I would like to thank Dr. Cywes for this wonderful opportunity to discuss migraines. I have truly enjoyed our conversation, found it stimulating and exciting, and I hope it will help migraineurs see the light at the end of the tunnel and learn to become migraine free.
My patients describe their migraines as debilitating especially since they occur in an unpredictable fashion. It's so important that clinicians are aware of the healing potential of keto as a therapeutic modality restoring hope. Thanks to both of you for helping to spread this message ❤
@@AngelaAStantonPhD Thanks, Dr. Stanton. The irony of therapeutic carb restriction is that many of my patients who try it are actually doing it for weight loss, diabetes reversal, etc. only to discover the unexpected “side effects” of keto are reversible of their migraines, GERD, improved mood, and and a long list of other good surprises. Keto has allowed me to become the healer I’ve always wanted to be and I’ll never go back to my old way of practicing medicine where I relayed primarily on medications to manage my patients diseases.
I have heard people say that they are experiencing a migraine when what they mean is they have a bad headache. Mine were debilitating-unable to see, to read, to communicate clearly or think. Walking, or participating in “life” was impossible.
@@rebeccaarcher5139 Well stated Rebecca. Migraines can make tension headaches feel much milder. So thankful people have more options beyond medicines Hope is on the way 😉
@@rebeccaarcher5139 indeed, most people associate migraine with "just a big headache" but if headache comes with it, it's just one of many symptoms. I hope you are improving.
My first migraine was at four years old, I went blind, severely vomited but no head-ache. The head-aches started at the age of seven, three to five times per month, blinding migraines. I was treated like a lab rat for the next fifty years, try this, try that. At fifty nine I found carnivore. Within one month my migraines stopped completely! It's been a year and a half now with-out a single migraine. Oh and I also lost sixty pounds of fat and joint pain, and skin problems, and depression. Carnivore is the answer to migraines, I am sure of that. Be well.
Tim very sorry of your experience as a lab rat. Unfortunately this is very true. Most migraine sufferers feel that way. I am glad you found the nutritional solution. And yes, carnivore diet is by far the best way of eating to prevent migraines. Better than keto.
Thank you for sharing your experience. I started keto in mid July to heal myself of chronic frequent migraine for 30 years. It got worse as I get older. Now is daily migraine, if not in the morning, it will on at around 3-4pm. I figure I have inflammation and keto helps to heal inflammation. But one month of keto has NOT help with lessening the frequency of my headache. I did plan to go Carnivore in November to give my body time to adjust. I might as well start after I finish eating all the veggies in my fridge. :)
So happy to see two of my favorite people pop up on my feed today! This coming October will be 2 years migraine-free for me thanks to Dr. Stanton's protocol! I'm so grateful that someone shared the link to her group on one of the fb migraine groups because less than 1 month after starting the protocol I got to enjoy my first rainy day without a migraine when they would normally have me running for a dark room with ice packs and pain meds (and in Florida our rainy season is 6 months of every year, so a lot of time lost to head pain). And then 1 month into the protocol my migraines stopped and thankfully have not returned! It was a few more months before I think I fully exhaled and knew this was the right path for my health. And now I'm about to celebrate 2 years without migraines! From her protocol I learned how to prevent migraines with barometric pressure changes, with monthly hormonal changes, and so many other scenarios which had set off 15 years of every form of migraine for me. Last week I had a major surgery and I was able to do it without any symptoms whatsoever by bringing my own prepared food and knowing the protocol...and now a nurse at that hospital is hopefully on her way to becoming migraine-free as well. 😊 I can't share enough about the amazing work Dr Stanton has done and the amount of time she dedicates to helping as many people as she can, always staying up until the late hours of the morning answering questions. She and her fb group admins (all migraine-free as well) do everything they can to help others become not only migraine-free as well but also to enjoy better health in general by experiencing the benefits of a keto/carnivore way of eating. My 80-year-old parents have done the protocol as well, so if they can do it then I believe anyone can do it! 💜
OMG what a beautiful testimonial @Sofia Marie! 🥰 Thank you so much! I will share this also on my "Wall of Testimonials". And congratulations for your successful surgery and for helping a nurse! hopefully she will join us in the group.
Keto has not cured my husband's migraine disorder but has reduced his symptoms by about 75%. He used to have migraine days about 15 days per month despite treatment and meds. He still has cycles where he will have several migraines in a row over a week or two, but now he can go several months between cycles without any symptoms! It has been absolutely life changing! All migraine sufferers should be advised to try keto!
Patricia the ketogenic diet alone is not enough. As I mention all through this part of the discussion, increased salt is essential for migraineurs. Maybe your husband would care to join us un the migraine group on Facebook, and we can help him.
I started having migraines at 14. My headache wasn't terrible, but had speach and visual problems and numbness starting on one side of my body to the other. This was also the time my family bought a restaurant and I had access to lots of sugar and carbs. I finally quit having them in my 40's. Now I am carnivore and feeling better than ever.
My mom, maternal grandmother and many female cousins have severe migraines. I had 5-6 painful, normal-life-stopping ones after the birth of my third child…then no more! Once or twice a year I have all the symptoms of a migraine (aura, can’t read, need to go to bed, blank spot in the middle of my eyesight) but without pain. You said it! I CAN have a migraine without the headache,! I am grateful for the info and also thankful that the pain is gone.
I've had migraines since I was a child. My parents took me to so many doctors over the years. I learned to live and struggle with them. Now I'm 53. Last year I started keto to lose a bit of age weight, 20lbs, nothing big. Within a month my migraines were gone, my clouded mind felt clear, and yes, I lost that 20lbs. Going low carb/no sugar/keto has been a godsend and I feel 20 years younger...and I haven't had a migraine since.
I had a somewhat similar experience with a different metabolic malady. In my case it was gout. I had a 30 year history of severe chronic gout that was first diagnosed at age 24. At age 55 my condition had progressed into refractory gout that was no longer responding to treatment (allopurinol) at the maximum daily dosage (800 mg / day). At the same time I had a lab blood test result indicating I may be developing pre-diabetes. Upon my own initiative and research I discovered the keto diet as a means of lowering blood sugar. Within weeks of starting the keto diet (for purposes of pre-diabetes) my 30 year history of severe chronic gout unexpectedly went into complete remission. That was a totally surprising unexpected godsend for me. I weaned myself completely off of allopurinol over the next couple months with no gout flares. I am now 58 and have been on a keto diet for over 3 years with no gout flares. I have also lost about 80 pounds (250 lbs down to 170 lbs). I have never felt better and can now walk over 20 miles on a regular basis with complete ease and enjoyment.
