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Thomas Weimbs, PhD @weimbs.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Congratulations to @melinamessing.bsky.social for receiving the 2025 Jared J. Grantham Research Fellowship Award to study "Immune Mechanisms Underlying Efficacy of Ketogenic Metabolic Therapy in Polycystic Kidney Disease" in my laboratory. Details here: www.kidneycure.org/pages/qa.asp...

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Thomas Weimbs, PhD @weimbs.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Remission of chronic kidney disease is possible with ketogenic metabolic therapy. Remission? Yes, remission! 2 year follow-up study in diabetic nephropathy just published. doi.org/10.3389/fnut...

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Thomas Weimbs, PhD @weimbs.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

If anyone happens to be in Bangkok on Thursday, you are welcome to join my seminar: "Disease-Modifying Therapy of Polycystic Kidney Disease with Nutrition and Lifestyle Interventions"

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Thomas Weimbs, PhD @weimbs.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Impressive outcomes with ketogenic therapy for an "untreatable" form of brain cancer www.frontiersin.org/journals/nut...

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Thomas Weimbs, PhD @weimbs.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Ketogenic therapy in chronic kidney disease, stage 3-4 ~54 weeks -> Reduced BMI, HbA1c -> Improved kidney function (creatinine, BUN) -> Deprescription of diabetic and BP medication -> No safety concerns journalofmetabolichealth.org/index.php/jm...

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Thomas Weimbs, PhD @weimbs.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

If anyone still believes in protein restriction for kidney disease, take a look at this article. www.scielo.br/j/jbn/a/MDWX... @kidneyboy.bsky.social @hswapnil.medsky.social

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Thomas Weimbs, PhD @weimbs.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Important study! A multimodal telemedicine intervention not only greatly improves the health of participants but also saves a self-insured company a lot of money www.frontiersin.org/journals/nut...

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Thomas Weimbs, PhD @weimbs.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Everything you were told about potassium and kidneys may be wrong. Take a look at this guest blog post by nephrologist Dr. Majd Isreb from the Integrative Kidney Institute commenting on a new study. santabarbaranutrients.com/blogs/kidney...

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Thomas Weimbs, PhD @weimbs.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Dapagliflozin is either great or terrible for polycystic kidney disease depending where you set the "baseline". Disregard the big drop in eGFR after 1 month, conclusion is: great Otherwise, conclusion is: terrible Help me decide please! -> paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Thomas Weimbs, PhD @weimbs.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Why are companies in the healthcare and pharmaceutical industry not Benefit Corporations? santabarbaranutrients.com/blogs/news/c...

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Thomas Weimbs, PhD @weimbs.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

Eggs now FDA approved. Story here --> thehill.com/homenews/505...

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Thomas Weimbs, PhD @weimbs.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Who would have thought? Getting rid of carbs improves things! New study just out. Link --> doi.org/10.1016/j.aj...

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Thomas Weimbs, PhD @weimbs.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

The first guideline published for treatment of glioblastoma with ketogenic metabolic therapy. bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

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Thomas Weimbs, PhD @weimbs.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Anyone still believes in myths about dangers of a ketogenic diet? Take a look at this study. Bottom lines: - Significant weight loss reducing body fat without affecting muscle or bone mass. - Without adverse metabolic changes - Quality of life improved Link to study --> doi.org/10.1016/j.is...

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Thomas Weimbs, PhD @weimbs.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

"Food" picture I took the other day at a CVS "Pharmacy". Really? This meets the definition of food? Way to go, CVS harmacy. You'll never run out of customers this way.

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Thomas Weimbs, PhD @weimbs.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Do we really need Carrageenan in anyone's food? Effect of Carrageenan on intestinal permeability and inflammation tested in recent study. Result: not good. doi.org/10.1186/s129...

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Thomas Weimbs, PhD @weimbs.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

take a look at Fig. 5 that shows the intra-familial variability of progression

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Thomas Weimbs, PhD @weimbs.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Is ADPKD really just driven by the gene mutation? We think not. We think that the gene mutation loads the gun and diet & lifestyle pulls the trigger. That means that nutrition & lifestyle interventions can be disease-modifying. Our recent paper here: labs.mcdb.ucsb.edu/weimbs/thoma...

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