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Think it's all about food? Think again.

I'm collecting more information on how I can improve my light environment, this is pretty good.  Astrocytes are like many little clocks, mess up the times and it can change your genes. I was diagnosed with an astrocytoma so this information is gold.  Light is often more important than food, I understand this. The problem is probably that people can't make much money out of this and it's not trendy.  http://youtu.be/CEEzydHmcJ8

A leap forward for metabolic therapy?

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I really hope this is a progressive step forward in getting the potential of ketogenic diets for cancer management to be accepted into mainstream cancer treatment protocols.  https://www.newscientist.com/article/2078558-ketogenic-diets-reputed-anticancer-credentials-put-to-test/

Brain food

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Technology

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I have become overly reliant on technology lately and this is not a good thing. From now on I will be limiting my use of all personal technology (phones, computers, TV) to the hours of 12-1pm, 3-4pm and 6-7pm. In this day and age I cannot cut my use completely unfortunately because as a society in this country we have become so dependent on it, however I believe cutting down will allow me to be more efficient with my time when I do use it and the times I am not using it.  http://www.engadget.com/2015/11/16/experts-say-phones-need-a-bedtime-mode-to-fix-our-sleep/ Also please see again this study on EMF and epilepsy.  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3659130/ I am writing this at 12:25 so the limitation period has begun and the phone will be switched off again very soon. :) 

Epilepsy and hyperbaric oxygen therapy- important considerations

I'm at the halfway point now! Today I start week 3 of my 6. Week 2 of my hyperbaric oxygen treatment was certainly more eventful than week 1, even at this early stage! This is both good and bad. I had experience of an oxygen toxicity seizure towards the end of HBOT last Monday and I was able to reverse this just in time before it became more serious. I knew this was a risk as I have reflex epilepsy but there are some interesting findings that I am documenting. Increase in ROS and RNS (among other complex mechanisms) obviously affects the epileptic brain and stimulates the central nervous system but we can manage this to get the benefits rather than increase risky complications using some clever management techniques I learned from research as I will explain. We must also remember that antioxidants have anticonvulsant benefits but reduce the efficacy of HBOT so a patient with reflex epilepsy must try to find a balance that is therapeutic to get the benefits of HBOT and not dangerous...