I loved this! I can't wait to listen to Part 2. Dr. Angela Stanton has literally given me my life back after 35 years of debilitating migraines, which increased with peri menopause exactly as Dr. Stanton described hers. I progressed to 15 to 20 migraines a month, with many residual days of just feeling awful. I have been migraine free for 3 years now, with an occasional 'mini migraine from barometric pressure fluctuations. I continue to improve my health on a daily basis. My health improvements are actually palpable, ie sleep, mood, resolution of insulin resistance and increased brain health etc! Thank you Dr. Stanton for all of your incredible work and devotion! Actually my whole family thanks you! ❤❤❤
I do wish there were medical doctors who understood this approach to treating migraine. I have been on a ketogenic diet since 2011.( I had a 2-3 migraines a year prior to that, on a no sugars diet.) After going keto they decreased in severity but would still occur w traveling, sleep disruption and heavy exercise, especially in heat. When I read Dr Stanton work, I have begun drinking broth again and saw a decrease in morning neck pain/mild headachy symptoms and so began adding more salt and electrolytes to my morning routine. I settled on an LMNT supplement packet on non-exercise days. More when exercising and up to 3-4 packets on multi day cycling trip in summer heat. I have gone migraine free for 2 years on that routine w 2 exceptions: going to a cardiologist, he insisted that the supplemental salt be stopping because of elevated BP (my diet only gives me 600-1000 mg sodium) so I didn't take the supplemental salt for 1 day. 36 hrs after my last LMNT packet, I had a migraine. That was evidence enough for me that the supplementation of electrolytes is vital to me in preventing migraine.
The other exception was my first ever visual aura a half hour after a 2 hour training run in cool weather (dressed warmly),I had the aura, took a pinch of mixed salts under my tongue and sat for 5 minutes and the aura disappeared in 5 minutes. No migraine followed.
LMNT has both sodium and potassium in it and so it is not nearly as good as only salt. And they also have magnesium, though little, but if you take it at night, it can lead to nightmares.
Fascinating conversation but did I miss the part where keto is discussed? It ended so abruptly and I did not understand the connection with migraine and keto or blood sugar. Please give us a part 2:)
All I know is that when I changed my diet to keto/carnivore my migraines went away along about 40lbs. That was reason enough for me to continue this way of eating. It will be seven years this coming December.
I’ve had migraines as far back as 8 years old and I used to just have to stay in bed with my head under the bed blocking out the light. I’m 52 years old now, I’ve noticed I got them the worse at the end of summer but only 2-3 times a year (headaches every day though). My headaches have eased up greatly since being carnivore from 2 months ago.
Thank you so much for the work you do Dr's. I have had migraines for as long as I can remember, from age 7 or 8 😢. The low carb, no gluten and adding salt has done wonders for me, at 38 I only get them but not as bad. And most times now just the aura, hardly pain. My vision is is still so bad though(kaleidoscope)
Two passionate , fantastic humans who are helping the world heal. Inspiring and informative interview. Thanks to you both for sharing such important information.
Since childhood a lot of headaches, just regular, from time to time migraines .... 6 years ago since I went on keto, soon all that improved/decreased at least 90%. And even when i got aura I never get headache after. Have no doubt that keto did that.
WOW, this was very complicated. Dr. Cywes, would you consider summarizing this information in another video that us common folks will understand? Thanks.
Marcia this is indeed very complicated. You are welcome to join my Facebook migraine group where you will find the same information broken down into bite-size elements easier to comprehend and we help you apply it.
A friend prone to migraines has trouble keeping on a ketogenic diet, but she hasn’t said whether she suffered from more or worse migraines on such a diet. She has various other health problems though. I’ve never had a migraine as far as I know. Sheer luck.
I don’t recall when my migraine auras started, but I have periods when I forget all about them. Some of them can be quite unusual, but all of them initially present with something I’d describe as “heatwaves” radiating from a road effect making a disturbance within my visual field, and when I close my eyes, it’s still there indicating it’s in my head rather than in front of me. As the aura developers, apparently my brain’s ability to accurately interpret what I’m seeing becomes impaired for a few minutes including occasional hallucinogenic weirdness in some cases. I’ve recently experienced some night auras which I confess to be disturbing, and interestingly enough. they’re on black backgrounds. Oh well, these are only short lived experiences, but the good news is, - a migraine headache doesn’t follow. I’ll give the salt a try…
It was enlightening to understand that those who have migraines are low in sodium. Could sodium also be useful in the case of increased sensitivity to noise and light?
@@patrickgranstrm2537 what kind of microphone? I believe e both use a microphone, only it's not on the video. Mine is not very good. What kind do you recommend?
@@AngelaAStantonPhD I recommend searching for a “podcast microphone” that connects directly to your computer. Most mics at around 100 dollars are good enough. Or you could buy a headset with a good microphone, if you want an easier set up. :)
I can also smell when someone has diabetes. Others look at me like I'm weird when I tell them that I can smell it. It's similar to the smell of death, just not as strong. I can also smell cancer. Weird I know.
My dentist told me the migraine affected the trigeminal nerve. That pretty well defined my migraines,,,,on one side of the head and throbbing nerve in the teeth, eye, neck and top of the head.
Random Girl trigeminal neuralgia is not a migraine because, as you noted, your pain is on the outside of your skull--pain in the teeth and face are typical with trigeminal neuralgia. Given that it is a neuron in the brain that is affected but the nerves leave the brain and are under the skin basically, it is slightly different from a migraine. Perhaps this is why you have throbbing pain, which doesn't happen with migraine. Regardless, the reduced carbohydrate way of eating and increased salt will be helpful.
@@AngelaAStantonPhD thanks so much for the input. My migraine medicine (a form of Triptan like imitrex or maxalt) take care of the headache for the day so long as I give the medicine time to work. Migraines or trigeminal neuralgia maybe can be traced through my mother’s side and her female relatives. Both mom and I had these deep headaches start when we were 21….hormones or sugar/chocolate trigger them…among other things. I’m not sure if this is helpful information, but thought I would share anyway because I think it is really odd that they started at the age of 21. By the way, our family does not drink or smoke so it is not related to that.
@@randomgirl8078 given that migraine is genetic and families tend to live alike and eat/drink similar things, it would not be surprising to have each member express those genes at the same age. This is not very typical though where families weren't so close and lived separately and ate very different things. Migraine may also skip a generation. In my family I have never met anyone with a migraine and it wasn't until a few years ago when one of my cousin's sent a family photo I haven't seen before and I discovered that my maternal grandmother was a migraineur. Migraineurs have certain visible prodromes and I saw this on my gramma's face. My mom, on the other hand, could count on one hand how many mild headaches she had in her entire life! I see nothing unusual about starting it at age 21 also because the gene expression is specific to epigenetics. It can very well be expressed by a hormone turning on or off or some other experience. And please be careful with triptans because so many migraineurs ended up with heart damage from them! They are not innocent drugs! they are quite harmful.
If I stick to keto I have no migraines. If I cheat and get kicked out of ketosis, I can guarantee will get a migraine, goes away when I get back into ketosis.
@@robertcywes2966 I have the same problem, and not just with your channel but everyone else's I subscribe to. I think this is a UA-cam error somewhere.
