Family Moab

Family Moab
In Arches National Park

Thursday, January 28, 2016

Keto Clarity or ConfusionI

I met with my natural health specialist yesterday in the ongoing effort to reduce inflammation and discomfort in my scalp. After four years of  various types of pain, itching and stinging around the top of  my head, I've almost given up hope of a disappearance.

My new hope for a cure is a 'ketogenic diet'.  It's related to Paleo, in that I would eat mostly fat and protein with a small percent of carbohydrates. The idea is that humans are born and bred to be "fat - burners;" fat is the best fuel for our brains and bodies. Unfortunately, we've all been brainwashed to eat low fat and high carb diets - and carbs turn into sugar. Sugar equals inflammation and damage in the body and possibly the brain.

I've been on a Paleo diet before; it helped me recover from the most intense phase of my illness. Ditching grains healed my gut and put some pounds back on when I dearly needed them.  But I've drifted from that diet as I've felt better,  back to corn and oatmeal and SUGAR.  My sugar cravings crack the whip around 7pm, and I'm tired of being their slave.

So I ordered a book to help me, a few obscure fats / oils,  and even some keto urine strips to measure how successfully I can change from a carb - burner to a fat - burner. Today I'm off to buy avocados and pork rinds (!) to satisfy the crunch cravings, as well as other high fat meats and egg proteins. If going ketogenic can make me pain free, then I'll be hooked for life. Just have to get started down the right road.

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