Posted by J Kelly on March 5, 2016, at 19:40:49
In reply to Re: Oops!, posted by Hello321 on March 5, 2016, at 19:14:13
> I could be mistaken, but I believe the epilepsy diet is the same thing as the ketogenic diet, where you're basically changing your body and brains energy source from glucose to ketones by consuming very little carbs and having your diet consist mainly of healthy fats.I bought a book about this diet for my son years ago. He has epilepsy. Depakote works well for him but I worry. If a diet for epilepsy is also healthy I could maybe persuade him to follow it. He works out most days and is dedicated to watching his diet so maybe he'd try it.
>I just hate that there's so much debate on which date are good and which are bad. The only fat fully agreed on as being harmful seems to be trans fats. I just know I need to try something different than what I've been doing, since I've not really gotten anywhere with a typical lean meat, high fruit and vegetable diet. And I have hit a roadblock with normal psychiatric meds, and have been looking at meds that might sound a bit far fetched when it comes to mental health treatment.
May I ask which meds?
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> When it comes to supplements, I'm much more interested in getting vitamins/minerals through foods. Some supplements derived from certain things like spices seem great though. Curcumin is very interesting. I did try a vitamin D3 supplement some months back and, it may have just been a coincidence, but I'd feel kinda crappy on days I took it.Worth noting. I take this as I tested very low in vitamin D.
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> Back to my experience with the ketogenic/epilepsy diet, I've really been dedicated to it about a week now, and I've read it can take anywhere from a week to a month for the body to become "keto adapted". How long did you do it for? Did you use ketostix and a glucose meter to insure you went into ketosis? Any side effects? U've been feeling a bit more bleh mentally the last week, but that's supposed to be part of the carbohydrate withdrawal as your body adapts to running off ketones instead. I plan to give this diet at least 2 months to see if I benefitI did it for a month or more. Its been a while. I remember struggling with the recommended month long trial. I lost a significant amount of weight. I also had NO energy and had to stop the diet. I did use the keto sticks. They indicated I was in full ketosis. I def felt "bleh" but I may have quit too soon. If you can make it to 2 months I salute you :)
I might dc the vitamin D and see if I notice a difference.
Thanks for your insights.
Jade
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