The LivingtheCRWay ketogenesis teleconference with Dave Brauer and Dr. Tom Seyfried is next Saturday at 5 pm (ET). Mark your calendars: This extraordinary opportunity may well be life-saving or at least life-changing. All contributing members are invited to participate.
Dave is a highly intelligent, diligent member of LivingTheCRWay and a friend for many years. He studies research rigorously to guide his dietary and other lifestyle choices and tracks his diet precisely.
Dave and some other CR Way members follow a classic ketogenic diet – high fat, at least moderate protein, and minimal carbohydrate. Others follow a heretical, very complex carbohydrate ketogenic diet that utilizes very low-GI carbohydrates, meal timing, and exercise to activate ketogenesis. This form of ketogenesis is the core diet for the Brain Booster program since it is known to produce improvements in cognitive function.
Dr. Tom Seyfried, Professor at Boston College, is a world-leading expert on treating cancer with a ketogenic diet. His books and papers are considered the references for using ketogenesis to combat cancer.
Ketogenic CR is very different from other forms of calorie restriction: Its goal is to keep glucose low enough for long enough that extremely beneficial biochemistry is activated. At his previous teleconference, Dr. Seyfried put a fine point on the low glucose target to aim for: 55 mg/dl to 65 mg/dl or 3.0 mmol to 3.7 mmol. Keeping glucose at this level may be dangerous for some people with cardiovascular issues, so check with your doctor before attempting to get your glucose levels that low. The standard reference range used by many clinical laboratories is 60 mg/dl to 99 mg/dl or approximately 3.0 mmol to 5.5 mmol.
A typical nutrient dense, calorie-restricted diet always produced pretty good benefits for us, but it wasn’t until we discovered ketogenic CR that extraordinary benefits began to happen.
Today, for example, my fasting glucose level was 60. That was after moderate walking while wearing 25 lb in a weighted vest for 40 minutes. After meditation and 30 minutes of moderate rowing, my glucose fell to 56 – Yea! The goal I was aiming for. Thus, I was in a ketotic state for at least 90 minutes and probably far longer, since my ketosis probably started over night while I was asleep.
When glucose falls to such levels, nitric oxide production increases dramatically causing blood pressure to fall. This very likely accounts for my personal low-blood-pressure record: 88/50, as taken in a cardiologist’s office last week.
A central goal for this week’s ketogenic emphasis is to explore the safety of a classic high-fat/moderate-protein ketogenic diet. This might be easier for some who are challenged by the CR Way’s high-complex-carb approach.
Now’s the time to try ketogenesis!
If you have been thinking about trying a ketogenic approach but have held back, consider trying it this week. Take advantage of the opportunity to share your experience with Dr. Seyfried, Dave Brauer, and the rest of us. If you are not yet a full member, join us! Then should track your results and be ready to share them to at the teleconference on Saturday. All members are invited to post their questions and sample ketogenic diets in the Diabetes – Glucose Control forum on LivingTheCRWay.com
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