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Ketogenic (including carnivore) diet will greatly reduce inflammation. You'll also want to do an Igg food sensitivity test to see what specific foods your body
by loceng 7y ago
Ketogenic (including carnivore) diet will greatly reduce inflammation. You'll also want to do an Igg food sensitivity test to see what specific foods your body is creating inflammatory markers for, and a microbiome test can also let you know if bacterial/yeast infections that could be adding to brain fog.
Fasting is useful for seeing how your mental state is while limiting external food resources (you're using internal fat reserves otherwise), otherwise intermittent fasting is the best option.
- OneGuy123 7y agoIt seems that in practice the issue is not keto vs vegan vs omnivore but that all of those proponents of extreme diets like full vegan or full carnivore usually measure their food intake carefully to ensure they get enough of all macros (carbs, fat, protein). This measuring alone ensures that they get enough fats, which seem to be the main reason for brain fog in most people (combined with too much artifical sweets). Also because of this extreme diet they completely throw all all processed food & artifical sugar/sweets.
- loceng 7y agoYou're close to right. The "vegan honeymoon" - as an example - is an example of why many people will feel better cutting out bad foods, however carbohydrates and sugars are some of the largest inflammatory factors from my understanding, so cutting that out will help. Following vegan or omnivore doesn't mean eating a balanced (carbs, fat, protein) diet nor anti-inflammatory, doesn't mean eating a diet specifically that is healthy for your body either - doesn't remove foods you may individually be sensitive to.
- zadler 7y agoSeems like IGG doesn’t have the best reputation...
- virtuallynathan 7y agoCorrect, these tests are mostly useless.
- loceng 7y agoJust like fat didn't have a good reputation for awhile due to X, Y, Z - be weary of your sources. I use my own experience with Igg food sensitivity testing and removing those foods to see how I felt after. After allowing my system to calm from the foods then reintroducing just one of the foods that I was conditioned to the discomfort of, it let me see how much discomfort/pain different foods that showed up on the Igg test that make me feel horrible.
- tayo42 7y agoFasting would just make me irritable and hungry. I don't think I'm the only one that would experience that
- kranner 7y agoYou get used to it remarkably quickly. The problem is getting over the hump (and also, knowing there is a hump). Buddhist monks are not supposed to eat after noon, although some cheat by adding a lot of sugar to their evening tea or coffee. This is supposed to keep their minds sharp and clear and aid in meditation. It appears to be a well-tested rule.
- asterix_pano 7y agoAre animal proteins not a source of inflammation? It's quite well studied.
- virtuallynathan 7y agoNope, not in free living humans.