Thomas Weimbs, PhD
@weimbs.bsky.social
Professor at the University of California Santa Barbara focusing on polycystic kidney disease, metabolic health and other things.
https://labs.mcdb.ucsb.edu/weimbs/thomas/
https://labs.mcdb.ucsb.edu/weimbs/thomas/
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...
Details here:
www.kidneycure.org/pages/qa.asp...
July 1, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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...
Details here:
www.kidneycure.org/pages/qa.asp...
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...
Remission? Yes, remission!
2 year follow-up study in diabetic nephropathy just published.
doi.org/10.3389/fnut...
June 6, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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...
Remission? Yes, remission!
2 year follow-up study in diabetic nephropathy just published.
doi.org/10.3389/fnut...
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"
April 22, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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"
Impressive outcomes with ketogenic therapy for an "untreatable" form of brain cancer
www.frontiersin.org/journals/nut...
www.frontiersin.org/journals/nut...
March 6, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Impressive outcomes with ketogenic therapy for an "untreatable" form of brain cancer
www.frontiersin.org/journals/nut...
www.frontiersin.org/journals/nut...
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...
~54 weeks
-> Reduced BMI, HbA1c
-> Improved kidney function (creatinine, BUN)
-> Deprescription of diabetic and BP medication
-> No safety concerns
journalofmetabolichealth.org/index.php/jm...
March 3, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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...
~54 weeks
-> Reduced BMI, HbA1c
-> Improved kidney function (creatinine, BUN)
-> Deprescription of diabetic and BP medication
-> No safety concerns
journalofmetabolichealth.org/index.php/jm...
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
www.scielo.br/j/jbn/a/MDWX...
@kidneyboy.bsky.social @hswapnil.medsky.social
February 15, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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
www.scielo.br/j/jbn/a/MDWX...
@kidneyboy.bsky.social @hswapnil.medsky.social
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...
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...
February 14, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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...
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...
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...
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...
January 22, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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...
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...
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...
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...
January 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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...
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...
Why are companies in the healthcare and pharmaceutical industry not Benefit Corporations?
santabarbaranutrients.com/blogs/news/c...
santabarbaranutrients.com/blogs/news/c...
January 20, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Why are companies in the healthcare and pharmaceutical industry not Benefit Corporations?
santabarbaranutrients.com/blogs/news/c...
santabarbaranutrients.com/blogs/news/c...
December 27, 2024 at 5:09 AM
Who would have thought? Getting rid of carbs improves things!
New study just out. Link --> doi.org/10.1016/j.aj...
New study just out. Link --> doi.org/10.1016/j.aj...
December 13, 2024 at 3:38 PM
Who would have thought? Getting rid of carbs improves things!
New study just out. Link --> doi.org/10.1016/j.aj...
New study just out. Link --> doi.org/10.1016/j.aj...
The first guideline published for treatment of glioblastoma with ketogenic metabolic therapy.
bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
December 8, 2024 at 4:50 PM
The first guideline published for treatment of glioblastoma with ketogenic metabolic therapy.
bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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...
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...
December 6, 2024 at 2:46 PM
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...
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...
"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.
Way to go, CVS harmacy. You'll never run out of customers this way.
December 5, 2024 at 5:55 AM
"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.
Way to go, CVS harmacy. You'll never run out of customers this way.
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...
Effect of Carrageenan on intestinal permeability and inflammation tested in recent study.
Result: not good.
doi.org/10.1186/s129...
November 29, 2024 at 1:30 PM
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...
Effect of Carrageenan on intestinal permeability and inflammation tested in recent study.
Result: not good.
doi.org/10.1186/s129...
take a look at Fig. 5 that shows the intra-familial variability of progression
November 22, 2024 at 8:37 PM
take a look at Fig. 5 that shows the intra-familial variability of progression
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...
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...
November 22, 2024 at 4:23 AM
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...
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...