Posted by Hello321 on March 5, 2016, at 20:27:35
In reply to Re: Oops! » Hello321, posted by J Kelly on March 5, 2016, at 19:40:49
> 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'd hope so, especially if his epilepsy ever gets out of control. I've been reading up on the ketogenic diet and watching many YouTube videos posted by folks who do the diet as a means to mainly be healthier. It's believed the keto diet aligns more closely than a normal diet to the normal diet humans adapted to thousands of years ago. Babies feeding off breast milk are said to be in a mild form of ketosis since breast milk is about 56% fat. Personally, I'm not completely sold on the keto diet (even tho I'm doing it) but I do feel grains and "added sugar" has no place in anyone's diet. I don't understand the whole basis of it, but it is known that Cancer cells actually feed off sugar.
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I've tried Prednisone, the 5ht2c agonist Belviq that's used for weight loss, Clomid that's used to benefit certain hormones, and I'm considering Methyldopa, a med that inhibits the formation of dopamine in the brain. And yes I know it sounds like I'm experimenting with meds because I suppose that's exactly what I'm doing. It's a long story, but I have a history of paradoxical severe reactions to typical psych meds. So I see any time one tries them as also being a risky experiment.> >
> > 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.
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> Worth noting. I take this as I tested very low in vitamin D.
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>They say most people are rather low in vitamin d. And actually, if I recall correctly, vitamin d is believed to function more like a natural steroid in the body than a vitamin. But if enough sunlight isn't available, I would look at Light Therapy.
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> 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 :)
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:D yeah it's been a bit difficult when I have to say no to many of the foods I used to eat. I'd love to have some pizza and ice cream right now! But I've looked up some keto diet recipes that have helped me power through my carb and sweet cravings. I've made cookies with milled flax seed and stevia instead of flour and sugar. I just got done eating a "fat bomb" made with unsweetened coconut shavings, heavy cream, cream cheese, walnuts, coconut oil, unsweetened cocoa and last but not least... Stevia. Mix it all up and microwave it to get it warm and it tastes amazing! I now drink unsweetened vanilla almond milk instead of regular milk because milk actually has a lot of sugar in it.
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