Ketogenic diet?

[zawy]

Is anyone following a ketogenic diet?

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/294...

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/292...

[MBAnderson]

I am. But, as with so many other things I do, there's no concrete way to know what the benefit is. I do things if I believe they are beneficial even if I cannot prove a connection. Same with supplements. My weight has gone from 210 to 165 (I'm 6'2") which I believe is good and provides more energy. It all adds up.

[Oceanwind]

Thanks for posting this - interesting...

[Celtis]

I was diagnosed with Lupus in 2010 and shortly after with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. I was in a lot of pain and discomfort. In 2013 I began a version of the ketogenic diet. Within 3 months the psoriasis faded away and over time, maybe 3 years, the pain receded more and more. Now, 5 years later, I sleep at night without any significant pain (that used to be the worst, I would feel I was being hounded all night with pain that seemed to roam from one part to another of my body) and my latest Lupus blood test (ANF) was negative for the first time. BUT I have Parkinsons, which I believe is meant to respond to a ketogenic diet, so maybe it is not the cure all that I thought. I do get more pain when I break the diet however. So maybe my PD would be worse without it. I was diagnosed 18months ago and it hasn't got significantly worse in that time. I'll be interested to see what other people have experienced.

[zawy in reply to Celtis]

I've studied Parkinson's disease a lot in regards to nutrition. I have reasons to believe the ketogenic diet may help a lot and no reason to believe it would hurt

[AmyLindy in reply to zawy]

Me too- it’s nearly impossible to live on it ; however, w a social family

[jeanette2372]

My husband has been on mildly ketogenic diet for just over 2 years. He believes it helps. If you want details just click on my picture, and can read the information on my profile.

[Celtis in reply to jeanette2372]

I have read the diet you describe and it is indeed a lot milder than the one we follow. We keep carbs down under 40,seldom eat fruit ( fruit is high in sugar, both fructose and sucrose), don't eat oats or beans and we do a 16 hour fast on most days. That means not eating from after dinner until lunch the next day. The fast is a way of making sure to have the brain running on ketones. And of course we use coconut oil and butter, no margarine or bad oils. So basically we eat meat, fish, eggs and cheese, cook with olive oil and butter, and eat no sugar or wheat flour or rice so no gluten.

I have lost 30 kgs since I began and my inflammatory markers are normal. You can imagine what that means for arthritis and for pain reduction. What it means for PD though I can't say.

The strange thing is that it is easy to follow. I have been heavily overweight all my life, I guess I was addicted to carbs, and these days I don't feel the old obsessive cravings that governed my life and kept me obese.

[AmyLindy in reply to Celtis]

Easy to follow? Great attitude!