I had cluster headache in while ago, and was also had GERD And stage-1 hypertension, as i realized that my hypertension was carb-philic when i cut high carb it immediately gone. I learnt carb and salt relationship as soon i started salt, my headache is gone even if i eat high carb. Till now i am free. But i feel sometimes non-cluster Headache after alot coffee and i manage salted water (coffe and carb depletes salt). Salt help my acid reflux to strengthing valve and i use carb as survival food not overdosing to my self.
Fit Doctor coffee is a vasoconstrictor and removes salt and water from the blood, so a diuretic agent. if you must have a coffee a day, by all means, but follow up with salt and water to reduce the damage it causes. Coffee can be used very successfully to avert a migraine in high altitudes where vasodilation reduces relative blood volume, so it is also a medicine.
@@AngelaAStantonPhD Do you have thoughts as to ratio of (pink himalayan) salt-to-watsr to replenish after coffee fix in mornings? (am bmi 18, 63yrs… migraines in teens, auras etc, following paternal grandmother..). Thank you Dr Stanton❤
@@eugeniebreida1583 I don't recommend Himalayan salt at all. The "minerals" in it are heavy metals and even radioactivity. I recommend just simple table salt that has absolutely nothing but salt in it--kosher salt is perfect but I recommend salt with iodine. As for after coffee: since coffee is a vasoconstricting agent, I don't recommend salt after it at all for a couple of hours. Need to wait till the vasoconstriction is over before we try to increase blood volume. A couple of hours after, the regular Stanton Migraine Protocol dose of 1/8th teaspoon finely grated salt (300 mg sodium) in one cup (8 oz or 237 ml) water.
I had my first “migraine” when I was 9yo on a family vacation. I had already been diagnosed with hypothyroidism, so I always attributed it to that. My daughter gets bad migraines with an aura (loses vision in one eye temporarily) and vomiting. Has had them for years, but usually monthly.
i'm 54 and have been chronic resistance hypertension since my mid twenties. i'm basically on all the classes of BP meds. based on my recent labs i am hyper aldosteronism with low renin production. My recent CT scan stated adrenals are normal size @. Been doing keto lowcarb for over 4 years with great success in weight loss but blood pressure is still out of control without heavy meds. What are your thoughts on Primary aldosteronism (PA)as i believe it's overlooked and under diagnose! Is this a genetic disorder i’m just going to have to live with. Thank you!
Stephanie, I am very sorry about your hyperaldosteronism. It is the one causing your hypertension because your RAAS system, that keeps homeostasis in your electrolytes aren't working properly. I am not an MD so cannot recommend anything, but the high blood pressure and low renin are all consequences of your health condition. You are doing the best you can with your diet.
If it's not pain on one side it's not a migraine? I certainly had many migranes. Not on one side. All my head hurts like hell. So I disgaree with that statement.
A strong headache doesn't make it into a migraine. There are much more painful headaches than migraine headaches. In a lecture I show why it can only hurt on one side. Migraine comes with a host of other symptoms too and not necessarily with a headache at all.
@@AngelaAStantonPhD Thanks for the reply. I appreciate you a lot, you are a hero to migraine sufferers, really. Other than the very strong headache I got very sensetive to light, I got a very stiff neck, my stomach goes crazy, and some other migraine symptoms. And it can last for days sometimes. Also it runs in our family. Ofc I am not looking to be diagonozed of a youtube comment section.. just wanted to say that I know migraines and bad ones pretty well. Going Keto helped me a lot with it, And you are one if the fronteirs on that approach.
Aura fresh meat and fish (not processed meat and fish) are very high in potassium if you eat carnivore. The other day I ate a white fish that was a 6-8 oz (about 200 gr) serving and had over 700 mg potassium. Salmon and beef are both very high but be sure to not get processed meat or fish--like smoked salmon or beef jerky have almost zero potassium. On the keto diet you can eat avocado, for example. An avocado is almost zero carbs but has 400-600 potassium grams depending on avocado type.
@@aurapopescu1875 that is a very old number and now the RDA is about half that. I cannot post a link here but let me see if I can post a picture in a semi readable way: Age Male Female Pregnancy Lactation Birth to 6 months 400 mg 400 mg 7-12 months 860 mg 860 mg 1-3 years 2,000 mg 2,000 mg 4-8 years 2,300 mg 2,300 mg 9-13 years 2,500 mg 2,300 mg 14-18 years 3,000 mg 2,300 mg 2,600 mg 2,500 mg 19-50 years 3,400 mg 2,600 mg 2,900 mg 2,800 mg 51+ years 3,400 mg 2,600 mg As you see, this is the current RDA for potassium based on age and gender, but even this is basically incorrect because it assumes the SAD way of eating, which we don't follow. Therefore, it becomes irrelevant. In addition, google the number of potassium and sodium atoms in the human body, and you will see that we have more sodium in us than potassium. So even from the perspective of human physiology, it makes no sense to eat more potassium than sodium. The RDA is famously misguided based on untested guidelines, just like the nutritional pyramid is for what we need to eat.
@@AngelaAStantonPhD Thank you. However, I get cravings for potassium-rich foods (certain vegetables, nuts and seeds), and I think my body is trying to tell me something. I had been doing fine on Keto for two years but more than a year ago I fell under the influence of some high-protein carnivore influencers and this has proved disastrous for my health... I am now striving to get back on very high fat Keto, so I am drastically limiting my protein intake. I have cut out red meat completely as it spikes my blood sugar. The fish I eat is mostly canned - mackerel, sardines and pink salmon; sometimes smoked mackerel. So I guess there isn't much potassium in that. I have found that hearts of palm are very high in potassium, but I only have access to the canned ones. I have noticed that since adding in potassium-rich foods (including pumpkin seeds, nuts, nut butters) my sleep has improved. Are you aware of a connection between poor sleep and lack of potassium? Thanks again for replying to me 🙏
@@aurapopescu1875 craving is associated with addiction. Carbs are addictive. I understand how you feel about the carnivore push--I am not a carnivore myself, I am on the ketogenic diet cyclically--carnivore in the dead of winter and keto the rest of the year, which I find is healthy for me, though I don't tolerate veggies at all with the exception of some seeds and eat fruits like peppers, tomatoes, squash, and berries. Red meat itself doesn't spike blood sugar but the protein in it does, especially if you don't eat enough or eat too much. Protein synthesis must spike glucose because it must initiate insulin release to start packing the synthesized protein away. So getting a bg spike from red meat is not an issue. In fact, you are much more likely to get an even higher sugar spike from white meat, such as chicken breast or tune, because the glucogenic amino acids in those proteins is much higher. It is important to understand the process behind metabolism to not misunderstand what is happening. In addition, there is nothing wrong with bg being spiked as long as it moves back to within normal range of 90-99 mg/dL within a short time--usually 1 hour. The problem with reducing protein is that it is THE most important essential nutrient your body cannot create without you eating it and every single cell in your body--including your bone cells--are made of protein to some degree. So reducing your protein will, in time, lead to muscle loss--and remember that your heart is a muscle. Canned fish is processed fish--remember I noted that processed foods have no potassium in them. Hearts of palm "raw" from the tree has high potassium, but canned it only has 190 mg potassium per 100 gr serving, whereas in 100 gr avocado, there is almost 500 g potassium, whereas 100 gr burger from beef chuck has about 300 mg potassium (100 gr is only 3.5 oz so half of a typical burger). In terms of poor sleep and potassium: the connection to poor sleep is the glucose in the plants and not the potassium. Carbs cause fatigue. This is why people often claim they need a nap after a big lunch, for example. This is very well known. There are people I met who specifically eat a high carbs dinner to get sleepy and sleep well. The problem with doing this is that, in time, sugar crashes will wake you very early in the morning. What you eat is your choice, but eat with knowledge
Great information, however the continual interruption of Dr Stanton when she was on a flow was really frustrating and made you podcast very disjointed. An interviewer needs to ask questions and be informed of course, but this was very overbearing.
