Category: ketogenic diet

A Root Cause of Mental Illness: Harvard Professor

What Causes Mental Illness? For years, this pressing question has remained unanswered. Often, patients seeking clarity encounter explanations such as “it’s genetic” or “depression is a lack of serotonin.” Mental illness has been an enigma and point of confusion for many researchers and scientists. Despite medical advances, the root cause of mental illness has remained…


Reversed Stage 3 Colon Cancer With Intermittent Fasting, Martial Arts Instructor Shares Experience

About four months after being diagnosed with stage 3 colorectal cancer, Fred Evrard was told by his smiling doctor: “Mr. Evrard, you are cancer free.” A lot had happened in just four months. Stage 3 Colon Cancer Hit When His Body Was at Its Peak On Sept. 10, 2020, Fred Evrard, aged 48, experienced a…


Intermittent Fasting Combats Cancer, Reduces Toxicity of Chemotherapy: Current Research

On Sept. 10, 2020, Fred Evrard, age 48, was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer. The tumor in his body reached about four inches in length. As a strong, athletic martial arts instructor, such news came as a real surprise. His lifestyle and diet were very healthy. Overwhelmed by the bad news and excruciating pain,…


Does a Ketogenic Diet Help Diabetes or Make It Worse?

Keto diets put to the test for diabetes reversal. The reason keto proponents claim they can “reverse” diabetes is that they can successfully wean type 2 diabetics off their insulin.  Keto Diets and Blood Sugar Ketogenic diets can certainly lower blood sugars, better than conventional diets—so much so, there is a keto product company that claims…


The Ketogenic Diet Conundrum: Friend or Foe of Heart Health?

100 years ago, ketogenic diets, which typically provide less than 10% of the daily energy intake as carbohydrates, first entered the realm of modern medicine with their demonstrated effectiveness in reducing or reversing pediatric seizures at the Mayo Clinic. While this remains valid today, there is a lingering concern that the necessary high fat intake when…


How a Keto Diet Helped Me Lose 25 Pounds in 2 Months — Even Over the Holidays

Writing about food for a living, as I’ve been doing for the better part of the past 10 years, makes each day at the office a gauntlet of temptation. On any given day, doughnuts might arrive from Krispy Kreme for breakfast, some fried chicken from Popeye’s could show up around lunchtime and any assortment of goodies could make their way to…