Posted by Hello321 on March 5, 2016, at 19:14:13
In reply to Re: Oops! » Hello321, posted by J Kelly on March 5, 2016, at 18:34:29
> I actually went back and read some of your earlier threads/posts. I'm really interested in some of the diets you were discussing. I tried the ketogenic diet. I found it to be effective for weight loss. Not so much for energy. I would also like to hear your thoughts about the "epilepsy diet".
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> How do you feel about supplements? I just bought B-complex, Fish oil, magnesium, and D-3.
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> Please note: For every poster you interact with here there are many more ppl "lurking" and getting benefit from your threads and posts. I know because I've been lurking for a while but was not up to posting.
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> RJ recently re-posted a list for me of mental health sites he put together. I don't know how to re-post it but it was fairly recent.
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> I'm glad you are gonna stick around. I hope RJ's list helps you :)
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I could be mistaken, but I believe the epilepsy diet is the same thing as the ketogenic diet, where you're basically changing your body and brains energy source from glucose to ketones by consuming very little carbs and having your diet consist mainly of healthy fats. I just hate that there's so much debate on which date are good and which are bad. The only fat fully agreed on as being harmful seems to be trans fats. I just know I need to try something different than what I've been doing, since I've not really gotten anywhere with a typical lean meat, high fruit and vegetable diet. And I have hit a roadblock with normal psychiatric meds, and have been looking at meds that might sound a bit far fetched when it comes to mental health treatment.When it comes to supplements, I'm much more interested in getting vitamins/minerals through foods. Some supplements derived from certain things like spices seem great though. Curcumin is very interesting. I did try a vitamin D3 supplement some months back and, it may have just been a coincidence, but I'd feel kinda crappy on days I took it.
Back to my experience with the ketogenic/epilepsy diet, I've really been dedicated to it about a week now, and I've read it can take anywhere from a week to a month for the body to become "keto adapted". How long did you do it for? Did you use ketostix and a glucose meter to insure you went into ketosis? Any side effects? U've been feeling a bit more bleh mentally the last week, but that's supposed to be part of the carbohydrate withdrawal as your body adapts to running off ketones instead. I plan to give this diet at least 2 months to see if I benefit.
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