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Ketogenic Diets and Bipolar Disorder: New case studies

Emily Deans, MD
Primal Docs
Thu, 14 Mar 2013 07:28 UTC
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"the paper is a nice illustration of two motivated patients acheiving remission of their bipolar symptoms (which they had dealt with for decades) with a free-living ketogenic diet"
Researching the viability of ketogenic diets for therapeutic usage was one of the original interests that launched this blog. And while there is growing data for brain cancers and even a Cochran review for the use of ketogenic diets in epilepsy, the bipolar story has always been theoretical.

Ketogenic (very low carbohydrate and low protein) diets should work a bit like the mood stabilizer depakote in regulating unstable moods in bipolar disorder, making them an interesting option, should the research pan out. I explore the research and details in this post:

A Dietary Treatment for Bipolar Disorder?

But, as I stated in that article, there were no randomized controlled trials, not even a pilot trial, and the only two case studies I had unearthed had one guy getting psychotic on Atkins induction and another one where a hospitalized bipolar woman showed no benefit (but despite reported enthusiasm and being in an inpatient unit where her food was supposedly entirely controlled, she never acheived ketosis).

But the other day PubMed emailed me a new paper with links to the following article: The ketogenic diet for type II bipolar disorder. Thanks to the good Dr. Eades I was able to see the full text without getting a librarian to request it for me.

Comment: For more information on this diet see our forum discussion Ketogenic Diet - Path To Transformation and these other articles:

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Health

Namibia: 'Demons invade' St Theresia junior secondary school hostel

Luqman Cloete
All Africa
Tue, 01 Oct 2013 14:12 UTC
Panic befell students at St Theresia Junior Secondary School hostel at Tses after 20 pupils on Sunday afternoon suffered from epileptic type of attacks, triggering fears of demons.

A relative of one of the affected girls said that those who were attacked ran around wildly and shouting: "The girl will not write the examination. I will keep her busy until 24h00. The woman is coming."

According to the relative, the girls were withdrawn from the hostel by their parents.

The Karas education regional director, Awebahe Hoeseb, yesterday confirmed the alleged demonic attacks at the hostel.

"It's very strange that this alleged demons are aware of our examination timetable. They only surface when pupils are preparing for the exams," said Hoeseb, describing the strange behaviour of the affected pupils as "examination phobia".
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Wolf

Mysterious dog illness may be connected to humans, according to vet

Nadia Bashir
NBC News
Sun, 06 Oct 2013 13:34 UTC
A Michigan veterinarian says she thinks the mysterious dog illness that has killed at least four dogs in Ohio so far may be transferred to and from humans.

Last month, the Ohio Department of Agriculture said its Division of Animal Health had been taking reports of sick dogs and investigating.

Symptoms of the mysterious illness include vomiting, bloody diarrhea, weight loss and lethargy.

The dogs believed to have died from the illness were in the Cincinnati and the Akron areas.

Dr. Lindsay Ruland is with the Emergency Veterinary Hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Ruland tells NBC4 she began seeing dozens of cases of the mysterious dog illness last year.

Ruland says this year she has seen even more cases and has also noticed a correlation between the owners of her patients who have reported flu-like symptoms around the same time as their dog's illness.

Additionally, many employees at Emergency Veterinary Hospital also became sick after coming into contact with dogs who were ill.
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Cow

SOTT Focus: Behind the Headlines: Dissecting the Vegetarian Myth - Interview with Lierre Keith

Sott Editors
Sott.net
Sun, 06 Oct 2013 18:00 UTC
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This week on SOTT Talk Radio we interviewed author and activist Lierre Keith, whose book The Vegetarian Myth examines the tenets of vegetarian ideology from dietary, environmental and philosophical perspectives.

Lierre Keith believed in that plant-based diet and spent twenty years as a vegan. But she now argues that people have been led astray - not by our longings for a just and sustainable world, but by our ignorance.

The truth is that agriculture is a relentless assault against the planet, and more of the same won't save us. In service to annual grains, humans have devastated prairies and forests, driven countless species extinct, altered the climate, and destroyed the topsoil - the basis of life itself. Keith argues that if we are to save this planet, our food must be an act of profound and abiding repair: it must come from inside living communities, not be imposed across them.

