Thanks! The keto / low carb diet is recommended by many, especially Dr. Thomas Seyfried PhD (Boston College) for the treatment of all cancers. Dr. Seyfried has shown that cancer can use glucose and / or glutamineI for fuel, but not ketones. Restricting carbs decreases the fuel necessary for cancer growth. I am especially happy to see that carbs can be slightly increased with increased activity. My cancer patient friend struggles some days with this diet. The low feeling from a cancer diagnosis can contribute to food cravings. I suggested that if he overdid the carbs a bit in a meal, to take a walk, on the treadmill if necessary, and walk off the carbs so the cancer cannot use the glucose created from carbs as fuel. It is helpful to know that 1gram of carb produces 4 calories so if a person eats 20g carbs in a meal, then multiply by 4 and go walk off 80 calories - not too hard if a person is reasonably fit. (An under the desk pedaler if one has a desk job can be helpful - the under desk elliptical works better for some)). Since glucose is more quickly absorbed after eating then fatty acids or proteins, do the light exercise shortly after eating to work the carbs (now glucose) off before the cancer can use it. Unfortunately, restricting the glutamine fuel for cancer is still a work in progress - still research needed to safely bloc this pathway. Dr, Seyfried is studying an older drug once used in pediatric cancer called DOM - I'd have to check the video for the exact formula, and this appears to have some glutamine blocking activity. Many cancer patients have greatly reduced their cancer and increased their lifespan with a keto diet - some have cleared it completely (even metastatic disease) and remain on the diet to help prevent recurrence. I'm trying to lower my carbs too - don't want to go through what my friend is going through:(
Thanks JP you inspired me to go back Low carb. Is your Kofi link gone? I offerred you a painting before and it still stands, though at the time I didnt realise your privacy needs.
2 years ago I did a no carb 2 week experiment: I had 2 bleeding warts on my right hand for about 9 months(from jiu jitsu probably) It took a full 10 days to notice anything but after 2 weeks no carbs(no potatoes/rice/pasta/bread) the warts disappeared. Also Ive had dry skin on one knuckle of my right hand for about 20 years that cracks and bleeds in winter and it too healed up pretty much! I replaced the carbs with healthy fats like avocado and salmon etc so maybe the fats helped too. I even cheated twice if I recall and had a massive bag of fries after 7 days. Ive been internittent fasting 16/8 since 2013, not super strict though, stop eating at 8pm but could booze till 12 but still its calorie restriction at least.
I never set out to do KD, just use my glucometer to help control T2D with diet. Turns out the sweet spot for keeping glucose low and being a functional person is... under 20g carbs/day. Effectively, keto.
Unfortunately, I find that when I stick to this for months at a stretch, and am doing well... over time my *fasting* blood glucose numbers creep up. 90s. 100s. 110s. Nothing dangerous, but just not where you want your fasting numbers to be. Poking around for info, I find this is not all that uncommon. It still beats the heck out of having postprandial spikes up to 180+ (yay organ damage!), but I don't think it's entirely healthy either.
I did keto for 2 years and 3 months. I was sort of grouchy and pissed all the time, is what I found. Now I eat a little og corn and wheat, and I am in a much better mood. Lately I have been calling up local meat producers and ALL of them vaccinate their animals (that I have found so far). It's very hard to find unvaxxed meat, the folks who don't use vaxxes are hesitant to say it. I also wont pay to have meat shipped from far away, that's just crazy and expensive. For now I am sticking to wild game, duck, pheasant, deer etc.
Been relatively LCHF for maybe 9 months now, and recently experimented with a strict KD for 4 - 6 weeks to try bring down some ALT / AST readings and NAFLD that was found inadvertently. Worked well, however pretty confident that it unfortunately smashed my total & free T to below the 'minimum' range from a range that was pretty OK only 6 months prior.
Have been back into a 'LCHF' diet 20 / 50 / 30 (carbs / fat / protein) along with adding a few pieces of fruit per day for the last 8 weeks now, so will head back and get bloods done to see how levels are looking.
The change to my cognitive function since being strict KD (very good), to where I am now is pretty disgusting TBH, its almost so bad if I do confirm my T levels back to normal (nothing else underlying) I'll probably return to the KD diet, at least cycle back and forwards every few months.......
I do have your brain stack ready to go too, just will see how things pan out!
For reference - 37y.o male, fit, healthy and training / racing twice a year in triathlons! (Oly distance next stop!)
