Ketogenic diet helps mouse muscle stem cells survive stress

A study performed at Stanford University provide evidence that the ketogenic diet helps muscle stem cells survive stress (at least in mice). However, this also slows the injury repair.

"Muscle stem cells enter a deep resting state during fasting or when fed a high-fat ketogenic diet, a Stanford-led study finds. This promotes stem cell resilience but slows injury repair. "

Ketogenic diet helps mouse muscle stem cells survive stress

By Krista Conger

The research was supported by the National Institutes of Health (grants T32GM119995-1A1, PO1AG036695, R37AG023806 and RO1AR073248), the Buck Institute for Research on Aging and the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Researchers from UC Berkeley; the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System and the Mondor Institute for Biomedical Research in France are co-authors of the study.