Part memoir, part nutritional primer, and part political manifesto, The Vegetarian Myth will challenge everything you thought you knew about food politics.

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Lierre Keith
Running Time: 02:03:00

Download: MP3

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Bug

Gasp! CDC finally admits the age of antibiotics is finished as super-bacteria Take over

Christina Sarich
NaturalSociety
Sun, 06 Oct 2013 06:59 UTC
Antibiotics
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Many of us have come to mistrust government agencies like the FDA, and CDC, but in a startling moment of truth, the CDC now openly admits that antibiotic prescriptions have led to the death of more than 23,000 Americans every year and the calamitous emergence of super bugs that are impervious to our scientific 'medicines.'

Even the 23,000 annual deaths is being called conservative by the CDC in a new Threat Report 2013 being issued by the agency.

Within these pages the true epidemic of antibiotic resistant superbugs is outlined as well as a quantifiable look at the way antibiotics have been misused and over-prescribed in a Big Pharma-run world.

The report even goes so far as to admit that modern medicine has failed when it comes to managing infectious disease since Mother Nature always adapts to overcome isolated chemical weaponry concocted in some lab. Ever-newer strains of bacteria are developed to out-whit us. Super bugs are like expert hackers figuring out how to get past the best computer programmer's firewall, as we still utilize medical programming that originated in the 1950s.

Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the CDC, said in the report, "If we are not careful, we will soon be in a post-antibiotic era" - this has huge ramifications for the current medical system. If doctors and hospitals can't treat us with prescription drugs, what exactly is their use? We already know that things like cancer and heart disease can be resolved with natural medicine - now even a common infection will need to be treated alternatively.
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Red Flag

The violent side effects of antidepressants that many ignore

Dr. Mercola
Mercola.com
Thu, 03 Oct 2013 14:06 UTC
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In light of a long list of mass shootings over the past several years, the causative role of psychiatric drugs in violent events will undoubtedly have to be evaluated and addressed at some point. Personally, I'd vote for sooner, rather than later.

Antidepressants in particular have a well-established history of causing violent side effects, including suicide and homicide. In a recent Scientific American1 article, the author states:
"Once again, antidepressants have been linked to an episode of horrific violence. The New York Times2 reports that Aaron Alexis, who allegedly shot 12 people to death at a Navy facility in Washington, DC, earlier this week, received a prescription for the antidepressant trazodone3 in August."
The drug in question, trazodone, has been associated with:4
"New or worsening depression; thinking about harming or killing yourself, or planning or trying to do so; extreme worry; agitation; panic attacks; difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep; aggressive behavior; irritability; acting without thinking; severe restlessness; and frenzied abnormal excitement."
The naval yard shooting is just the latest event to bring questions about prescription medications to the fore, but it bears noting that in this particular case no evidence has yet been released confirming that the shooter had the drug in his system at the time of the massacre.
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Beaker

Immediate toxic effects: What happens to our body after drinking Coca Cola?


getholistichealth.com
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00 UTC
What Happens To Our Body After Drinking Coca Cola?
© Les Chatfield – CC BY 2.0
Have you ever wondered what exactly Coca Cola is?

After 10 minutes

Ten tea spoons of sugar contained in a glass of Cola, cause devastating "strike" on the organism and the only cause, by reason of not vomiting, is the phosphoric acid which inhibits the action of sugar.

After 20 minutes

A leap of insulin levels in bloodstream occurs. The liver converts all the sugar into fat.

After 40 minutes

Ingestion of caffeine is finally completed. The eye pupils are expanding. Blood pressure rises, because the liver disposes more sugar into bloodstream. The adenosine receptors get blocked, thereby preventing drowsiness.

After 45 minutes

Body raises production of dopamine hormone, which stimulates the brain pleasure center. Heroin has the same principle of operation.
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Syringe

Cytotechnologist calls test for HPV vaccine fraud

Christina Sarich
Natural Society
Fri, 04 Oct 2013 08:48 UTC
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Many cytotechs suspect that the computerized microscope was rubber stamp approved because of some combination of corporate financial hooliganism and FDA absentmindedness.
If you are on the fence about whether to get the HPV 'vaccine' that has been created by Merck & Co., known as Gardasil, you may want to think once more before subjecting your body to Big Pharma. For some, the situation is not just questionable, but absolutely horrid. Making things even worse, the device being used to determine whether or not you should get a very questionable HPV vaccine may be defective, so how can we truly trust that the 'diagnosis' is a good one?