Ketones are always present in our body. Our leading BCAA leucine, which initiates protein synthesis, is a ketogenic amino acid.. So no matter what you eat, you will always have ketones in your body. The question is: can you use ketones for things other than protein synthesis? Or are you stuck in glucose burning for most everything. So yes, ketones are required and are always present--even if we aren't using them.
@@AngelaAStantonPhD Waita minute. Is the concept that ketones are a significant fuel for muscle and brain new to you? First, here is the order in which the body burns/metabolizes consumed fuel substances: 1. Alcohol because we have virtually no capacity to store it. 2. Glucose. We have limited capacity to store as glycogen. The rest is stored as fat. 3. Fat as fatty acids and fatty acids turned to ketones by the liver. Mostly stored fat in this case. This is how we survived food scarcity. If you are producing ketones, you WILL use them for fuel. Your brain sucks them up! the only substance I know of drawn through the blood brain barrier. Glucose has to be pushed. You never get to step 3 if you eat too much of step 2. ketones (BHB, etc.) are mainly for fuel, especially muscle and brain fuel. If you say they are always in the blood, for the average person at step 2, it is at tiny levels and do no good.
This is not correct. The order is there based on toxicity but some organs--especially the heart and the brain--have their preferred fuel. Alcohol is burned first because it is extremely toxic and while it is in the system, nothing else can burn--literally. Everything else is shunted to fat production for storage while alcohol is in the system--this is one reason why alcoholics often are in ketosis. Alcohol provides 7 kcal, so more than sugar or protein. The next fuel that will burn is sugar because that's the second most toxic element. Most of the body will use sugar if there is overly high sugar content, except for the heart and the brain, both of which may prefer alternate fuel. There was at least 1 study that showed that the brain literally will pick ketones if both glucose and ketones are presented to it as long as the body is not under stress from toxic levels of glucose. And the heart uses fat most of the time else it generates way too much lactic acid, which may be followed by a heart attack. In terms of ketones, we have 3 ketone bodies: acetoacetate is the base, betahydroxybutyrate (BHB) is the one our body uses as fuel and which has a 2-way avenue with acetoacetate in that BHB can revert back into acetoacetate if there is too much in the system and can be urinated out. The third is acetone, which is spontaneously created from acetoacetate under inefficient ketone burning conditions--this is one-directional and basically it's kcal wasted in the breath. We always have ketones in our body. Everybody! I recommend you eat a fruit and test your blood ketones (BHB) after and see it increase actually to a high number, because when you eat a fruit or sugar or similar, it isn't burned at that time and so it backs up. It can stay in the blood for quite some time and if you have a very efficient metabolic process, the ketones will start to be used as glucose drops back within normal ranges. Even a vegan person will have ketones. If they had no ketones, they cannot build muscles and also cannot have cellular replacements, organelle replacements, and even DNA requires protein synthesis. But protein synthesis won't start unless leucine reaches a minimum threshold to signal for protein synthesis to start. And leucine is a ketogenic amino acid. So if a person is alive and has muscles and cell: that person has some minimal baseline ketone levels that can start protein synthesis. Every human will have a baseline ketone level, in BHB it is usually between 0.1 and 0..3 mmol/L. This is required for life, no matter who you are and what you eat. Of course, if someone never meets the minimum protein threshold to start protein synthesis, it can't start. This is when plant-based eaters become frail and lose their muscles. They have baseline ketones--in fact sometimes even larger than baseline--but since they don't eat enough animal proteins, and plant proteins lack leucine, they usually are in trouble in the protein synthesis territory. But they most certainly have ketones. We have tested this many times in my group.
@@AngelaAStantonPhD disagree. Sorry. Bottom line is ketones present in the blood in significant concentration (BHB 0.5 mmol/dl or more) on a constant basis will result in much better brain development and health.
some criticism... applies to many people who provides youtube videos. We do not watch your video because we have too much time on our hands, or because we love you so very much. We watch these videos, because we want to learn something about the issue. Instead we have to sit through an hour of.... skip the introduction, put it into description. Then come to the point, we do not care about YOUR story, we are living it ourselves. Cut these videos to the bare bones and more people actually will watch it. We are 6 minutes into the video and I have to stop watching. I have a life as well.
Just read through the transcript, I see absolutely nothing actionable in her ramblings! For a person with multiple degrees she never gets to the point ! Either she does not know or is saving the juicy bits to make money .
I would like to thank Dr. Cywes for this wonderful opportunity to discuss migraines. I have truly enjoyed our conversation, found it stimulating and exciting, and I hope it will help migraineurs see the light at the end of the tunnel and learn to become migraine free.
Phenomenal discussion....just scratching the surface
@@robertcywes2966 Yes, phenomenal!
Dr. Stanton do you have any info on migraneurs who also have high blood pressure and have salt sensitivity??
Dr Angela Stanton's protocol gave me my life back from horrible migraines.
Hi Andi! 🙂Great to see you here.
My patients describe their migraines as debilitating especially since they occur in an unpredictable fashion. It's so important that clinicians are aware of the healing potential of keto as a therapeutic modality restoring hope. Thanks to both of you for helping to spread this message ❤
Thank you Dr. Hampton. I am glad you are helping your migraine patients the nutritionally correct way! That is super good to know.
@@AngelaAStantonPhD Thanks, Dr. Stanton. The irony of therapeutic carb restriction is that many of my patients who try it are actually doing it for weight loss, diabetes reversal, etc. only to discover the unexpected “side effects” of keto are reversible of their migraines, GERD, improved mood, and and a long list of other good surprises. Keto has allowed me to become the healer I’ve always wanted to be and I’ll never go back to my old way of practicing medicine where I relayed primarily on medications to manage my patients diseases.
I have heard people say that they are experiencing a migraine when what they mean is they have a bad headache. Mine were debilitating-unable to see, to read, to communicate clearly or think. Walking, or participating in “life” was impossible.
