re: Home remedies the medical industry says do not work

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Since I started keto and working out 4 years ago, I haven't so much as had a cold

Lost 60 lbs, too

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I have a female friend that's been on and off keto (mostly on) for about 10 years. She's shrunk 3 inches and now has osteoporosis and she's not that old. Her skin is all wrinkled and her hair is a lot thinner.

Being on keto all the time doesn't allow the calcium to be absorbed as it should, among other things.

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3. High intake of healthy fats and quality animal proteins supplies abundant building blocks: cholesterol and phospholipids for cell membranes, hormone production, and bile production, amino acids for muscle repair, collagen synthesis, and myelin sheath integrity. In a nutrient-deprived modern diet, this sudden influx supports rapid tissue rebuilding, contributing to improved strength, recovery, and neurological stability early on.

These combined effects create a compelling “honeymoon phase” that convinces many ketosis is the ultimate cure—especially when pushed by influencers as the “new thing”, as everyone is searching for something that “works” for how bad they feel.

But these gains will eventually plateau or reverse as the body adapts and restrictions reveal the costs in long term.

Human physiology was designed for flexibility—seamlessly switching fuels—not permanent ketosis, a SURVIVAL mechanism for famine.

Chronic restriction imposes trade-offs that compound over months and years, especially in severe diseased states.

4. Ketosis is naturally diuretic, flushing electrolytes (sodium, potassium, magnesium) as glycogen depletes and water is released. Even in adapted ketosis, higher protein/fat metabolism increases urinary mineral loss. Keto’s restricted food variety—limiting fruits, roots, and CLEAN whole wheat—makes it nearly impossible to consume therapeutic doses needed to refill depleted stores.

5. Neurodegenerative and severe disease state people START with unbalanced sodium and potassium, and low magnesium, zinc, and selenium; chronic deficiency impairs ATP production, antioxidant defenses, and neuronal signaling. Supplements help short-term but do not match the synergistic, bioavailable delivery from whole food, leading to progressive deficits: fatigue, cramps, arrhythmias, and worsened neurodegeneration.

Those that don’t supplement high doses of whole food derived minerals are not getting enough therapeutically and would have to spend hundreds of dollars trying to acquire from the current market - which unironically derives these minerals and nutrients FROM FRUIT and herb bearing seed. LOL

6. High fat demands robust bile production and liver processing. In disease states—where livers are already struggling to conjugate and excrete toxins (heavy metals, pesticides, metabolic waste)—this added load taxes the liver’s abilities, increases fatty liver infiltration, cholestasis, and further detox backlog. Kidneys face higher filtration demands from protein metabolites and ketones, increasing demand and stress in compromised systems desperately trying to clear accumulated burdens.

7. REALLY IMPORTANT: Strict keto severely limits fiber and prebiotics, starving beneficial gut bacteria. This promotes dysbiosis—loss of microbial diversity and overgrowth of pro-inflammatory species. A healthy microbiome is ESSENTIAL for:
• Binding and excreting toxins (preventing liver recirculation).
• Producing short-chain fatty acids that support gut barrier and oxidative states that cause extensive damage.
• Metabolizing heavy metals and misfolded proteins.
In neurodegeneration (Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s), toxin backlog is already central—misfolded proteins cross the gut-brain axis, and heavy metals exacerbate mitochondrial damage. Low-fiber ketosis compounds this by slowing transit, allowing greater toxin reabsorption and perpetuating neuroinflammation.

8. Nearly all chronic diseases involve gut motility issues, leaky barrier, or inflammation. Without fiber’s bulking and lubricating effects, constipation worsens, further clogging an already sluggish GI tract and amplifying toxin retention.

9. Neurodegneration patients often exhibit mitochondrial damage and dysfunction, and brain glucose hypometabolism. While ketones provide alternative fuel short-term, severely damaged mitochondria struggle to utilize them efficiently. More critically, mitochondrial biogenesis (creating new, healthy mitochondria) requires specific plant-derived activators via pathways like PGC-1a and AMPK:

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I keep hearing stuff like that, yet none of that has happened to me. I get blood work every 6 months. Doing great.

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I keep hearing stuff like that, yet none of that has happened to me. I get blood work every 6 months. Doing great.

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It didn't happen to her right away either but over time she's deteriorated.

I don't adhere to strict ketosis, try to stay under 20g of carbs. Eat almond and coconut flower. Supplement as recommended by my doctor.

Women are predisposed to calcium deficiency, even young women.

I dunno man. I'll just keep listening to my doctor and nutritionist.

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sunlight treatment

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Vitamin D.

ETA: when I get a cold, I hydrate and wrap myself up in a few blankets and sweat it out while I sleep.

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tried. Jury is still out on that one. I may have tried too much whiskey.

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Or the right one. There are lots so keep trying. For science.