Thanks so much. I am using a healthy keto diet with intermittent fasting for insulin resistance and have enjoyed much of the same benefits as your PD patients. That being better mental clarity, weight loss, better bladder function, better moods, increased energy, less fatigue, better sleep, less inflammation (source of aches and pains), improved physical activities and loss of food cravings. I am excited for others to discover this wonderful way to eat/live and the freedom it brings.
I have PD and just came off a 7-day water fast. I did this primarily to lose weight and to get on the right track which is to include a keto diet and intermittent fasting. I only came across your video on my 6th day of fasting which was yesterday. During my water fast I experienced an increase in mind clarity, a weight loss of about 10-12 pounds, moderate ketone level confirmed by test strip, and a decrease in hand tremors-according to my wife. Negative effects included slight dehydration, so I increased water intake with pink salt, and slight keto-flu symptoms on day 3. Otherwise i felt great.
Well done. Who needs to wait for a Study costing millions. If it worked for you, if I do the same, it will be likely to work for me as well..... Just got to 'spread the word'...!!
I appreciate Dr. Phillip's work with patients with PD. I just completed a field research study on using the ketogenic diet in patients with Parkinson's Disease based largely on Dr. Phillip's study in New Zealand in 2018. My study is pending publication. The preliminary results show substantial improvements in my 16 participants on non-motor PD symptoms, all biomarkers, and anxiety. This was within 12 weeks. It took 24 weeks for patients to experience improvements in symptoms of depression. Of course all lost weight, all improved quality of life, most improved sleep quality, all improved glucose levels and HgA1c. Thank you Dr Phillips for your work!
@@lillypot1747 Search, using google scholar, "Effects of an low carbohydrate/healthy fat/ketogenic diet on biomarkers of health and symptoms, anxiety and depression in Parkinson’s disease: a pilot study" :)
@@michaelbellenger4925 Thank you. Found it -scholar.google.ca/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=effects+of+a+low+carbohydrate+%2F+healthy+fat+ketogenic&oq=effects+of+a+low+carbohydrate+%2F+healthy+fat+keto
@@kazziemaccie 1) you can add more fat. If you eat more fat than you burn than you will gain weight. You can add coconut fat in your coffee for instance ( search for Bullet proof coffee for the recipe). 2) some fish and meat has MUCH more fat then other fish and meat.
I’m 56 and was diagnosed last year. I’m a tennis pro so it really affected me big time in a very negative way. I’ve done a couple 24 hr fast and a couple 40 plus hour fast. I definitely helped.
The ketogenic diet is not news for Parkinson's or other neurodegenerative diseases but what amazes me is that it is not being more thoroughly investigated yet
Thank you for an excellent presentation of your Paper. We have been following the same sort of protocol with regard to my wife's Altzheimer's disease and pre diabetes. I was also almost pre diabetic. Our metabolisms are similar, but different. We have both reversed our pre-diabetes. My wife's circulatory system has improved considerably. BP, cardiac function, peripheral circulation. Her autonomic symptoms are also beginning to improve. We have been having a ketogenic diet and also combining that with Intermittent Fasting for about 48 hours once a week. The effects of fasting seem to me to be particularly helpful, since it introduces the process of Autophagy into the equation. The ketogenic diet and Fat Adaptation are extremely beneficial in facilitating Intermittent Fasting. The process has taken some time to reach our achievements so far, and I look forward to further improvements... I hope that your continuing studies confirm your initial findings...I feel sure that they will, and that many other important diseases of Civilisation will have been helped along the way...
If I were you I would go for intermittent fasting instead of 48 hours. My experience I went for IF of 18 hours - I skeep breakfast and only eat lunch and dinner - no eating between lunch and dinner. This reversed my diabetes I had for the last 20 years. This is my second year I am not taking any diabetes, bp medecines.
I have a neurological degenerate disease by the name of primal lateral sclerosis. I would love to try this or be involved in a clinical trial as far as fasting. I’m going to try fasting anyway, because I use a walker to walk anyway so any improvement would be greatly appreciated. That was an awesome presentation. Thank you Doctor .