@@rebeccaarcher5139 Well stated Rebecca. Migraines can make tension headaches feel much milder.
So thankful people have more options beyond medicines
Hope is on the way 😉
@@rebeccaarcher5139 indeed, most people associate migraine with "just a big headache" but if headache comes with it, it's just one of many symptoms. I hope you are improving.
My first migraine was at four years old, I went blind, severely vomited but no head-ache. The head-aches started at the age of seven, three to five times per month, blinding migraines. I was treated like a lab rat for the next fifty years, try this, try that. At fifty nine I found carnivore. Within one month my migraines stopped completely! It's been a year and a half now with-out a single migraine. Oh and I also lost sixty pounds of fat and joint pain, and skin problems, and depression. Carnivore is the answer to migraines, I am sure of that. Be well.
Tim very sorry of your experience as a lab rat. Unfortunately this is very true. Most migraine sufferers feel that way. I am glad you found the nutritional solution. And yes, carnivore diet is by far the best way of eating to prevent migraines. Better than keto.
Thank you for sharing your experience. I started keto in mid July to heal myself of chronic frequent migraine for 30 years. It got worse as I get older. Now is daily migraine, if not in the morning, it will on at around 3-4pm. I figure I have inflammation and keto helps to heal inflammation. But one month of keto has NOT help with lessening the frequency of my headache. I did plan to go Carnivore in November to give my body time to adjust. I might as well start after I finish eating all the veggies in my fridge. :)
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How are your migraines now? I hope carnivore has cured you!! ❤
Such a good interview. I liked seeing Dr. Cywes getting excited with information.
Dr. Cywes is an excellent interviewer. I found it a joy talking with him because of his excitement.
So happy to see two of my favorite people pop up on my feed today! This coming October will be 2 years migraine-free for me thanks to Dr. Stanton's protocol! I'm so grateful that someone shared the link to her group on one of the fb migraine groups because less than 1 month after starting the protocol I got to enjoy my first rainy day without a migraine when they would normally have me running for a dark room with ice packs and pain meds (and in Florida our rainy season is 6 months of every year, so a lot of time lost to head pain).
And then 1 month into the protocol my migraines stopped and thankfully have not returned! It was a few more months before I think I fully exhaled and knew this was the right path for my health. And now I'm about to celebrate 2 years without migraines!
From her protocol I learned how to prevent migraines with barometric pressure changes, with monthly hormonal changes, and so many other scenarios which had set off 15 years of every form of migraine for me. Last week I had a major surgery and I was able to do it without any symptoms whatsoever by bringing my own prepared food and knowing the protocol...and now a nurse at that hospital is hopefully on her way to becoming migraine-free as well. 😊
I can't share enough about the amazing work Dr Stanton has done and the amount of time she dedicates to helping as many people as she can, always staying up until the late hours of the morning answering questions. She and her fb group admins (all migraine-free as well) do everything they can to help others become not only migraine-free as well but also to enjoy better health in general by experiencing the benefits of a keto/carnivore way of eating. My 80-year-old parents have done the protocol as well, so if they can do it then I believe anyone can do it! 💜
OMG what a beautiful testimonial @Sofia Marie! 🥰 Thank you so much! I will share this also on my "Wall of Testimonials". And congratulations for your successful surgery and for helping a nurse! hopefully she will join us in the group.
@@SofiaMarie, this is so wonderful for you, and how incredibly that your parents joined you as well!! Wow!! I love that so much!! 🎉❤
Keto has not cured my husband's migraine disorder but has reduced his symptoms by about 75%. He used to have migraine days about 15 days per month despite treatment and meds. He still has cycles where he will have several migraines in a row over a week or two, but now he can go several months between cycles without any symptoms! It has been absolutely life changing! All migraine sufferers should be advised to try keto!
Patricia the ketogenic diet alone is not enough. As I mention all through this part of the discussion, increased salt is essential for migraineurs. Maybe your husband would care to join us un the migraine group on Facebook, and we can help him.
@@AngelaAStantonPhD I will suggest it.
I started having migraines at 14. My headache wasn't terrible, but had speach and visual problems and numbness starting on one side of my body to the other. This was also the time my family bought a restaurant and I had access to lots of sugar and carbs. I finally quit having them in my 40's. Now I am carnivore and feeling better than ever.
Sounds like you may have had hemiplegic migraine. Glad you are carnivore!
Carnivore helped you cure a hemiplegic migraine? I'm going carnivore then
My mom, maternal grandmother and many female cousins have severe migraines. I had 5-6 painful, normal-life-stopping ones after the birth of my third child…then no more! Once or twice a year I have all the symptoms of a migraine (aura, can’t read, need to go to bed, blank spot in the middle of my eyesight) but without pain. You said it! I CAN have a migraine without the headache,! I am grateful for the info and also thankful that the pain is gone.
I've had migraines since I was a child. My parents took me to so many doctors over the years. I learned to live and struggle with them. Now I'm 53. Last year I started keto to lose a bit of age weight, 20lbs, nothing big. Within a month my migraines were gone, my clouded mind felt clear, and yes, I lost that 20lbs. Going low carb/no sugar/keto has been a godsend and I feel 20 years younger...and I haven't had a migraine since.
I had a somewhat similar experience with a different metabolic malady. In my case it was gout. I had a 30 year history of severe chronic gout that was first diagnosed at age 24. At age 55 my condition had progressed into refractory gout that was no longer responding to treatment (allopurinol) at the maximum daily dosage (800 mg / day). At the same time I had a lab blood test result indicating I may be developing pre-diabetes. Upon my own initiative and research I discovered the keto diet as a means of lowering blood sugar. Within weeks of starting the keto diet (for purposes of pre-diabetes) my 30 year history of severe chronic gout unexpectedly went into complete remission. That was a totally surprising unexpected godsend for me. I weaned myself completely off of allopurinol over the next couple months with no gout flares. I am now 58 and have been on a keto diet for over 3 years with no gout flares. I have also lost about 80 pounds (250 lbs down to 170 lbs). I have never felt better and can now walk over 20 miles on a regular basis with complete ease and enjoyment.
Glad to hear you are successful now! Keep up the good job!
I bought her book a few years ago, and tell anyone who says they have migraines about her book and protocol. My whole family uses it.
Great to hear Robin! Congratulations for you and your family for your success!
Two of my favorite doctors in one episode!! It’s Christmas in August! 😍❤️
🥰Thanks JS.
I agree!
I loved this! I can't wait to listen to Part 2. Dr. Angela Stanton has literally given me my life back after 35 years of debilitating migraines, which increased with peri menopause exactly as Dr. Stanton described hers. I progressed to 15 to 20 migraines a month, with many residual days of just feeling awful. I have been migraine free for 3 years now, with an occasional 'mini migraine from barometric pressure fluctuations. I continue to improve my health on a daily basis. My health improvements are actually palpable, ie sleep, mood, resolution of insulin resistance and increased brain health etc! Thank you Dr. Stanton for all of your incredible work and devotion! Actually my whole family thanks you! ❤❤❤
Wonderful to read your story of healing Jocelyn! Thank you for sharing. 😍
This will be fantastic 👏 I love you two!
