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Changing my diet helped me with energy levels. My Parents moved when I was 5, and divorced when I was 14, ever since I've moved about every 5 years or so - it'

Changing my diet helped me with energy levels. My Parents moved when I was 5, and divorced when I was 14, ever since I've moved about every 5 years or so - it's a restless life. I've been bullied and beaten when before I was 5, bullied by a teacher in elementary school, and when I left there my parents divorced. Depression probably has been with me since I was 6 or 7. Nothing matters, and I don't want to do anything. At the age of about 31 I got diagnosed with heavy depression and adhd (I'm female and probably authistic as well). With 35 the last thing I hadn't tried yet was ketogenic diet. Within a Week my energy levels rose dramatically, and it took another year to pull it together, but my life is normal now (at 40 years old). I haven't found a definitive answer, but my guess is that I've ruined my gut when I first moved. Can't digest plants and they ferment in the belly. It takes about 4 days to have effects. Any effect stays for a few days and then leaves when I go back to Meat and Butter. Either that or the brain/immune system just connects carbs and veggies with violence/danger (mum used to beat me over food I didn't want to eat) I've been to gastro enterologist - no diagnosis, allergy testing - no allergies, general practicioner - no diagnosis, psychologist - no diagnosis except for the depression and adhd part (which are much much lighter on a meat based diet)

fullmoon 4y ago
I’ve made the same personal observations. Ketogenic diets have also been used for a century to treat epilepsy in children, so effects might not be limited to the gut. Maybe it’s ketone bodies as an alternative fuel for the brain that is doing the trick.
- aszantu 4y ago
  it's really interesting. I wish I'd be a researcher. I'd try to science the sht out of ketones. There's anecdotal evidence that cocos fat helps with dementia and alzheimers as well. It already has MCT which can be forwarded by the liver to wherever it's needed. I actually get migraines from most plant-fats, but not from cocos!

fullmoon 4y ago

I’ve made the same personal observations. Ketogenic diets have also been used for a century to treat epilepsy in children, so effects might not be limited to the gut. Maybe it’s ketone bodies as an alternative fuel for the brain that is doing the trick.

aszantu 4y ago
it's really interesting. I wish I'd be a researcher. I'd try to science the sht out of ketones. There's anecdotal evidence that cocos fat helps with dementia and alzheimers as well. It already has MCT which can be forwarded by the liver to wherever it's needed. I actually get migraines from most plant-fats, but not from cocos!