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Memory enhancement. It is unfortunate that the brain is so resilient and stubborn to change in its environment whilst at the same time it being its greatest attribute. This is because when we make a change that may help with improving memory it may not show, because the brain is protected by its own immune system and blood brain barrier. However, this is not the only reason why the brain can resist change. The keto diet seems to fix everything else in the body first and then moves onto the brain.To be continued.. We were sold the idea that carbs were safe, and that fat was bad. This has been the mantra for more than 50 years. But it may of been wrong, according to There are lots of books out now saying this too for example the One study I came across recently said a doctor got a bunch of dead young GI's back from the Korean war 1950 to 1953, and was allowed to perform autopsies, but to the docs surprise, the doc discovered that of these GI's in their late teens and early twenties a already had the beginnings of heart disease. (furring up of the arteries). This was not due to their lack of exercise or them being old or their poor diet or them being overweight, but the doc concluded that this heart disease must have been something else. The doc was right about that. It has taken many years to figure this out, but if the GI's had been raised on a high fat diet like the keto diet, like many others have since the 1920's due their personal tragedy of having epileptic fits, then like them you would have clear arteries. Incidentally those keto dieters also had crystal clear amyloid plaque free brains. Now this was a bit of a shock because as some people already know epilectic fit leave behind terrible damage to the brain, a little bit like and concussion. So their brains should show lot's of damage. For our purposes all we need to know is that they were carb free and did not have heart disease! The three culprits that fur up arteries are wheat, rice and potato. One cup of any of these starches is the equivalent of about 17 cups of vegetables. Eg spring greens, broccoli, celery, pak choi, spinach, beans, cauliflower, onion, all mushrooms, tinned tomatoes, just take the pips out, cabbage, cucumber, and lots more. Just as a side, we hear that veg is not high in protein sometimes, but a kilo of broccoli contains 30g protein and only 45g of carbs/starch. So roast your carrots, swedes and sweet peppers and turnips and pile your plate up high and poor loads of olive oil and balsamic vinegar add as much iodised sea salt as you want and fill your boots. It's almost worth getting to like olive oil since it is so good for us. More on this later. So avoiding carbs is the first step. Read on if you would like to become healthy really quickly. Because heart disease took years to happen and it will take years to reverse, but would you rather 2 to 4 years or 10 to 15? Why do I need to be in keto? I hear you asking?
Well being in ketosis starts what's called the production of therapeutic ketones and these are produced by the liver. These then circulate around the bloodstream and act as sugar therefore replacing carbohydrates. It has been said by an expert in the field "that if you show ketones for two years then you'll have arrested heart disease". The keto diet also provides a measure in the form of ketones to gauge how well you are doing. It's not a diet where you spend six months and go back for a checkup and find it's not working or that you have not been doing it properly. With Keto you either produce ketones or not. And if you find you are having difficulty producing ketones then we can get to the root of the problem almost right away. This therefore gives you immediate feedback. One of the positive side effects of having produced ketones for a number of weeks, is that you would have simultaneously got off sugar and carbs and starches (same thing), and you would have got used to eating healthy fats, (olive oil, coconut fat, almond oil, walnut oil, and avocado oil), and will have converted you metabolism from using sugars to using fats as fuel, which means that since we all have plenty of fat stores built up over the years, that we will never be caught short without food and suffer that energy crash that seems to nearly always accompanied carb diets. This has the positive side effect of burning all that excess fat we carry around with us all day, and if we are not interested in losing any weight then we just eat more. However the important distinction here is that it is our choice, not our addictions choice! Talking of addiction, if like I used to be, you are finding your cravings for sugar a bit difficult to curb, then listen up. I've read 11 books on addiction and the road can be a long drawn out step by step decrease in carbs. That is slowly swapping out one carb choice for one less high on the glucose index chart and keep doing this until you're practically carb free (30 - 50g) a day. Or like a friend recently said, "I just cut out all carbs sweeteners sugar dairy milk chocolate, crisps everything!, and two weeks later I was off them! All I eat now are vegies and meat oh and the occasional shot of alcohol for fun.". So both options work. Some advice when dealing with triggers,(those horible encounters that make you want carbs or sugar), and mood swings is to consider what When he said if a thought pops into your head saying "that now would be a good time to eat carbs", he said just remember that that is your subconscious trying to satisfy what it thinks is your goal. Especially since you were probably eating carbs for many years, it is not surprising it would do that. So when it arrives he just says to himself, "this is from the old me in the past that eats carbs. This is the new me now. I don't eat carbs. So this thought is out of time. Next Lewis David said that cravings are like waves, they always crash on the shore no matter how big they are. And the frequency between waves ebbs and flows until they become completely calm seas. The next piece of advice is from where he says that "One day he was walking down the Kings road, happily married and his daughter of 3 years old. When suddenly he saw and spotted a beautiful long legged blond or brunette, I don't remember, crossing the street and he was catapulted for a brief moment into another world, where he forgot that he was married and had a child and was happy. And he said I had 1 - 3 seconds to bring it back, or my emotions would take over and who knows what would happen. So he said, it is his job to keep control and not allow the thought to persist." Luckily for us it is just carbs or some alcohol if we are not alcoholics, but for Russell I believe him when he says it is a real big deal. The next thing to do is start decreasing the window in which you eat. For example if you eat breakfast at 7am and your last meal is at 9pm that's an eating window of 14 hours. Start small and just reduce it by a few hours at a time until you feel comfortable. So skipping breakfast is a good idea. So now maybe your first meal is at 10am and your last meal is one hour earlier say 8pm that's an eating window of 10 hours. Keep doing this slowly but only after you have been producing ketones for at least 4 weeks and in some cases you'll need to be producing ketones for 8 weeks so you choose. It is possible to get down to one meal a day and this will feel absolutely fine when you get to doing it. You won't feel hungry or feel like you're missing out, you'll just start to feel healthier then you have felt in years. Why do this intermittent fasting thing as well? Good question!