🥰 Thanks Andi
I do wish there were medical doctors who understood this approach to treating migraine. I have been on a ketogenic diet since 2011.( I had a 2-3 migraines a year prior to that, on a no sugars diet.) After going keto they decreased in severity but would still occur w traveling, sleep disruption and heavy exercise, especially in heat. When I read Dr Stanton work, I have begun drinking broth again and saw a decrease in morning neck pain/mild headachy symptoms and so began adding more salt and electrolytes to my morning routine. I settled on an LMNT supplement packet on non-exercise days. More when exercising and up to 3-4 packets on multi day cycling trip in summer heat. I have gone migraine free for 2 years on that routine w 2 exceptions: going to a cardiologist, he insisted that the supplemental salt be stopping because of elevated BP (my diet only gives me 600-1000 mg sodium) so I didn't take the supplemental salt for 1 day. 36 hrs after my last LMNT packet, I had a migraine. That was evidence enough for me that the supplementation of electrolytes is vital to me in preventing migraine.
The other exception was my first ever visual aura a half hour after a 2 hour training run in cool weather (dressed warmly),I had the aura, took a pinch of mixed salts under my tongue and sat for 5 minutes and the aura disappeared in 5 minutes. No migraine followed.
LMNT has both sodium and potassium in it and so it is not nearly as good as only salt. And they also have magnesium, though little, but if you take it at night, it can lead to nightmares.
Very much looking forward to part 2. Thank you!
Thanks Bobbi!
Fascinating conversation but did I miss the part where keto is discussed? It ended so abruptly and I did not understand the connection with migraine and keto or blood sugar. Please give us a part 2:)
1seffling this was just the first part of the discussion. Dr. Cywes and I had a 2.5-hour discussion. Stay tuned for the next part. 🙂
All I know is that when I changed my diet to keto/carnivore my migraines went away along about 40lbs. That was reason enough for me to continue this way of eating. It will be seven years this coming December.
Congratulations!
I’ve had migraines as far back as 8 years old and I used to just have to stay in bed with my head under the bed blocking out the light.
I’m 52 years old now, I’ve noticed I got them the worse at the end of summer but only 2-3 times a year (headaches every day though). My headaches have eased up greatly since being carnivore from 2 months ago.
Amazing presentation. I never had many headaches in my life, but this was very interesting. My daughter suffers with them daily.
Thank you so much for the work you do Dr's. I have had migraines for as long as I can remember, from age 7 or 8 😢. The low carb, no gluten and adding salt has done wonders for me, at 38 I only get them but not as bad. And most times now just the aura, hardly pain. My vision is is still so bad though(kaleidoscope)
Sharing with my friends who get migraines. Great video
Super! thank you!
Two passionate , fantastic humans who are helping the world heal. Inspiring and informative interview. Thanks to you both for sharing such important information.
Thank you Pat!
This man needs to stop interrupting, but I am grateful to have heard this discussion and appreciate that they both made this happen.
Since childhood a lot of headaches, just regular, from time to time migraines .... 6 years ago since I went on keto, soon all that improved/decreased at least 90%. And even when i got aura I never get headache after. Have no doubt that keto did that.
Fantastic. And when you get an aura. you may want to try a little salt under your tongue to stop it.
WOW, this was very complicated. Dr. Cywes, would you consider summarizing this information in another video that us common folks will understand? Thanks.
Marcia this is indeed very complicated. You are welcome to join my Facebook migraine group where you will find the same information broken down into bite-size elements easier to comprehend and we help you apply it.
Will do.
A friend prone to migraines has trouble keeping on a ketogenic diet, but she hasn’t said whether she suffered from more or worse migraines on such a diet. She has various other health problems though.
I’ve never had a migraine as far as I know. Sheer luck.
It's very sad that your friend wasn't able to stick with the keto diet. Quite unfortunate! Carbs are very addictive,
Probably never truly been in ketosis.
I don’t recall when my migraine auras started, but I have periods when I forget all about them. Some of them can be quite unusual, but all of them initially present with something I’d describe as “heatwaves” radiating from a road effect making a disturbance within my visual field, and when I close my eyes, it’s still there indicating it’s in my head rather than in front of me. As the aura developers, apparently my brain’s ability to accurately interpret what I’m seeing becomes impaired for a few minutes including occasional hallucinogenic weirdness in some cases. I’ve recently experienced some night auras which I confess to be disturbing, and interestingly enough. they’re on black backgrounds. Oh well, these are only short lived experiences, but the good news is, - a migraine headache doesn’t follow. I’ll give the salt a try…
Salt should help William. Good luck!
It was enlightening to understand that those who have migraines are low in sodium. Could sodium also be useful in the case of increased sensitivity to noise and light?
Yes! Absolutely. Take some salt with water and your sensitivity will reduce.
First time n 30 years Ive heard actual explanations
Btw. I love your videos. I would recommend a microphone 🎤 when recording to give them the final touch! :)
@@patrickgranstrm2537 what kind of microphone? I believe e both use a microphone, only it's not on the video. Mine is not very good. What kind do you recommend?
@@AngelaAStantonPhD I recommend searching for a “podcast microphone” that connects directly to your computer. Most mics at around 100 dollars are good enough. Or you could buy a headset with a good microphone, if you want an easier set up. :)
I can also smell when someone has diabetes. Others look at me like I'm weird when I tell them that I can smell it. It's similar to the smell of death, just not as strong. I can also smell cancer. Weird I know.
My dentist told me the migraine affected the trigeminal nerve. That pretty well defined my migraines,,,,on one side of the head and throbbing nerve in the teeth, eye, neck and top of the head.
Random Girl trigeminal neuralgia is not a migraine because, as you noted, your pain is on the outside of your skull--pain in the teeth and face are typical with trigeminal neuralgia. Given that it is a neuron in the brain that is affected but the nerves leave the brain and are under the skin basically, it is slightly different from a migraine. Perhaps this is why you have throbbing pain, which doesn't happen with migraine. Regardless, the reduced carbohydrate way of eating and increased salt will be helpful.
@@AngelaAStantonPhD thanks so much for the input. My migraine medicine (a form of Triptan like imitrex or maxalt) take care of the headache for the day so long as I give the medicine time to work. Migraines or trigeminal neuralgia maybe can be traced through my mother’s side and her female relatives. Both mom and I had these deep headaches start when we were 21….hormones or sugar/chocolate trigger them…among other things. I’m not sure if this is helpful information, but thought I would share anyway because I think it is really odd that they started at the age of 21. By the way, our family does not drink or smoke so it is not related to that.
