I listened to an interesting interview with an otolaryngologist/surgeon yesterday. Apparently the inner ear is three times as fuel hungry as the same volume of brain tissue. Some otolaryngologists, though not a mainstream opinion, are noting associations between insulin resistance -- identified using a glucose tolerance that incorporates insulin levels -- and patients with inner ear disorders, like tinnitus, dizziness, migraines (which apparently some researchers out of Germany now think mostly have their origin in inner ear dysfunction with CNS aspects being downstream)....
Apparently some of these patients see improvement of their inner ear symptoms by making lifestyle changes to control the blood sugar/insulin profile. Sometimes they also have inner ear bone dysfunctions and add special treatments targeting bone remodeling imbalances. Some researchers in this field are also noting the role insulin plays in bone remodeling and beginning to think of bone as an endocrine organ.
The significance if shown to be supported in long term research (which I don't think has really begun yet) is, according to Dr. Brookler, that people with inner ear disorders may be the 'canaries in the coal mine' of insulin issues [it's getting crowed in the coal mine
]; that is, since the inner ear is the most demanding metabolic tissue, it may show the first signs of trouble with insulin.Here's a case report he published. His dietary management portion of treatment was rather conservative (i.e. it doesn't mention ketogenic dieting).
'Illustrative cases of unorthodox tinnitus management.'
http://www.noiseandhealth.org/article.a ... t=Brookler
Here's the interview in two parts:
June 6, 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-iO5du66-8 [I've so far only heard 1/2 of this one]
Aug 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-5gohctcJE
