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Testing 1.. 2.. 3.

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Yesterday I had a myriad of blood tests which prove once again that I am not only a human Guinea pig, but a human pincushion as well. Let's just say the nurse wasn't particularly gentle with her approach to collecting blood samples for analysis. I have these tests done every 3-6 months to keep an eye on various health markers so that I can keep on top of everything and maybe make some adjustments if I need to. Just some of the tests I have include:  Full Blood Count (FBC) Bone Profile C-reactive protein Renal function test Tricglycerices 25 hydroxy vitamin D I find that the C-reactive protein test is very important because on of the characteristics of cancer progression is that it goes hand in hand with systemic inflammation. There is a relationship between favourable readings from this test (low readings) and better cancer survival rates that we can see in the literature.  Here is an explanation of the validity of the test as summarised in the literature.  Elevated C-rea...

Week 1 of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT)

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Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy means the delivery of oxygen under pressure at different 'depths' or 'atmospheres'. People use HBOT for a number of reasons to help with neurological conditions, cancer, diabetes, sports injuries, tinnitus, stubborn infections and ulcers. It can also speed up wound healing and recovery from radiotherapy damage.  Under the right conditions, brain tumours don't like oxygen. Typically for brain cancer patients an oncologist would only advise the treatment for radiation induced necrosis and you would most likely have to ask. Radiation necrosis can be a huge problem because it can cause a lot more mutations. I never had this problem thankfully but I would recommend HBOT to help treat any cancer.  Regarding radiation necrosis: 'In the clinical situation of a recurrent astrocytoma (postradiation therapy), radiation necrosis presents a diagnostic dilemma. Astrocytic tumours can mutate to the more malignant glioblastoma multiforme. Glioblastoma ...

Omega 3 experiment- the fishogenic diet

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This was just a fun experiment because I get bored sometimes. I wanted to increase protein to see what happens. The end result is nothing much! These are typical readings for me but it's interesting how eating more fish doesn't change much compared to other sources of protein. I could eat half the amount in red meat and the effect on my blood glucose would be twice as much. That's why I don't eat much red meat and when I do it's just lamb heart.  I would definitely recommend red meat on ketogenic diets, I just do this because of its easier to consistently stay in therapeutic ketosis for cancer management this way. Tomorrow I start hyperbaric oxygen therapy. I have my own diet protocol for that which is quite different but challenging to explain. It will be a whole lifestyle change starting tomorrow and not just diet related. Should be fun! I went for a long walk early this morning and then decided to eat a little bit differently to compare results with my normal die...

Want more widespread awareness of metabolic therapy?

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Please vote for my blog if you want the world to know more about metabolic therapy and ketogenic diets for cancer management. The field of nutrigenomics is an exciting one, full of promise for 2016.  I'm under the category of 'Health and Social Care  http://blogawardsuk.co.uk/ukba2016/my-entry/mybraincancerstory

DHA- More important than ketones for brain cancer management?

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What is DHA and why is it so important? DHA is Docosahexaenoic Acid. Its a bit of a mouthful so you can see why we just call it DHA! It is the preferred dietary n-3 Fatty Acid for the development of the brain and the retina. It is essential for brain maturation as we age and the literature shows that with neurological disease we see a significant decline in DHA in the brain compared with healthy brains. When we look closer at how DHA is so incredibly important in how our brains develop, it reminds me of the fact brain cancer is the biggest cancer killer of the under 40's. I see a lot of children with brain tumours, particularly neuroblastoma. With this in mind I feel it would be irresponsible at best to not make dietary adjustments to optimise DHA intake while also monitoring vitamin D status in paediatric brain tumour patients, particularly as they're brains are still developing. There is the possibility of, at the very least having neuroprotective benefits to combat neuroinfl...

ketogenic zero carb, dairy free pizza

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My ketogenic 'zero carb' pizza and chips recipe. It is also dairy free as I substitute butter for ghee and I don't add cheese. Here is a video I made showing how I did it...