Keto and no carbs will indeed do a lot to stop the damage being done, but it does little to accelerate the repair process. It will promote health but will not accelerate it. For example I had an injury to my finger and it was diagnosed as a trigger finger by myself. I couldn't open my finger past a certain point and if I did manage to get it past that certain point it would hurt a lot, this was due to my ligament shrinking and getting tighter. I didn't like it and it was painful and it seemed to only get worse despite being in keto. Even where my ligament joined in my hand at the base of my thumb was starting to ache. However the moment I introduced intermittent fasting as proposed I felt an improvement. Within 3 weeks the finger and the ligament were back to normal. No pain. I was thinking I may have to quit work and sport except running, it did get me really worried. Now this process of accelerated healing has its basis in science too. The advantage of reducing your eating window, although remember you don't need to reduce your calories in that window, you eat the same calories, just in a shorter space of time, is that your body is given a chance to not only rest the digestive system, which can only be a good thing, but also it causes your body to go into what is called autophagy. This is a process by which the human body after a period of time decides to start recycling some of its old cells and reuse the material recycled, since you haven't eaten for a while. The good brought about by this recycling should not be underestimated. This process has now been linked to help solve a whole host of health related problems. The man responsible is Yoshinori Ohsumi is a Japanese cell biologist specializing in autophagy. This recycling will take all those free radicals floating around your body and mop them up too. This is really good because it was shown that free radicals which are damaged cells with an electron missing are looking to bond with something and cause problems in the body, this is known as cellular waste, and autophagy is a cellular waste collection process.
Mark C. Barry BSc. and his materials are not intended to treat, diagnose, cure or prevent any disease. All materials written by Mark C. Barry BSc. is provided for educational purposes only. Always seek the advice of your doctor or other qualified healthcare provider for any questions you have regarding a medical condition, and before undertaking any diet, exercise or other health related program.
This artical is copyrighted material of Mark Barry BSc. 2024. I was in full time education doing an Access course to science and I am very much looking forward to studying nutrition and dietetics, which will give me the opportunity to help people by diagnosing and prescribing a treatment program that might be the fastest path towards a natural remedy. If this article has been of any value or interest to you and you feel it may also be of interest to someone else please feel free to pass it on. I would be grateful for any hints or tips you feel may help also. Kind regards Mark C. Barry B.Sc. (hons)
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This artical is copyrighted material of Mark Barry BSc. 2024. I was in full time education doing an Access course to science and I am very much looking forward to studying nutrition and dietetics, which will give me the opportunity to help people by diagnosing and prescribing a treatment program that might be the fastest path towards a natural remedy. If this article has been of any value or interest to you and you feel it may also be of interest to someone else please feel free to pass it on. I would be grateful for any hints or tips you feel may help also. Kind regards Mark C. Barry B.Sc. (hons)
I'll be writing some more articles on:
The carbohydrate free diet,
My evidance my memory was failing me.
Fasting for accelerated healing,
Clearing foggy brain fast,
The fastest healthy weight loss,
Getting my memory back fast,
Reclaiming my youthful health fast,
What supplements Mark takes nearly every day.
What mega supplements did for me,
What eight things to do if you are diagnosed with fibromyalgia,
Getting my eyesight back fast,
Fixing heart disease fast,
Beating carb addiction fast,
Beating autoimmune knee problems,
Reversing alcoholism fast,
Hello Mark what would you do if you had fatty liver disease.,
Reversing diabetes fast,
Stopping Alzhimers in its track fast,
Alzheimer's should be avoided,
Fitness coaching reaching the limit,
Muscle gains on keto fast,
The ADHD diet,
COPD and coughing up into the sink every morning and ADHD.
Beating high blood pressure fast naturally,
Mitochondrial health and health coach,
Diet coaching,,Weight Loss Now!
jp painter and decorator
Basic strength coach for over 50,
Health coach for Parkinsons, M.E. M.S. Huntington's, Migraine, thyroid, fibromyalgia and lots more autoimmune conditions.
Why is intra cellular calcium levels important for health?
Why is diabetes such a symptom of bad things to come?
Getting into Keto fast,
Eleven steps to weight loss using intermittent fasting and keto. Google Form