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For the remainder of the brain’s energy requirement, your liver can make all the glucose needed through a process known as gluconeogenesis (literally “making new glucose”).<ref>[https://www.dietdoctor.com/low-carb/does-the-brain-need-carbs#:~:text=In%20short%3A%20Eating%20carbohydrates%20to,diet%20that's%20entirely%20carb%2Dfree. Food for thought: Does the brain need carbs?] by Franziska Spritzler, RD, CDE, medical review by Dr. Michael Tamber, MD</ref>}}

For the remainder of the brain’s energy requirement, your liver can make all the glucose needed through a process known as gluconeogenesis (literally “making new glucose”).<ref>[https://www.dietdoctor.com/low-carb/does-the-brain-need-carbs#:~:text=In%20short%3A%20Eating%20carbohydrates%20to,diet%20that's%20entirely%20carb%2Dfree. Food for thought: Does the brain need carbs?] by Franziska Spritzler, RD, CDE, medical review by Dr. Michael Tamber, MD</ref>}}

== Low carbohydrate diet and brain function ==

== Low carbohydrate diet and staving off and/or reversing the effect of aging on the brain function ==

Stony Brook University reported in 2020 concerning carbohydrates and brain function:

Stony Brook University reported in 2020 concerning carbohydrates and brain function:

{{Cquote|A diet low in carbohydrates could stave off, or even reverse, the effects of aging on the brain, Stony Brook-led research finds.

{{Cquote|A diet low in carbohydrates could stave off, or even reverse, the effects of aging on the brain, Stony Brook-led research finds.