Re: Ketogenic Diet - Path To Transformation?
Hi Piotr,
Very sorry to hear from Joanna's problem.
KD has been shown to improve epilepsy in almost all patients. However it takes some time for the body to adapt, I would say at least a month or so - and Joanna will not feel well during the transition phase. My advice would be to lower carbs as quickly as possible. We don't generally recommend to do this fast, however in Joana's case time is more of the essence. And also make sure she doesn't consume any of the EVIL 4: gluten, dairy, corn, soy.
Another thing that I would try if I was in Joanna's situation is high dose liposomal vitamin C. You can google "liposomal vitamin C" on the net to see how it is manufactured (it's relatively easy) - there is also a thread here that discusses pros and cons and how to do it.
Let me explain why I think so: Tumor cells are different than normal cells in as much as they can only use glucose for energy. They lack the biochemistry to live on ketone bodies. Hence a KD will probably slow down tumor progression. The body will always produce some glucose but it will slow down the process.
On top of that vitamin C uses the same transport mechanism into cells as glucose does. So if you feed your body high amounts of vitamin C, the tumor cells will ingest it in large amounts. Again here the difference between them and normal cells is that they cannot metabolise vitamin C and build up toxic levels inside their cells and die - it's like some kind of natural chemotherapy.
The problem is to get high enough levels of vitamin C into your body. There are two ways: intravenous or liposomal. Intravenous requires a doctor to apply, which might be difficult to find. Liposomal is nearly as efficient and can be done at home (you need an ultrasonic cleaner for that which can be bought for around 100 euro or less on the net). Just to ingest normal oral vitamin C doesn't work because you will develop diarrhoea long before you have sufficiently high levels in your blood as there is a natural limit as to how much vitamin C can be absorbed by the gut.
If i was Joanna, I personally would manufacture liposomal vitamin C and ingest a few grams every 2 hours for as long as it takes. I would try to get at least 50 grams of vitamin C into my body per day, possibly more.
Another avenue (especially if you go down the route of ingesting high levels of vitamin C) is to check your iron stores. Have a doctor measure her iron panel, she might be high in iron too and might benefit from some blood letting.
The other thing is to ingest high doses of selenium - I would take 150 - 200 mcg per day for the next few months. It's a dose that you shouldn't take forever, but in this situation I would do it for a while. Also magnesium would be advisable in as high a dose as possible, maybe even transdermal (spraying magnesium chloride - so called magnesium oil - onto skin a few times per day) and i would also try to up my vitamin D levels (in conjunction with vitamin K levels).
Anyway, just my thoughts, interested to hear what others think.
Hi Piotr,
Very sorry to hear from Joanna's problem.
KD has been shown to improve epilepsy in almost all patients. However it takes some time for the body to adapt, I would say at least a month or so - and Joanna will not feel well during the transition phase. My advice would be to lower carbs as quickly as possible. We don't generally recommend to do this fast, however in Joana's case time is more of the essence. And also make sure she doesn't consume any of the EVIL 4: gluten, dairy, corn, soy.
Another thing that I would try if I was in Joanna's situation is high dose liposomal vitamin C. You can google "liposomal vitamin C" on the net to see how it is manufactured (it's relatively easy) - there is also a thread here that discusses pros and cons and how to do it.
Let me explain why I think so: Tumor cells are different than normal cells in as much as they can only use glucose for energy. They lack the biochemistry to live on ketone bodies. Hence a KD will probably slow down tumor progression. The body will always produce some glucose but it will slow down the process.
On top of that vitamin C uses the same transport mechanism into cells as glucose does. So if you feed your body high amounts of vitamin C, the tumor cells will ingest it in large amounts. Again here the difference between them and normal cells is that they cannot metabolise vitamin C and build up toxic levels inside their cells and die - it's like some kind of natural chemotherapy.
The problem is to get high enough levels of vitamin C into your body. There are two ways: intravenous or liposomal. Intravenous requires a doctor to apply, which might be difficult to find. Liposomal is nearly as efficient and can be done at home (you need an ultrasonic cleaner for that which can be bought for around 100 euro or less on the net). Just to ingest normal oral vitamin C doesn't work because you will develop diarrhoea long before you have sufficiently high levels in your blood as there is a natural limit as to how much vitamin C can be absorbed by the gut.
If i was Joanna, I personally would manufacture liposomal vitamin C and ingest a few grams every 2 hours for as long as it takes. I would try to get at least 50 grams of vitamin C into my body per day, possibly more.
Another avenue (especially if you go down the route of ingesting high levels of vitamin C) is to check your iron stores. Have a doctor measure her iron panel, she might be high in iron too and might benefit from some blood letting.
The other thing is to ingest high doses of selenium - I would take 150 - 200 mcg per day for the next few months. It's a dose that you shouldn't take forever, but in this situation I would do it for a while. Also magnesium would be advisable in as high a dose as possible, maybe even transdermal (spraying magnesium chloride - so called magnesium oil - onto skin a few times per day) and i would also try to up my vitamin D levels (in conjunction with vitamin K levels).
Anyway, just my thoughts, interested to hear what others think.
). I'm paraphrasing my sister as she read it out to me, she knows my diet requirements and uses butter herself all of the time. Apparently a heart surgeon of 40 years is convinced saturated fat is good for you and not the low fat foods.
