if we just started gabamaxxing by not eating carbs at all?
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In ketosis, less glutamate is metabolized and more becomes available to the glutamate decarboxylase reaction for the purpose of GABA synthesis.
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Other studies showed that the ketogenic diet increased the level of the inhibitory neurotransmitter GABA and raised the expression of glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD), an enzyme participating in GABA synthesis
I'm actually going to try this for 3-4 weeks now, starting today, to see if the increased gaba will do anything for my generalized anxiety disorder. I will bump this thread weekly to tell if my anxiety gets better. If nothing changes I'll get back to munching chips and eating white rice
Ketosis and Brain Handling of Glutamate, Glutamine and GABA
We hypothesize that one mechanism of the anti-epileptic effect of the ketogenic diet is to alter brain handling of glutamate. According to this formulation, in ketotic brain astrocyte metabolism is more active, resulting in enhanced conversion of glutamate ...
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MRI spectroscopic and tractography studies indicate consequences of long-term ketogenic diet - Brain Structure and Function
To maintain its functional abilities, the mature brain obtains energy from glucose produced in carbohydrate metabolism. When carbohydrates are eliminated from the diet, the energy comes from the oxidation of fatty acids. In this metabolic state called ketosis, ketone bodies are formed...
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I'm actually going to try this for 3-4 weeks now, starting today, to see if the increased gaba will do anything for my generalized anxiety disorder. I will bump this thread weekly to tell if my anxiety gets better. If nothing changes I'll get back to munching chips and eating white rice
