Dr. Georgia Ede

They also had very careful medical and psychiatric supervision, which is also really important because when you change to a ketogenic diet, brain chemistry fundamentally changes in ways that can at first, when you're transitioning from one operating mode to another operating mode, it's stressful and sometimes you can feel worse before you feel better.

They also had very careful medical and psychiatric supervision, which is also really important because when you change to a ketogenic diet, brain chemistry fundamentally changes in ways that can at first, when you're transitioning from one operating mode to another operating mode, it's stressful and sometimes you can feel worse before you feel better.

And medications can be affected. So medications need to be monitored. And everything changes. These are all really healthy changes. Your blood sugar can drop. Your blood pressure can drop, especially if you're taking blood sugar-lowering medications or blood pressure-lowering medications. If you switch to a ketogenic diet, it's so effective at lowering blood sugar

And medications can be affected. So medications need to be monitored. And everything changes. These are all really healthy changes. Your blood sugar can drop. Your blood pressure can drop, especially if you're taking blood sugar-lowering medications or blood pressure-lowering medications. If you switch to a ketogenic diet, it's so effective at lowering blood sugar

Many physicians who prescribe blood sugar-lowering medications for diabetes need to cut the diabetes medication in half on day one in order to prevent dangerously low blood sugar. Because you've got a medication that's lowering blood sugar, now you've added a diet that lowers blood sugar, and this could be potentially dangerous. The diet on its own is not dangerous.

Many physicians who prescribe blood sugar-lowering medications for diabetes need to cut the diabetes medication in half on day one in order to prevent dangerously low blood sugar. Because you've got a medication that's lowering blood sugar, now you've added a diet that lowers blood sugar, and this could be potentially dangerous. The diet on its own is not dangerous.

It's the diet in combination with medications. So you need to know what you're doing. And so, yes...

It's the diet in combination with medications. So you need to know what you're doing. And so, yes...

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That study has not been done to the best of my knowledge. However, you're bringing up a really interesting point. So what a ketogenic diet is, it's really not about carbohydrate. The definition of a ketogenic diet is any diet that lowers insulin levels to the fat burning point. So that if you're insulin, you can't burn fat if your insulin levels are too high.

That study has not been done to the best of my knowledge. However, you're bringing up a really interesting point. So what a ketogenic diet is, it's really not about carbohydrate. The definition of a ketogenic diet is any diet that lowers insulin levels to the fat burning point. So that if you're insulin, you can't burn fat if your insulin levels are too high.

And most people are walking around with insulin levels that are high 24 hours a day. They don't even come down overnight because people are just eating too much too frequently and the wrong foods. To get into ketosis or generate ketones, you need to lower your insulin levels to the fat-burning point.

And most people are walking around with insulin levels that are high 24 hours a day. They don't even come down overnight because people are just eating too much too frequently and the wrong foods. To get into ketosis or generate ketones, you need to lower your insulin levels to the fat-burning point.

And if you're burning fat vigorously, the liver will turn some of that fat, chop that fat into ketones, which are very small fragments of ready-to-burn fat. And these cross easily into the brain and can be burned for energy, and they can bridge any energy gaps that may be there, which many of us have.

And if you're burning fat vigorously, the liver will turn some of that fat, chop that fat into ketones, which are very small fragments of ready-to-burn fat. And these cross easily into the brain and can be burned for energy, and they can bridge any energy gaps that may be there, which many of us have.

Yes. So I wrote in the paper, and I mentioned this, you're making a really excellent point, and I addressed this in the paper, is that because when you change from a standard, junky, modern diet to a ketogenic diet that's whole foods, you're changing a lot of variables, right? So how do we know that it had anything to do with the ketones, right?

Yes. So I wrote in the paper, and I mentioned this, you're making a really excellent point, and I addressed this in the paper, is that because when you change from a standard, junky, modern diet to a ketogenic diet that's whole foods, you're changing a lot of variables, right? So how do we know that it had anything to do with the ketones, right?

And this is a good question and a fair question, and we don't know the answer, but new studies are helping us to understand that. But before we get to that, I just wanted to say the point you're making is so important because there are lots of ways to lower your insulin levels. So you can lower your insulin levels through fasting, intermittent fasting.

And this is a good question and a fair question, and we don't know the answer, but new studies are helping us to understand that. But before we get to that, I just wanted to say the point you're making is so important because there are lots of ways to lower your insulin levels. So you can lower your insulin levels through fasting, intermittent fasting.