TV and Radio Interviews January 5, 2012

On Thursday, January 5, 2012  at 11:00 AM EST I will be interviewed live on Radio WWRL 1600 AM New York, "Food for Thought."

Also, on Thursday, January 5, 2012 at 1:00 PM Steve and I will appear on "The 700 Club" with reporter Lorie Johnson to talk about ketones as an alternative fuel for the brain. Tthis show is broadcast nationally on CBN out of Virginia Beach. This is a pretaped interview and will also include interviews with Dr. Beverly Teter, a lipid biochemist and researcher at University of Maryland, who will discuss coconut oil and cholesterol, and also Dr. Kieran Clarke from Oxford, England, who is conducting the pilot study for Parkinson's disease using Dr. Richard Veech's ketone ester.

Getting the message out!!

Happy Holidays

A couple of weeks ago, Steve and I were at a local restaurant having a particularly happy, lucid conversation.  I asked him what he wanted for Christmas, not really expecting a specific answer.  He thought for several seconds, looked at me, smiled and said, "Life!"

So, I have to keep fighting for him.

Many blessings to everyone this holiday season.

My Book

I am very pleased to announce that my book is now available. The title is Alzheimer's Disease: What If There Was a Cure? The Story of Ketones. The book contains three parts: Our story; the science of ketones; and how to incorporate medium chain fatty acids into the diet.

To order, you can call the publisher directly at 1-800-575-8890, or you can order at a discount through www.amazon.com or www.barnesandnoble.com. There will also be electronic versions available soon.

Glioblastoma and Ketogenic Diet

"Sunny Lee" recently posted a comment under my previous post. His wife has glioblastoma and I hope he will see this.

There are at least two articles by Dr. Thomas Seyfried and associates on use of the ketogenic diet and caloric restriction to treat glioblastoma. This information was presented at the "Ketogenic Diet for Epilepsy and other Neurologic Disorders" conference we attended in Scotland October 2010. They have found that this type of diet shrinks glioblastoma tumors by as much as 80% in lab animals and they have published a case study of a woman whose tumor virtually disappeared after six weeks on this diet. When she reverted back to a higher carbohydrate diet the tumor returned.

The concept here is that many cancerous tumors can only use glucose as a fuel and cannot use ketones. On a strict ketogenic diet, carbohydrate as well as protein (which can be converted to glucose) are minimized and the diet is high in fat, usually 80% or more of calories as fat. Using coconut oil and/or MCT oil in this type of diet helps maintain constant ketone levels. The brain and other organs can continue to thrive using ketones as fuel, whereas the tumor will shrink due to low availability of glucose. Dr. Seyfried believes radiation may not even be necessary thereby sparing the horrendous side effects of this treatment. In many cases, after the tumor is reduced in size, it could be more readily removed surgically. This could significantly lengthen the person's life.

Dr. Seyfried believes that man other types of cancers would respond to ketogenic diet an dmroe so if there is also caloric restriction.

For anyone who needs help with the ketogenic diet there are two websites to look at: In the USA www.charliefoundation.org and in the UK www.matthewsfriends.org. Both websites were created by parents of children with severe drug resistant epilepsy that responded remarkably to the ketogenic diet and have dieticians available to help. They also have a tool called the ketocalculator to help create ketogenic meals. Also, there is help available with ketogenic diet and ketone research ongoing at the John Hopkins Hospital in the USA.

Some YouTube testimonials - Alzheimer's and Coconut Oil

There are two very interesting videos posted on www.youtube.com by people with Alzheimer's who have had dramatic responses to coconut oil, as well as a video from a man whose "brain fog" lifted with coconut oil. If you go to YouTube and do a search for Alzheimer's and coconut oil they will pop up. One is titled: Our Story: Alzheimer's and coconut oil; Ian Blair Hamilton and Cassie Bond; the second is called "Bruce is overcoming dementia..." and the third "Brain Fog and Coconut Oil".

We are having a good summer. Steve seems to be very stable for the past six months after recovering from his setback during the holidays that seemed to be related to taking prednisone for a gout flare-up, and he is about the same as he was a year ago. He is still taking a mixture of MCT and coconut oil 3 tablespoons three times a day and also a fourth dose at bedtime of 2 tablespoons, which was added when he was having some difficulty sleeping and seemed a bit more confused in the morning. He is now sleeping well and back to baseline in the morning.

Parkinson's ketone ester study - Oxford, England

Dr. Veech's ketone ester study for Parkinson's disease is now enrolling in Oxford, England, under the direction of Dr. Wesley Thevathasan at John Radcliffe Hospital. This is a short term study and twenty patients will be able to participate. The ketone ester previously passed human toxicity testing through the USAs FDA.

To learn more about this please look at www.clinicaltrials.gov and do a search for "parkinson's and ketone ester" or enter the trial identifier "NCT01364545".

Cholesterol and Saturated Fats - the Myth

I just finished watching a very enlightening lecture by Dr. David Diamond, Director of the Neuroscience Collaborative at University of South Florida, entitled "How Bad Science and Big Business Created the Obesity Epidemic." For those who believe that you should eat a low fat diet and that taking statins to reduce cholesterol and minimizing saturated fat in the diet will prevent death from heart attacks, this will turn your thinking upside down.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vr-c8GeT34