MCTs Explained
(Medium Chain Triglycerides or fatty acids) What are MCTs and why do they matter? You may have read that they are healthy and a big part of coconut oil. Let’s deal with what MCTs really are, first. At one time, …
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The Ketogenic Diet & Multiple Sclerosis & DHA
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a neurological disease caused by demyelination or breakdown of the myelin coating around the nerve cells. Common symptoms of MS are sensory symptoms in the extremities or face, unilateral visual loss, acute or subacute motor weakness …
Andrew Scarborough Brain Cancer Ketogenic Diet
Back in 2013 THE late morning train was packed. Andrew Scarborough had been feeling odd recently – headaches would come and go, leaving him slurring his words. He blamed the stress of his master’s degree. The flu, perhaps. Pain unfurled …
Australian Aborigines and the introduction of White Man Food
Nutrition and Physical Degeneration by Dr. Weston Price. He compared many indigenous tribes in the 1920’s who were living off the land, with their ethic counterparts living locally, eating the European diet, high in flour and sugar. He took pictures …
In Ketosis vs. Keto-adapted
As you start to restrict sugars your liver will start to produce ketones but most of them are voided in the urine. At this point many parts of the body, such as the brain and deep dense tissues like cartilage and …