My, my, this ketogenic diet has exhibited some surprising and delightful side effects.
In past posts, I complained of having acid reflux and heart burn -- a very common problem to many. In fact, I was blaming my chronic cough on this condition (LPR, or laryngopharyngeal reflux); I went off coffee and wine and worked on eating a low acid diet. I will admit that the change in diet "seemed" to help the cough initially. But it (the cough) has, sadly, returned with a vengeance; so I have been questioning my blaming it on acid reflux. And my hunch was right.
Since starting the keto diet, I have experienced NO (that's zilch, zero, nada, zip) acid reflux; no more problems with heart burn when trying to sleep. No more getting up at midnight and taking a Pepcid tablet. No more trying to sleep propped up on pillows.
I have even gone back to having one cup of coffee -- just one -- in the morning. This has not seemed to affect my cough at all, one way or another, nor my reflux problems. I have learned that this one cup of coffee actually has a positive effect on the intermittent fasting component of the keto diet; this is something I will discuss in a future post.
I am dumbfounded by this.
We truly "are what we eat." And more importantly, what we DON'T eat.
So this keto diet that I have embarked upon for fighting off hungry cancer cells has shown itself to have very demonstrably good side effects in other ways. Is it starving those *&+!!^($#@!!#$^ cancer cells? Hope so. Time will tell.
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