Epilepsy and The Ketogenic Diet

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let’s talk about epilepsy in the ketogenic diet in  1923 dr russell wilder or it could be wilder i’m not sure was working in the mayo clinic and  he observed or read about people in history not having seizures when they fasted so he was  curious about that he wanted to find a way that he could mimic fasting because eventually a person  is going to have to eat and when they start eating the seizures could come back so what he found  is when you put someone on a low carb diet you can actually reduce their seizures by 50  percent okay which is pretty significant and 15 of that group completely got rid of their seizures  100 percent so that began the classic keto diet for epilepsy and it’s definitely evolved  into various ratios of fat to protein and carb so you could do a four to one ratio where you  have four times as much fat to protein and carb or three to one or two to one or even one to one  now the more ratio of fat to protein and carb the more you’re going to get into ketosis  and the less ratio the less you’re going to get into ketosis and so one of the reasons why  they have different ratios is because as you lessen the fat increasing protein and carb  it makes it easier for the patient there’s better compliance and they also use the modified  atkins diet which you’re not calorie counting you’re not being that strict when you go to  a restaurant and it allows for more protein you’re not measuring anything it just makes it  a little bit easier now they’re not actually sure why the ketogenic diet works for seizures but  there is some theories one is that it improves the stability of your synapses between your neurons  number two ketones have anti-convulsant effects number three it decreases brain inflammation  it could be a combination of all three of these things i do know that the brain prefers ketones  over glucose because it runs more efficiently now some of the problems that a patient could  experience going on this diet is that they can develop a lot of constipation issues some pretty  severe keto fatigue bad breath higher cholesterol kidney stones which is actually not that common  but it potentially can occur now my opinion on why those side effects occur is that the classic  keto doesn’t necessarily focus on the quality of ingredients okay and so they’re mainly focused  on the macros they have a powdered drink that is literally you know soy oil maltodextrin casein to  me that is definitely not healthy and if someone were to consume that it might taste okay but to  put that in your body you might notice quite a few side effects and they generally recommend  like synthetic vitamins and things like that what i would recommend if someone has epilepsy  and they’re going to do keto and they want to do the classic keto diet or any of these right here i  would highly recommend tweaking the ingredients to make them healthier i would definitely shoot for  like organic grass-fed wild caught pasture-raised eggs things like that but there’s some other  things that i would recommend too i would highly recommend that they add intermittent fasting  because currently they don’t and so instead of three meals a day i would do minimally two meals  a day now if there’s a small child that could be a problem and you might have to have larger  meals but the fact that you’re adding fasting with this ketogenic plan but i think that’s going  to take your results to a whole new level i would also avoid vegetable oils because if you look  at the classic ketogenic diet they’re allowing soy oil corn oil which is inflammatory so it’s  going to create digestive issues eventually and it could majorly inhibit your results the other thing  i would recommend is i would majorly increase the amount of greens like green salads now the thing  that you have to realize that the carbs from salad are very very small the calories from salad  are almost insignificant there’s so much fiber and there’s so little sugar that that would  be perfect on the classic ketogenic plan and even probably work within this four to one ratio right  here and of course i would definitely recommend the olive oil being the best oil even in larger  amounts versus any other oil that you would get on salad dressing that’s pretty low level now  the salad and the vegetables are going to offset the acidity from the ketones because if you’re  doing four to one you’re eating fat you’re going to majorly induce a state of ketosis and so the  lower the carbs the lower the protein the higher the fat the more the ketones but you’re going  to also get a lot of acidity so you’re going to need to offset that with vegetables and salad so i  would recommend doing a good portion that will not throw you out of ketosis and i think it would  would really solve a lot of the complications especially even the mineral problem that people  have because when you actually start ketosis you lose a lot of water and you lose electrolytes  so you’d want to add in electrolytes for sure potassium citrate which will counter any potential  risk for kidney stones and then the electrolytes would give you the magnesium and so would the  salad as well and don’t forget sea salt one to one and a half teaspoons a day now if you’re  doing this diet for a small child maybe you do less than one teaspoon but the sea salt is  important a good high quality sea salt himalayan sea salt is good or some other red salts that  will help because what’s going to happen is as you induce ketosis you’re going to lose a lot of fluid  and with that comes a loss of sodium and that can actually even make the person feel fatigued  right off the bat so this is a real simple alternative to solve that problem number four  if you’re doing a lot of fats especially this ratio right here i would recommend adding in  purified bile salts to handle some of that fat it’s going to help you digest it you’re going  to lessen the side effect of nausea and bloating and even high cholesterol because bile which is  produced by the liver stored in the gallbladder helps to regulate cholesterol it helps to break  down fats so if you’re doing that much fat it might really help to do this right here number  four instead of synthetic vitamins do a whole food brand vitamin something that’s higher quality  not the synthetic ones i already mentioned the electrolytes as well as the sea salt now for those  of you that have epilepsy or you have a child that has epilepsy and you want a healthier version  of the classic keto i put a link down below so you can download some examples of some good  meals that you can use to help get you in ketosis but to do it in a healthy way hey before you  go real quick i have a course entitled how to bulletproof your immune system it’s a free course  i want you to take it and here’s why here’s you here is your environment everyone is focused on  this over here avoiding your environment but what about here what about strengthening your immune  system that’s what’s missing this 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