Thanks! The keto / low carb diet is recommended by many, especially Dr. Thomas Seyfried PhD (Boston College) for the treatment of all cancers. Dr. Seyfried has shown that cancer can use glucose and / or glutamineI for fuel, but not ketones. Restricting carbs decreases the fuel necessary for cancer growth. I am especially happy to see that carbs can be slightly increased with increased activity. My cancer patient friend struggles some days with this diet. The low feeling from a cancer diagnosis can contribute to food cravings. I suggested that if he overdid the carbs a bit in a meal, to take a walk, on the treadmill if necessary, and walk off the carbs so the cancer cannot use the glucose created from carbs as fuel. It is helpful to know that 1gram of carb produces 4 calories so if a person eats 20g carbs in a meal, then multiply by 4 and go walk off 80 calories - not too hard if a person is reasonably fit. (An under the desk pedaler if one has a desk job can be helpful - the under desk elliptical works better for some)). Since glucose is more quickly absorbed after eating then fatty acids or proteins, do the light exercise shortly after eating to work the carbs (now glucose) off before the cancer can use it. Unfortunately, restricting the glutamine fuel for cancer is still a work in progress - still research needed to safely bloc this pathway. Dr, Seyfried is studying an older drug once used in pediatric cancer called DOM - I'd have to check the video for the exact formula, and this appears to have some glutamine blocking activity. Many cancer patients have greatly reduced their cancer and increased their lifespan with a keto diet - some have cleared it completely (even metastatic disease) and remain on the diet to help prevent recurrence. I'm trying to lower my carbs too - don't want to go through what my friend is going through:(
Thanks JP you inspired me to go back Low carb. Is your Kofi link gone? I offerred you a painting before and it still stands, though at the time I didnt realise your privacy needs.
2 years ago I did a no carb 2 week experiment: I had 2 bleeding warts on my right hand for about 9 months(from jiu jitsu probably) It took a full 10 days to notice anything but after 2 weeks no carbs(no potatoes/rice/pasta/bread) the warts disappeared. Also Ive had dry skin on one knuckle of my right hand for about 20 years that cracks and bleeds in winter and it too healed up pretty much! I replaced the carbs with healthy fats like avocado and salmon etc so maybe the fats helped too. I even cheated twice if I recall and had a massive bag of fries after 7 days. Ive been internittent fasting 16/8 since 2013, not super strict though, stop eating at 8pm but could booze till 12 but still its calorie restriction at least.
Yay! Thanks for the Mother’s Day wishes! 💗
Steak and eggs you can't go wrong.
I never set out to do KD, just use my glucometer to help control T2D with diet. Turns out the sweet spot for keeping glucose low and being a functional person is... under 20g carbs/day. Effectively, keto.
Unfortunately, I find that when I stick to this for months at a stretch, and am doing well... over time my *fasting* blood glucose numbers creep up. 90s. 100s. 110s. Nothing dangerous, but just not where you want your fasting numbers to be. Poking around for info, I find this is not all that uncommon. It still beats the heck out of having postprandial spikes up to 180+ (yay organ damage!), but I don't think it's entirely healthy either.
Is there a simple solution for this?
I did keto for 2 years and 3 months. I was sort of grouchy and pissed all the time, is what I found. Now I eat a little og corn and wheat, and I am in a much better mood. Lately I have been calling up local meat producers and ALL of them vaccinate their animals (that I have found so far). It's very hard to find unvaxxed meat, the folks who don't use vaxxes are hesitant to say it. I also wont pay to have meat shipped from far away, that's just crazy and expensive. For now I am sticking to wild game, duck, pheasant, deer etc.
Been relatively LCHF for maybe 9 months now, and recently experimented with a strict KD for 4 - 6 weeks to try bring down some ALT / AST readings and NAFLD that was found inadvertently. Worked well, however pretty confident that it unfortunately smashed my total & free T to below the 'minimum' range from a range that was pretty OK only 6 months prior.
Have been back into a 'LCHF' diet 20 / 50 / 30 (carbs / fat / protein) along with adding a few pieces of fruit per day for the last 8 weeks now, so will head back and get bloods done to see how levels are looking.
The change to my cognitive function since being strict KD (very good), to where I am now is pretty disgusting TBH, its almost so bad if I do confirm my T levels back to normal (nothing else underlying) I'll probably return to the KD diet, at least cycle back and forwards every few months.......
I do have your brain stack ready to go too, just will see how things pan out!
For reference - 37y.o male, fit, healthy and training / racing twice a year in triathlons! (Oly distance next stop!)
Appreciate your posts.
A low carb diet could be good for folate levels (which could be depleted because of Covid?): https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6706084/
By the way, I think the diuretic effect is a feature and not a bug.
The book Brain Energy is fascinating.
This is off topic here but wondering if you or any of your readers are familiar with subtype cells
called T follicular helper cell 13, or Tfh13 cells
???
I’m interested in this because my son when exposed to vaxxed people has severe allergic reactions. Anaphylaxis.
https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/scientists-discover-immune-cell-subtype-mice-drives-allergic-reactions