In an article originally published on Mesh Medical Device News Desk, lab technician and a Cytotechnologist Mark KrauseKrause who screens pap smears - a screening test for cervical cancer - describes what he calls an epidemic of fraud. He explains that what traditionally were called pap smears and no longer a 'smear' but a mono-layered preparation.

Cellular material collected from a woman is dropped into a vial containing an alcohol solution. All mucous and blood or other debris are dissolved and removed. This sample is then deposited on a single slide. Many lab techs, Krause explains, like this because it is easier to read; however, the way the pap smear was changed was largely due to higher profitability.

This single layer pap has nefarious underpinning. It is supposedly much more accurate than the conventional pap smear, with one corporation claiming it improved results by up to 230%. Krause mentions 2 studies that found no difference in the readability or accuracy of the 'new' pap smear. An Australian study found only a 12% difference. Krause believes the improvement might be only 5-10% at his lab. The problem is credibility with the major manufacturer of the 'new' pap smear. Even the 12% increase found by the Australian study is no where near the possible 230% claimed by the pap test's makers.

Comment: More false positives will later justify more vaccination campaigns. For more information on HPV vaccine effects see:

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Eggs Fried

Ketogenic diet plan

Lilja
Low Carb Food List
Fri, 11 Jan 2013 06:52 UTC
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Ketogenic diet plan

Ketosis diets are sometimes planned for a 30-day period but are totally sustainable long term and you can be on a ketogenic diet plan for the rest of your life if you want to. A rigorous low-carbohydrate diet is followed as all your energy comes from fat and protein sources during this period. A ketosis diet is basically known as a high-fat diet, though protein plays a significant role in the ketosis diet too. Fat is taken to fill you up as well as give both adequate calories and vital nutrients to the body. It is imperative to seek advice from your doctor before commencing on any diet. But be alert that some doctors are not up to date on recent studies and might be against a low carb diet, even if it has been shown it's very beneficial and not dangerous. You can check out KrisKris (a medical student who blogs about nutrition, always cites concrete studies and knows what he's talking about) for more information. He also has a new site, Authority nutrition.

Ketosis

When the muscle tissue has depleted all the glycogen stored (when you stop eating carbs), the human body releases ketones. This state is referred to as ketosis. Ketones are released in the mitochondria of liver cells. These ketones start the breakdown of fatty acids as a way of giving energy to the body. Carbohydrates hinder this production of ketones as they bring back glycogen to the muscles, providing the body with a substitute source of energy.

Comment: Some people don't tolerate foods such as nuts, and most dairy products are best avoided while healing the gut. For more information see our forum discussion Ketogenic Diet - Path To Transformation?.

Butter and a high-fat bone broth are excellent sources of fat during a ketogenic diet:

Stock vs Broth - Are You Confused?
The amazing health benefits of bone broth
Traditional Bone Broth in Modern Health and Disease

You'll find the scientific principles of this diet in:

The Ketogenic Diet - An Overview
The fat-fueled brain: unnatural or advantageous?
Is the Ketogenic Diet the cure for multiple diseases?
Ketogenic Diet (high-fat, low-carb) Has Neuroprotective and Disease-modifying Effects
Beyond weight loss: a review of the therapeutic uses of very-low-carbohydrate (ketogenic) diets

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Alarm Clock

New Yorkers exposed to more pesticides than rural residents

John Upton
Grist
Fri, 04 Oct 2013 18:19 UTC
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New Yorkers can eat all the organics that they want - but that won't be enough to protect them from the Big Apple's stubborn pesticide problem.

Despite living in a dense city with only tiny patches of agriculture (much of it organic, local, and ad-hoc), New York City residents have higher exposure levels than most Americans to two toxic classes of pesticide, according to a new study.

And the poisons are not just hitchhiking in on the produce.

Researchers studied data from samples taken from New York City residents in 2004 and found that "exposure to pyrethroids and dimethyl organophosphates were higher in NYC than in the US overall."
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