Re: mitochondrial function, Near infra red light exposure is apparently key to helping to add melatonin to the cytoplasm in the mitochondria. It is a super antioxidant, necessary for clearing reactive oxygen species produced during the energy production of ATP. NIR part of the spectrum passes light through lite clothing, through skin, through skull bone, and into cortex of brain, where it does its trick helping the mitochondria rich brain function better. You can tell when you are getting the right NIR light because it is the source of the warmth on skin when in the sun. Our low e window glass, our sunscreen, and no longer having incandescent bulbs, leave our indoor time less able to pick up any NIR. Interestingly, campfire light, that evolved around for many thousand of years, also puts out NIR, just before time to sleep and the start of autophagy in sleep to clean and repair neuron cells.
The ketone strips started showing between 8-16 mmol/L after 4.5 days of a coffee/water fast. In the 6.5th day it was dark purple which indicates 12-16. Warning, the first time I did a 7 day fast I did experience keto FLU symptoms.
I started with one meal a day and took some MCT oil in my morning coffee with butter. The MCT oil stopped me feeling hungry. Later on it was relatively easy to do a 24 hour fast and then a 48 hour one.
Excellent. I presume you've attempted 24 hr fasting and 48 hr fasting on yourself, and you can see improvements in your eyesight, coordination, and mental capacity. In my experience the body gets used to fasting - instead of feeling peckish all the time - (as can be the normal state).
I figured this out myself but did not understand why. I told my wife I felt great when fasting once my ketones topped out at 16. I’ve done 1-7 day fast. Been having double vision recently. Do you ever have remote appointments. I’m in TN.
I first noticed a nervous system change when I was 34. I’m currently 64. It had been a year since I had used a weed eater and I noticed it took 10-20x longer for my hands to recover.
You mention fasting as an indirect link to the Keto diet ... has there been any studies or trials actually done with intermittent fasting like the 16/8 or 5/2 diet ... and Parkinson's ? (in mice or on humans? :) ) I am experimenting with that ... it has helped my high blood sugar levels normalize too etc etc Michael
Yes indeed! As I gain experience with patients I am moving out to longer time-frames (also, funding limited me in these earlier trials). Sincerely, Matt.
10 years ago I had a break in my brain which appeared to be a disharmony of my brain waves and a very fine high speed oscillation could be felt and heard in my head and muscles. The way I explained it was it felt like my muscles were turning on and off for a nanosecond. Also I noticed that an animal print rug in our bathroom looked like it was crawling(moving in a wave motion).
Hello! Yes indeed, I am a fan of most keto diets, carnivore (ketovore) included. I have a few patients on this one and they do well. Kind regards, Matt.
I have heard from a reputable source, that keto/low carb is beneficial for those with APOE4 genes and certainly for cholesterol. Look up Dr Paul Mason (various youtube clips).
Dr. Phillips: do you used these diets yourself? Are these your eating habits? I'd like to hear from a healthy person that lives by these rules. I'm vegan, and curios if people were first of all vegans and then transition to hunting. But most of all, if you eat this way. You look healthy, and sounds like this diet will not only revert, but prevent falling sick.
Hello! Yes indeed, 8 years straight ketogenic now. Last few years, generally one meal a day and it is a keto meal. Never get sick (which is a problem - I often have to cover my colleagues when they get ill). :) Best, Matt.
I’ve had family members who tried the keto diet and couldn’t stay on it for long. They did it to lose weight and they did lose a lot. The temptation to break the diet happens when a person is invited out to dinner since most menus feature carbs. This is why I don’t think this diet works well for most people. It only takes one bite of a cookie or French fries to begin the cravings for more. I’ve never tried going keto because it’s not healthy for chronic kidney disease. I should mention that the pancreas can’t handle all that fat and it can cause GI problems,something all of us could do without. So I see the keto diet as a short term solution only.
Keto is fine. Her muscle mass should improve. There is plenty to eat on a keto diet People lose weight on it because they are carrying too much excess fat.
Try carnivore and at the beginning eat as much as you can, which will help her body to start getting to its proper weight before she starts leveling off. Make sure it’s not low fat.
Why do you keep saying fruit and vegetables are healthy? Is there any real evidence of this as these “foods” don’t have many of the essential nutrients.
Hunter-Gatherers did not live for very long - 30 years at most Why would we want to emulate anything regarding longevity. Their longevity was not long.
Nope. Average life expectancy has nothing to do with aging. Average life expectancy mainly revolves around high infant and toddler mortality in pre-modern populations. If you survived to adulthood the main risks were accidents, murder/assault and childbirth. Hunter gatherers who survived these lived to a reasonable old age and elders were generally valued in tribes for their wealth of knowledge.
