Re: and Laurie: What is going on in the brain and nervous system when healing with ketosis

[Guest guest]

Thanks Joanne,

I saw this today, and not sure we have seen it before.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK98219/

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> and Laurie

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> Doctors do not know why the ketogenic diet works so well and for so many

illnesses too, and it is because they do not know how it works that they are

struggling to create treatments that mimic it. They have made a few attempts and

there are currently several meds on the market that claim to do what the diet

does but from what I am witnessing with all this is they are in the main a waste

of money and simply doing the diet correctly yields far more healing than

anything else I have looked at

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> As you know, me, and several other folk here, and some on bees board are

finding that ketosis, in addition to the foods on Bees Optimal style diet are

working for our fibro and other conditions. We of course do not fully know why

since no doctors as of yet have really studied this in relation to fibro. But

what we do know from looking at other studies relationg to fibro, folk with

fibro need GABA, Glutathione, more stable neuron activity and stable blood

sugars. This article here show some evidence that this is at least in part how

ketosis is working,

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> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2692867/

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> I will have a think, to see if I can remember anything else that might be of

use to you

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> Love joanne

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[Guest guest]

Thanks Joanne, This article is fascinating. This is all starting to come into

focus, thanks to you!

I feel my best when I don't eat. If I eat when totally re-set (which is how my

body feels) I can have a little broth or a little soup - more than that no.

Also, interesting that I was given many anti-epileptic drugs for pain in the

beginning that either didn't work or made me feel awful, so I stopped - but the

overlapping of is interesting.

I am now ready for supplements, so I am looking at what you say and what Bee is

recommending - I need to start slowly, so I'm starting to write a list of what

is most crucial first to introduce. Any thoughts?

First order of business though: Since I'm tapering off a pain pharma, I need

some extra help with pain when I'm off this - and Washburn in her wonder

#2 GAPS talk mentioned di-magnesium malate - the reviews on amazon for this are

amazing btw, particularly for those with various pain syndromes - I found a

cleaner source that is in powder form (no binders) from a place online

Prescribed for Life. (I have been taking CALM but it is not really working

anymore and I'm hearing not very good things about it now). Magnesium is

definitely the superstar of supplements as Washburn calls it - we're so

deficient in it.

Laurie

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> > and Laurie

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> > Doctors do not know why the ketogenic diet works so well and for so many

illnesses too, and it is because they do not know how it works that they are

struggling to create treatments that mimic it. They have made a few attempts and

there are currently several meds on the market that claim to do what the diet

does but from what I am witnessing with all this is they are in the main a waste

of money and simply doing the diet correctly yields far more healing than

anything else I have looked at

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> > As you know, me, and several other folk here, and some on bees board are

finding that ketosis, in addition to the foods on Bees Optimal style diet are

working for our fibro and other conditions. We of course do not fully know why

since no doctors as of yet have really studied this in relation to fibro. But

what we do know from looking at other studies relationg to fibro, folk with

fibro need GABA, Glutathione, more stable neuron activity and stable blood

sugars. This article here show some evidence that this is at least in part how

ketosis is working,

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> > http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2692867/

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> > I will have a think, to see if I can remember anything else that might be of

use to you

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> > Love joanne

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[Guest guest]

Joanne,

This is very encouraging!!!! The video was also inspiring. This little boy was

so very sick... It's also heartening to see this info on mainstream media!

The read on your pain numbers is also really wonderful to hear - was this fibro

pain then? I feel so much better today hearing this. I can't thank you enough!

My intuition has alway been that these drugs are making me worse and that when I

am finally off of these drugs my healing will accelerate. Unfortunately I can't

stop cold turkey, so I'm tapering slowly...

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> I usually tell folk to do just what they think is best regarding meds. I

stayed on mine whilst I go the foods in place and the supplements and then

slowly weaned down. To my utter amazement when i got off all my meds that is

when the rapid healing occured.

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> It seems the meds helped early on but as the diet got working the meds were

actually stopping me healing. This couple here have found the same affect with

their child

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> With me, before the diet my pain was always between 8 to 10 out of 10. When I

was on the diet and meds, my pain was around 4 to 7 out of 10, but now I am off

all meds my pain is 1 to 3 out of 10, and most often 1, it will only go to 3 out

of 10 if I am very stressed or I have been blasted with toxicity, usually

electromagnetims

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