Re: I must confess...

Grandpa Chuck wrote:
:: On Sat, 25 Mar 2006 00:37:03 GMT, "Ozgirl"
:: <are_we_there_yet@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
::
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::: "Grandpa Chuck" <Grandpa Chuck@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
::: news:ui1922t93rvhsh0bfcotoe0hlu2ful9uu6@xxxxxxxxxx
:::: On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 16:13:27 -0500, Susan
::: <nevermind@xxxxxxxxxx>
:::: wrote:
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::::: This is why 100 grams of carb per day will induce
::: ketosis. Within a few
::::: weeks of very low carb, the brain will run on ketones and
::: reduce its
::::: glucose requirement to about 40-60 grams per day, running
::: on ketones the
::::: rest of the time. In severe epileptics, the brain is
::: kept running
::::: almost exclusively on ketones (the diet severely limits
::: protein, too),
::::: and this improves brain function.
::::
:::: Our doctor claims that is very dangerous.
:::: He said will ask any patient of his that would insist on
::: doing that
:::: look for a different doctor since he doesn't want to be a
::: part of the
:::: damage it will cause.
:::
::: Then he wouldn't treat a kid with severe epilepsy who is on
::: a ketogenic diet? If they were dangerous, the children's
::: specialists would be looking elsewhere for their treatment.
::
:: Not at all. What I took him to mean is that he does not want to treat
:: anyone who is causing themselves damage after he has advised them
:: against it. OTOH, I am sure he has patients that refuse to stop
:: smoking every day. I'm sure since we are friends he made the remark
:: offhandedly without really meaning it. He said something quite
:: similar when I asked him about the ultra low carb diet that Oprah
:: was pushing for awhile. He said it was a reworking of the Atkins
:: Diet which he considers to be dangerous, especially for diabetics.
:: He said he has never had a patient that stayed on the Atkins for a
:: year or more.

Did you ask him why he considers Atkins to be dangerous for diabetics,
Chuck? I'm sure his patients wouldn't stay on Atkins and remain his
patients, right? And what damage is caused by being on Atkins, Chuck? Did
he tell you? This is the man you trust, right Chuck?


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