Hunter gatherers expended a huge amount of energy and effort hunting and fighting and succumbed to commen illnesses not linked to diet Until anti biotic were discovered people died of any bacterial infections they couldn't over come A scratch that got infected that wasn't cleaned or treated killed of thousands The bubonic plague is an example where tens of millions perished.
I’m trying out B1 and have only good things to say about about it. I didn’t think at first that adding this to other vitamins could make a difference but it surely did.
I hypothesize that many of the benefits were related to higher vitamin B1 consumption in the meaty keto diet. See the video by the nice British lady th-cam.com/video/iuSOQOTyB9w/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Utz49kIWEYctSKk3 I take vitamin B1 sublingual every day and have had a reduction of bladder issues. I am prodromal.
Thanks so much. I am using a healthy keto diet with intermittent fasting for insulin resistance and have enjoyed much of the same benefits as your PD patients. That being better mental clarity, weight loss, better bladder function, better moods, increased energy, less fatigue, better sleep, less inflammation (source of aches and pains), improved physical activities and loss of food cravings. I am excited for others to discover this wonderful way to eat/live and the freedom it brings.
I have PD and just came off a 7-day water fast. I did this primarily to lose weight and to get on the right track which is to include a keto diet and intermittent fasting. I only came across your video on my 6th day of fasting which was yesterday. During my water fast I experienced an increase in mind clarity, a weight loss of about 10-12 pounds, moderate ketone level confirmed by test strip, and a decrease in hand tremors-according to my wife. Negative effects included slight dehydration, so I increased water intake with pink salt, and slight keto-flu symptoms on day 3. Otherwise i felt great.
During your 7-day water fast, are you taking any PD medications and other supplements, sir?
How is it going now?
Well done. Who needs to wait for a Study costing millions.
If it worked for you, if I do the same, it will be likely to work for me as well.....
Just got to 'spread the word'...!!
M
Science starts with curiosity, and anecdotes. Confirmed and explored with research.
I appreciate Dr. Phillip's work with patients with PD. I just completed a field research study on using the ketogenic diet in patients with Parkinson's Disease based largely on Dr. Phillip's study in New Zealand in 2018. My study is pending publication. The preliminary results show substantial improvements in my 16 participants on non-motor PD symptoms, all biomarkers, and anxiety. This was within 12 weeks. It took 24 weeks for patients to experience improvements in symptoms of depression. Of course all lost weight, all improved quality of life, most improved sleep quality, all improved glucose levels and HgA1c. Thank you Dr Phillips for your work!
Sounds great Melanie! Well done. Would be great to see the Publication when its done ?
@@lillypot1747 Search, using google scholar, "Effects of an low carbohydrate/healthy
fat/ketogenic diet on biomarkers of health and symptoms, anxiety and depression in Parkinson’s disease: a pilot study" :)
@@michaelbellenger4925
Thank you. Found it -scholar.google.ca/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=effects+of+a+low+carbohydrate+%2F+healthy+fat+ketogenic&oq=effects+of+a+low+carbohydrate+%2F+healthy+fat+keto
What if one needs to put on weight, like me?
@@kazziemaccie
1) you can add more fat. If you eat more fat than you burn than you will gain weight. You can add coconut fat in your coffee for instance ( search for Bullet proof coffee for the recipe).
2) some fish and meat has MUCH more fat then other fish and meat.
I’m 56 and was diagnosed last year.
I’m a tennis pro so it really affected me big time in a very negative way. I’ve done a couple 24 hr fast and a couple 40 plus hour fast. I definitely helped.
The ketogenic diet is not news for Parkinson's or other neurodegenerative diseases but what amazes me is that it is not being more thoroughly investigated yet
Thank you for an excellent presentation of your Paper.
We have been following the same sort of protocol with regard to my wife's Altzheimer's disease and pre diabetes. I was also almost pre diabetic. Our metabolisms are similar, but different.
We have both reversed our pre-diabetes. My wife's circulatory system has improved considerably. BP, cardiac function, peripheral circulation. Her autonomic symptoms are also beginning to improve.