@@randomgirl8078 given that migraine is genetic and families tend to live alike and eat/drink similar things, it would not be surprising to have each member express those genes at the same age. This is not very typical though where families weren't so close and lived separately and ate very different things. Migraine may also skip a generation. In my family I have never met anyone with a migraine and it wasn't until a few years ago when one of my cousin's sent a family photo I haven't seen before and I discovered that my maternal grandmother was a migraineur. Migraineurs have certain visible prodromes and I saw this on my gramma's face. My mom, on the other hand, could count on one hand how many mild headaches she had in her entire life!
I see nothing unusual about starting it at age 21 also because the gene expression is specific to epigenetics. It can very well be expressed by a hormone turning on or off or some other experience. And please be careful with triptans because so many migraineurs ended up with heart damage from them! They are not innocent drugs! they are quite harmful.
Shes my hero!
Thanks Nina! 🥰
If I stick to keto I have no migraines. If I cheat and get kicked out of ketosis, I can guarantee will get a migraine, goes away when I get back into ketosis.
Hi Dr Cyves. You are not turning up on my feed. I always have. To look you up. Even though I am subscriber. It looks suspicious to me.
Thanks for info. Yes not sure what yt is doing
@@robertcywes2966 I have the same problem, and not just with your channel but everyone else's I subscribe to. I think this is a UA-cam error somewhere.
I had cluster headache in while ago, and was also had GERD And stage-1 hypertension, as i realized that my hypertension was carb-philic when i cut high carb it immediately gone.
I learnt carb and salt relationship as soon i started salt, my headache is gone even if i eat high carb. Till now i am free.
But i feel sometimes non-cluster Headache after alot coffee and i manage salted water (coffe and carb depletes salt).
Salt help my acid reflux to strengthing valve and i use carb as survival food not overdosing to my self.
Fit Doctor coffee is a vasoconstrictor and removes salt and water from the blood, so a diuretic agent. if you must have a coffee a day, by all means, but follow up with salt and water to reduce the damage it causes. Coffee can be used very successfully to avert a migraine in high altitudes where vasodilation reduces relative blood volume, so it is also a medicine.
@@AngelaAStantonPhD Do you have thoughts as to ratio of (pink himalayan) salt-to-watsr to replenish after coffee fix in mornings? (am bmi 18, 63yrs… migraines in teens, auras etc, following paternal grandmother..). Thank you Dr Stanton❤
@@eugeniebreida1583 I don't recommend Himalayan salt at all. The "minerals" in it are heavy metals and even radioactivity. I recommend just simple table salt that has absolutely nothing but salt in it--kosher salt is perfect but I recommend salt with iodine. As for after coffee: since coffee is a vasoconstricting agent, I don't recommend salt after it at all for a couple of hours. Need to wait till the vasoconstriction is over before we try to increase blood volume. A couple of hours after, the regular Stanton Migraine Protocol dose of 1/8th teaspoon finely grated salt (300 mg sodium) in one cup (8 oz or 237 ml) water.
I had my first “migraine” when I was 9yo on a family vacation. I had already been diagnosed with hypothyroidism, so I always attributed it to that. My daughter gets bad migraines with an aura (loses vision in one eye temporarily) and vomiting. Has had them for years, but usually monthly.
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(PA)as i believe it's overlooked and under diagnose! Is this a genetic disorder i’m just going to have to live with. Thank you!
Stephanie, I am very sorry about your hyperaldosteronism. It is the one causing your hypertension because your RAAS system, that keeps homeostasis in your electrolytes aren't working properly. I am not an MD so cannot recommend anything, but the high blood pressure and low renin are all consequences of your health condition. You are doing the best you can with your diet.
If it's not pain on one side it's not a migraine? I certainly had many migranes. Not on one side. All my head hurts like hell. So I disgaree with that statement.
A strong headache doesn't make it into a migraine. There are much more painful headaches than migraine headaches. In a lecture I show why it can only hurt on one side. Migraine comes with a host of other symptoms too and not necessarily with a headache at all.
@@AngelaAStantonPhD Thanks for the reply. I appreciate you a lot, you are a hero to migraine sufferers, really. Other than the very strong headache I got very sensetive to light, I got a very stiff neck, my stomach goes crazy, and some other migraine symptoms. And it can last for days sometimes. Also it runs in our family. Ofc I am not looking to be diagonozed of a youtube comment section.. just wanted to say that I know migraines and bad ones pretty well. Going Keto helped me a lot with it, And you are one if the fronteirs on that approach.
@@naelna glad it is working for you. I wish you well. 🙂
is there going to be a part 2? I was disappointed when the interview ended abruptly.
Of course! Part 2 coming up
Of course, coming up
Is this part 1? Because it cut out at the end.
Yes it is.
How do we get more potassium on a ketogenic / carnivore diet?
Aura fresh meat and fish (not processed meat and fish) are very high in potassium if you eat carnivore. The other day I ate a white fish that was a 6-8 oz (about 200 gr) serving and had over 700 mg potassium. Salmon and beef are both very high but be sure to not get processed meat or fish--like smoked salmon or beef jerky have almost zero potassium. On the keto diet you can eat avocado, for example. An avocado is almost zero carbs but has 400-600 potassium grams depending on avocado type.
@@AngelaAStantonPhD But our necessary daily intake is 4700mg!...
@@aurapopescu1875 that is a very old number and now the RDA is about half that. I cannot post a link here but let me see if I can post a picture in a semi readable way:
Age Male Female Pregnancy Lactation
Birth to 6 months 400 mg 400 mg
7-12 months 860 mg 860 mg
1-3 years 2,000 mg 2,000 mg
4-8 years 2,300 mg 2,300 mg
9-13 years 2,500 mg 2,300 mg
14-18 years 3,000 mg 2,300 mg 2,600 mg 2,500 mg
19-50 years 3,400 mg 2,600 mg 2,900 mg 2,800 mg
51+ years 3,400 mg 2,600 mg
As you see, this is the current RDA for potassium based on age and gender, but even this is basically incorrect because it assumes the SAD way of eating, which we don't follow. Therefore, it becomes irrelevant. In addition, google the number of potassium and sodium atoms in the human body, and you will see that we have more sodium in us than potassium. So even from the perspective of human physiology, it makes no sense to eat more potassium than sodium. The RDA is famously misguided based on untested guidelines, just like the nutritional pyramid is for what we need to eat.
@@AngelaAStantonPhD Thank you.
However, I get cravings for potassium-rich foods (certain vegetables, nuts and seeds), and I think my body is trying to tell me something.
I had been doing fine on Keto for two years but more than a year ago I fell under the influence of some high-protein carnivore influencers and this has proved disastrous for my health... I am now striving to get back on very high fat Keto, so I am drastically limiting my protein intake. I have cut out red meat completely as it spikes my blood sugar. The fish I eat is mostly canned - mackerel, sardines and pink salmon; sometimes smoked mackerel. So I guess there isn't much potassium in that. I have found that hearts of palm are very high in potassium, but I only have access to the canned ones. I have noticed that since adding in potassium-rich foods (including pumpkin seeds, nuts, nut butters) my sleep has improved. Are you aware of a connection between poor sleep and lack of potassium?
