Tag: Ketones

Generally when discussing ketones, people mean dietary exogenous ketone supplements or ketone bodies produced by the human body during fasting or while on a very low-carb diet. However, technically speaking a ketone is an organic molecule where a carbon atom, sandwiched between 2 other carbon atoms, is double-bonded to an oxygen atom.

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NAD+ NADH Ratio for Epilepsy

“One of the proposed benefits of the ketogenic diet, particularly for the anti-seizure effects that it has for epileptics, is really that it shifts this redox potential. And that the additional—I’m pretty sure it’s NAD+ goes up. NAD+ over NADH, when you’re on the ketogenic diet for a while, that it’s actually the excess NAD+ that is providing the therapeutic benefit. This is one of the proposed mechanisms of action for the benefit of the ketogenic diet in something like epilepsy.”

—Dr. Trey Suntrup, PhD in physics and engineering; Healthy Rebellion Radio – Salty Talk 17

Dr. Trey Suntrup was discussing this off the top of his head and he mentioned there is the remote possibility he may have the ratio backwards. He said he is pretty sure it is NAD+ that goes up but anyone viewing this citation should review the literature and make sure it’s not backwards.

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Hyperbaric Oxygen for Cancer

There is some evidence that hyperbaric oxygen therapy kills cancer cells because it forces oxygen into the cancer cells and causes oxidative stress that the cells are generally are not capable of defending against, but poses no issue to our normal functioning cells—similar to the theory behind chemo. However I do not know the efficacy nor do I have an outlined treatment regimen. This research I believe is in its infancy. And cancer is a waaaay complicated topic and shouldn’t be oversimplified. But this is likely a low cost option.

I haven’t listened to this episode in years but I believe what was discussed was hyperbaric oxygen therapy plus ketones as a “long shot” treatment for certain cancers. I believe they also coined the term or reference a new field of medicine called “metabolic oncology.”

Source: Peter Attia Drive Episode 5, “Dom D’Agostino, Ph.D.: ketosis, n=1, exogenous ketones, HBOT, seizures, and cancer”

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