We have been having a ketogenic diet and also combining that with Intermittent Fasting for about 48 hours once a week. The effects of fasting seem to me to be particularly helpful, since it introduces the process of Autophagy into the equation. The ketogenic diet and Fat Adaptation are extremely beneficial in facilitating Intermittent Fasting.
The process has taken some time to reach our achievements so far, and I look forward to further improvements...
I hope that your continuing studies confirm your initial findings...I feel sure that they will, and that many other important diseases of Civilisation will have been helped along the way...
If I were you I would go for intermittent fasting instead of 48 hours. My experience I went for IF of 18 hours - I skeep breakfast and only eat lunch and dinner - no eating between lunch and dinner. This reversed my diabetes I had for the last 20 years. This is my second year I am not taking any diabetes, bp medecines.
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I also would love to see a study on the effects of fasting on PD.
Good presentation of the study, worth looking at this.
I have a neurological degenerate disease by the name of primal lateral sclerosis. I would love to try this or be involved in a clinical trial as far as fasting. I’m going to try fasting anyway, because I use a walker to walk anyway so any improvement would be greatly appreciated. That was an awesome presentation. Thank you Doctor .
how did it go ?
@@herbalistathari it actually seems to help me. I’m gonna do it again next month
@@stevenlohman7839 thank you. Try mimick fasting, 5 days a month.
@stevenlohman7839 yay! This is great news.
Where are the diet plans that were used
Re: mitochondrial function, Near infra red light exposure is apparently key to helping to add melatonin to the cytoplasm in the mitochondria. It is a super antioxidant, necessary for clearing reactive oxygen species produced during the energy production of ATP. NIR part of the spectrum passes light through lite clothing, through skin, through skull bone, and into cortex of brain, where it does its trick helping the mitochondria rich brain function better. You can tell when you are getting the right NIR light because it is the source of the warmth on skin when in the sun. Our low e window glass, our sunscreen, and no longer having incandescent bulbs, leave our indoor time less able to pick up any NIR. Interestingly, campfire light, that evolved around for many thousand of years, also puts out NIR, just before time to sleep and the start of autophagy in sleep to clean and repair neuron cells.
Wow is this true?. This is a stunner if it is.
The ketone strips started showing between 8-16 mmol/L after 4.5 days of a coffee/water fast. In the 6.5th day it was dark purple which indicates 12-16.
Warning, the first time I did a 7 day fast I did experience keto FLU symptoms.
I started with one meal a day and took some MCT oil in my morning coffee with butter. The MCT oil stopped me feeling hungry. Later on it was relatively easy to do a 24 hour fast and then a 48 hour one.
more electrolytes
Could You, please, post a link to Your study?
Excellent. I presume you've attempted 24 hr fasting and 48 hr fasting on yourself, and you can see improvements in your eyesight, coordination, and mental capacity.
In my experience the body gets used to fasting - instead of feeling peckish all the time - (as can be the normal state).
I figured this out myself but did not understand why. I told my wife I felt great when fasting once my ketones topped out at 16. I’ve done 1-7 day fast. Been having double vision recently. Do you ever have remote appointments. I’m in TN.
I wonder how would that comparision would look like if the participants would not take levodopa. (I know this wouldn't be approved as ethical...)
I have PD. Can't tolerate levadopa. Going to try hcg. Keto.
@@craiglarsen963
Love to hear an update! Good luck.
Oh, and I’ve been on it no problem for 9 months.
Strong work going to try keto diet
Great job thank you
Also, if a person is already skinny (not much body fat to create ketons) will ketogenic diet be the route to follow?
Will fasting help in this case?
I'm not an expert but my understanding is that your body makes the ketones from the fat you eat not necessarily your body fat
@@lukecomer8937 I can eat much more fat now that I am 'fat adapted', without it going 'straight through' and 'floating'...!!
I first noticed a nervous system change when I was 34. I’m currently 64. It had been a year since I had used a weed eater and I noticed it took 10-20x longer for my hands to recover.
You mention fasting as an indirect link to the Keto diet ... has there been any studies or trials actually done with intermittent fasting like the 16/8 or 5/2 diet ... and Parkinson's ? (in mice or on humans? :) ) I am experimenting with that ... it has helped my high blood sugar levels normalize too etc etc Michael
Hi...not yet in humans, none to my knowledge. That may change in time. Matt.
Good presentation. 12 weeks is still a very short study. A more significant longitudinal study is warranted.