Thanks again for replying to me 🙏
@@aurapopescu1875 craving is associated with addiction. Carbs are addictive. I understand how you feel about the carnivore push--I am not a carnivore myself, I am on the ketogenic diet cyclically--carnivore in the dead of winter and keto the rest of the year, which I find is healthy for me, though I don't tolerate veggies at all with the exception of some seeds and eat fruits like peppers, tomatoes, squash, and berries.
Red meat itself doesn't spike blood sugar but the protein in it does, especially if you don't eat enough or eat too much. Protein synthesis must spike glucose because it must initiate insulin release to start packing the synthesized protein away. So getting a bg spike from red meat is not an issue. In fact, you are much more likely to get an even higher sugar spike from white meat, such as chicken breast or tune, because the glucogenic amino acids in those proteins is much higher. It is important to understand the process behind metabolism to not misunderstand what is happening.
In addition, there is nothing wrong with bg being spiked as long as it moves back to within normal range of 90-99 mg/dL within a short time--usually 1 hour. The problem with reducing protein is that it is THE most important essential nutrient your body cannot create without you eating it and every single cell in your body--including your bone cells--are made of protein to some degree. So reducing your protein will, in time, lead to muscle loss--and remember that your heart is a muscle.
Canned fish is processed fish--remember I noted that processed foods have no potassium in them. Hearts of palm "raw" from the tree has high potassium, but canned it only has 190 mg potassium per 100 gr serving, whereas in 100 gr avocado, there is almost 500 g potassium, whereas 100 gr burger from beef chuck has about 300 mg potassium (100 gr is only 3.5 oz so half of a typical burger).
In terms of poor sleep and potassium: the connection to poor sleep is the glucose in the plants and not the potassium. Carbs cause fatigue. This is why people often claim they need a nap after a big lunch, for example. This is very well known. There are people I met who specifically eat a high carbs dinner to get sleepy and sleep well. The problem with doing this is that, in time, sugar crashes will wake you very early in the morning.
What you eat is your choice, but eat with knowledge
Great information, however the continual interruption of Dr Stanton when she was on a flow was really frustrating and made you podcast very disjointed. An interviewer needs to ask questions and be informed of course, but this was very overbearing.
I still say ketones are required for our brains from birth...and before.
Ketones are always present in our body. Our leading BCAA leucine, which initiates protein synthesis, is a ketogenic amino acid.. So no matter what you eat, you will always have ketones in your body. The question is: can you use ketones for things other than protein synthesis? Or are you stuck in glucose burning for most everything. So yes, ketones are required and are always present--even if we aren't using them.
@@AngelaAStantonPhD
Waita minute. Is the concept that ketones are a significant fuel for muscle and brain new to you?
First, here is the order in which the body burns/metabolizes consumed fuel substances:
1. Alcohol because we have virtually no capacity to store it.
2. Glucose. We have limited capacity to store as glycogen. The rest is stored as fat.
3. Fat as fatty acids and fatty acids turned to ketones by the liver. Mostly stored fat in this case. This is how we survived food scarcity. If you are producing ketones, you WILL use them for fuel. Your brain sucks them up! the only substance I know of drawn through the blood brain barrier. Glucose has to be pushed. You never get to step 3 if you eat too much of step 2.
ketones (BHB, etc.) are mainly for fuel, especially muscle and brain fuel. If you say they are always in the blood, for the average person at step 2, it is at tiny levels and do no good.
This is not correct. The order is there based on toxicity but some organs--especially the heart and the brain--have their preferred fuel. Alcohol is burned first because it is extremely toxic and while it is in the system, nothing else can burn--literally. Everything else is shunted to fat production for storage while alcohol is in the system--this is one reason why alcoholics often are in ketosis.
Alcohol provides 7 kcal, so more than sugar or protein. The next fuel that will burn is sugar because that's the second most toxic element. Most of the body will use sugar if there is overly high sugar content, except for the heart and the brain, both of which may prefer alternate fuel. There was at least 1 study that showed that the brain literally will pick ketones if both glucose and ketones are presented to it as long as the body is not under stress from toxic levels of glucose. And the heart uses fat most of the time else it generates way too much lactic acid, which may be followed by a heart attack.
In terms of ketones, we have 3 ketone bodies: acetoacetate is the base, betahydroxybutyrate (BHB) is the one our body uses as fuel and which has a 2-way avenue with acetoacetate in that BHB can revert back into acetoacetate if there is too much in the system and can be urinated out. The third is acetone, which is spontaneously created from acetoacetate under inefficient ketone burning conditions--this is one-directional and basically it's kcal wasted in the breath.
We always have ketones in our body. Everybody! I recommend you eat a fruit and test your blood ketones (BHB) after and see it increase actually to a high number, because when you eat a fruit or sugar or similar, it isn't burned at that time and so it backs up. It can stay in the blood for quite some time and if you have a very efficient metabolic process, the ketones will start to be used as glucose drops back within normal ranges. Even a vegan person will have ketones. If they had no ketones, they cannot build muscles and also cannot have cellular replacements, organelle replacements, and even DNA requires protein synthesis. But protein synthesis won't start unless leucine reaches a minimum threshold to signal for protein synthesis to start. And leucine is a ketogenic amino acid.
So if a person is alive and has muscles and cell: that person has some minimal baseline ketone levels that can start protein synthesis. Every human will have a baseline ketone level, in BHB it is usually between 0.1 and 0..3 mmol/L. This is required for life, no matter who you are and what you eat. Of course, if someone never meets the minimum protein threshold to start protein synthesis, it can't start. This is when plant-based eaters become frail and lose their muscles. They have baseline ketones--in fact sometimes even larger than baseline--but since they don't eat enough animal proteins, and plant proteins lack leucine, they usually are in trouble in the protein synthesis territory. But they most certainly have ketones. We have tested this many times in my group.
@@AngelaAStantonPhD disagree. Sorry. Bottom line is ketones present in the blood in significant concentration (BHB 0.5 mmol/dl or more) on a constant basis will result in much better brain development and health.
Were doing that exleriment w my son. Will let u know in 98 years
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some criticism... applies to many people who provides youtube videos.
We do not watch your video because we have too much time on our hands, or because we love you so very much. We watch these videos, because we want to learn something about the issue.
Instead we have to sit through an hour of.... skip the introduction, put it into description. Then come to the point, we do not care about YOUR story, we are living it ourselves. Cut these videos to the bare bones and more people actually will watch it. We are 6 minutes into the video and I have to stop watching. I have a life as well.
Just read through the transcript, I see absolutely nothing actionable in her ramblings!
For a person with multiple degrees she never gets to the point !
Either she does not know or is saving the juicy bits to make money .