Like this! Thanks for posting!

Is there any health issue that is harmed with a Keto Way Of Eating? I know it helps many.

nvmomketo wrote: »

Alzheimer's Disease: What if There is a Cure? is a good book on the topic too. Considering that up to a third of all seniors could get dementia, I'm hoping they look into this more.

I work with Alzheimers/Dementia patients. I would love to see any results first hand. Unfortunately I'm not a dietary staff They feed the people really well, but what kills me is all the cookies, cakes, puddings, brownies, etc. Several diabetics in my unit. I remember we had hot dog and ice cream day once and later in the night one of the ladies was hungry. I was told I shouldn't give her anything because she's diabetic. I was like "???? she's hungry. If you hadn't given her ice cream and hot dogs and juice earlier maybe her blood sugar wouldn't be sky high."

But I digress...

Sounds very interesting!

nvmomketo wrote: »

Alzheimer's Disease: What if There is a Cure? is a good book on the topic too. Considering that up to a third of all seniors could get dementia, I'm hoping they look into this more.

It makes a lot of sense to me, based on both my experience and that of my spouse. She has lost significant executive reasoning ability (one of the things that another study I saw associated with high blood sugar). She is on two Alzheimer's medications - but has been relatively stable. She has also had diabetes for years - her A1C is in the target range for individuals with diabetes which, needless to say, is considerably higher than the normal range. She has no clue what a carb is, and regularly both complains that people don't provide sugar free deserts - and eats tons of pasta/potatoes/white rice, as well as candy and fruit (especially, but not limited to, when people don't provide sugar free deserts). She doesn't test her blood sugar often, but when she does it is frequently between 180 and 300.

I've been diagnosed with diabetes less than 3 months, and my blood sugar is below 140 more than 95% of the time (achieved by limiting carbs). I am amazed at how much clearer my thinking is. I was aware that I was struggling a bit more to keep up (I'm rapidly approaching 60, so that didn't surprise me too much), but I was unaware how "foggy" my thinking had become - until I dramatically changed my diet in response to diagnosis and it suddenly cleared dramatically.

I have been suspicious that my spouse's memory issues are Alzheimer's, given her young age (50s) at diagnosis with the precursor to Alzheimers, and given that her symptoms have been relatively static for the past several years (they typically progress very rapidly for early onset diabetes). But we have been unable to find another explanation. I now wonder whether they are what some have suggested is diabetes type 3 - dementia caused by diabetes.

GaleHawkins wrote: »

Is there any health issue that is harmed with a Keto Way Of Eating? I know it helps many.

I know from a friend's personal experience that it can aggravate or worsen bipolar disorder/manic episodes but eating at ketogenic levels. For some types of bipolar, it can lessen symptoms, in her case, it triggered and fed a nearly 6 month manic episode that had to be aggressively treated. Now at a more moderate low carb setting and following another program for tracking, she's back to pre-Keto treatment efficacy with her bipolar.

If you do the research on this, it says that (forgive me for not remembering percentages) that a smaller percentage of folks (somewhere in the 25-40% range) can be worsened with Keto, whereas most improve or remain the same...

This make sense to me. There are several seizure medications that are also used for psychiatric conditions. So a diet that helps with seizure disorders could very well help with psychiatric conditions.