5 ms·
It's accurate to say I used to struggle with wild energy swings. It turned out to be caused by wild blood glucose swings and lack of ketones. A year ago I swi
by breck 2y ago
It's accurate to say I used to struggle with wild energy swings.
It turned out to be caused by wild blood glucose swings and lack of ketones.
A year ago I switched to a ketogenic diet and do finger prick ketone tests to ensure my ketone levels are high (aka, that my "liver is on").
Absolute life changer, and I have these people to thank: https://www.metabolicmind.org https://www.metabolicmind.org and https://www.youtube.com/@ketobipolar/videos https://www.youtube.com/@ketobipolar/videos
I would highly recommend anyone who has experienced any similar issues to check those out.
P.S. I have a microbiology background and this isn't just anecdotal data, but there's a very strong biological model of what's going on. Check out these researchers for more:
Dr. Chris Palmer at Harvard: https://www.chrispalmermd.com/ https://www.chrispalmermd.com/
Dr. Shebani Sethi at Stanford: https://med.stanford.edu/profiles/shebani-sethi https://med.stanford.edu/profiles/shebani-sethi
Dr. Iain Campbell at University of Edinburgh https://www.ed.ac.uk/profile/dr-iain-campbell https://www.ed.ac.uk/profile/dr-iain-campbell