Yes indeed! As I gain experience with patients I am moving out to longer time-frames (also, funding limited me in these earlier trials). Sincerely, Matt.
10 years ago I had a break in my brain which appeared to be a disharmony of my brain waves and a very fine high speed oscillation could be felt and heard in my head and muscles. The way I explained it was it felt like my muscles were turning on and off for a nanosecond. Also I noticed that an animal print rug in our bathroom looked like it was crawling(moving in a wave motion).
Dr Phillips have you looked into carnivore diet also?
Hello! Yes indeed, I am a fan of most keto diets, carnivore (ketovore) included. I have a few patients on this one and they do well. Kind regards, Matt.
excellent!
What about those with APOE4 genes or those with Cholesterol issues?
I have heard from a reputable source, that keto/low carb is beneficial for those with APOE4 genes and certainly for cholesterol. Look up Dr Paul Mason (various youtube clips).
Excellent info..Thank you!!
Are there any plans to look at Myasthenia Gravis?
I have Parkinson and would like to participate in your clinical trials.
Dr. Phillips: do you used these diets yourself? Are these your eating habits?
I'd like to hear from a healthy person that lives by these rules. I'm vegan, and curios if people were first of all vegans and then transition to hunting.
But most of all, if you eat this way. You look healthy, and sounds like this diet will not only revert, but prevent falling sick.
Hello! Yes indeed, 8 years straight ketogenic now. Last few years, generally one meal a day and it is a keto meal. Never get sick (which is a problem - I often have to cover my colleagues when they get ill). :) Best, Matt.
I’ve had family members who tried the keto diet and couldn’t stay on it for long. They did it to lose weight and they did lose a lot. The temptation to break the diet happens when a person is invited out to dinner since most menus feature carbs. This is why I don’t think this diet works well for most people. It only takes one bite of a cookie or French fries to begin the cravings for more. I’ve never tried going keto because it’s not healthy for chronic kidney disease. I should mention that the pancreas can’t handle all that fat and it can cause GI problems,something all of us could do without. So I see the keto diet as a short term solution only.
my friend has parkinsins but she only weighs about 90 lbs so she cant diet what should she do
Keto is fine. Her muscle mass should improve. There is plenty to eat on a keto diet
People lose weight on it because they are carrying too much excess fat.
Same with me
Try carnivore and at the beginning eat as much as you can, which will help her body to start getting to its proper weight before she starts leveling off. Make sure it’s not low fat.
My wife said I just seemed to be tired a lot even though my brain ran at a high speed while working. I was 40.
"they were'nt blinded in reality" - LOOOOL
Most masai meating tribe die in their 40s.getting to 60 is extremely rare
Why do you keep saying fruit and vegetables are healthy? Is there any real evidence of this as these “foods” don’t have many of the essential nutrients.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Hunter-Gatherers did not live for very long - 30 years at most Why would we want to emulate anything regarding longevity. Their longevity was not long.
Why did they die?
Nope. Average life expectancy has nothing to do with aging.
Average life expectancy mainly revolves around high infant and toddler mortality in pre-modern populations.
If you survived to adulthood the main risks were accidents, murder/assault and childbirth. Hunter gatherers who survived these lived to a reasonable old age and elders were generally valued in tribes for their wealth of knowledge.
Hunter gatherers expended a huge amount of energy and effort hunting and fighting and succumbed to commen illnesses not linked to diet
Until anti biotic were discovered people died of any bacterial infections they couldn't over come
A scratch that got infected that wasn't cleaned or treated killed of thousands
The bubonic plague is an example where tens of millions perished.
The meat eating tribes today such as masai life span is also around 40.
Most masai predominant meat eatong tribe die in 40s.getting to.60 is very rare
B1 benfotiamine is the answer to stopping your parkinsons progression lack of thiamine is the cause
I’m trying out B1 and have only good things to say about about it. I didn’t think at first that adding this to other vitamins could make a difference but it surely did.
@@jimmcconnell7328ne kadar doz kullaniyorsunuz
I hypothesize that many of the benefits were related to higher vitamin B1 consumption in the meaty keto diet. See the video by the nice British lady th-cam.com/video/iuSOQOTyB9w/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Utz49kIWEYctSKk3
I take vitamin B1 sublingual every day and have had a reduction of bladder issues. I am prodromal.