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Ketogenic diet

In my search for Health-a-licious foods, (delicious foods that lead to good health). I often have conversations that lead to interesting new ideas and theories.

I have recently given up caffeine...again...to see if that makes a difference in my racing heart rate (could just be that my thyroid effects it)...So to get to the point,  I was sitting in a Starbucks drinking my caffeine-free, sugar-free tea and eating my fat filled, gluten-filled, teeny-tiny breakfast sandwich. The conversation lead to health and food.

My friend brought up a Ketogenic diet. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketogenic_diet

It is an amazing theory based on science and things we have heard before with the Atkins diet or the South Beach diet, but with a twist. It is high fat, low protein, low carbohydrate. The theory being that it  helps people who suffer from seizures to not suffer from seizures. I wish I would have know this last week. (My sister's beloved family pet just passed away from health issues related to seizures.)

The Ketogenic diet has been documented as being used since the 1920's in successfully treating pediatric seizures and most recently in 1990's documentary on the Dateline news program. I am wondering if the same theory might work or help for those with migraine headaches. It is just a theory in that regard, but is it a theory I am willing to test? I am basically taking in only veggies, fruit, rice and potatoes as carbs. I do consume little ice cream here and there, but that has high fat content.

I definitely will not be like the Eskimos and eat whale blubber. Now that is true high fat.
Just another idea on the road to health. If anyone has tried this diet and has recipes, please let me know.

Have a Happy Healthy Day.

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