I have awoke well and fresh, another day. thankyou God, I said a prayer for myself, my family and friends. especially for Dave who is so ill and for those who have recently passed.
The secret of staying positive for me is reading rewatching my favourite science. so blood sugar was 5.6 keytone were 0.9 . These ae ok readings for fasting levels.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBjnWfT8HbQ seyfried on brain cancer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXbV0gxRfPo jimmy moore on practical issues with ketosis, good lesson, abit american, but his heart is in the right place. the muscle gain and fat loss i really liked, the morning this evening glucose and blood keytones details were important, ie evening is twice the morning.
this interesting post is the tip of the iceberg, but my GCMAF yogurt is apart of the puzzle
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10582122
http://www.marksdailyapple.com/forum/thread41134.html raw liver info
http://ketonutrition.org/# some good ketogenic info and maybe another source of 2dg
http://www.marksdailyapple.com/forum/thread4723.html all about cholesterol, I joined marks daily apple.
So the issue of exercise and glutamine depletion serve as a fascinating challenge for the ketogenic cancer patient. I have not seen this issue raised anywhere yet on the net, so I am truly either a genius or delusional. more likey a combination of both ie a delusional genius.
So I suggest you do your own thing, but I am going to ensure a robust immune system as I am engaged in immunotherapies, seems pretty reasonable. so the organic eggs, 6 a day is the go.
I should email seyfried about this issue confronting us ketogenic cancer patients engaged in the front line of the immunotherapy revolution. now given the TIL discussion before, I cannot at this moment see a window where glutamine depletion as per seyfried is safe for the terminal canceer patient.
but we might have some strategies, say in the case of the chemo cycle where your immune system is shot, well theem glutamine depletion maybe valid as a therapy choice using see REN blog. Its great that Ren and I are choosing different strategies. you can kind of pick and choose depending on your clinical situation.
As I have the worlds cleverest immunotherapist on my team, cutting vaccines where i have an immune system, will it seems imprudent to stave my immune system of glutamine when i am trying to rebuild it from xeloda poison.
Strategically measuring glutamine would have been very wise, while undertaking this exciting experiment. I need a clinic and doctors who embarce this level of experimentation.
I did my bloods and cancer markers today, I am excited. Bring it on!
So the glutamine fork issue, is do you take the high road or the low road. high glutamine to feed your immune system and potential your tumour or the low road, of low glutamine the kdr state.
The answer depends on your health and clinical goals, I suspect the VEGAN death spiral is explained and the reason so many gawler foundation friends die on the vegan diet is glutamine depletion and the resulting immune dysfunction. Why could the oncologist provide this info, oh becuase then they would say the diet screws your immune system, but then theey would have to say I will screw it more with chemo. so they say shit! and conventional patients die by the truckload evry hour around the world. one day sooon we will have a reckoning, its not to far away. ust like soviet russia fell just, just like the berlin wall. Us cancer patients deserve the truth and the best health possible. The tragedy is its not what most get.
why do we have to die in foreigh countries away from family and friends, because our politicians and doctors deserve to go to gaol, for a very very long time. Whats happening back home is criminal, I really should sue my oncologists, but I dont have the time or the energy just yet. one day soon, i pray, that will be a great class action!
Alas I saw his body his morning, i kissed his forehead, I said goodbye and went for a long, long walk in the forest, his wife and daughter arrived I think just after he passed, i have left them a note and asked to met. The nurses had so lovingly prepared his body for his family and friends.
The secret of staying positive for me is reading rewatching my favourite science. so blood sugar was 5.6 keytone were 0.9 . These ae ok readings for fasting levels.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBjnWfT8HbQ seyfried on brain cancer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXbV0gxRfPo jimmy moore on practical issues with ketosis, good lesson, abit american, but his heart is in the right place. the muscle gain and fat loss i really liked, the morning this evening glucose and blood keytones details were important, ie evening is twice the morning.
Does Cure for Cancer lie in GI TRACT? : Article
http://www.colonchat.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=1114&p=3599#p3599this interesting post is the tip of the iceberg, but my GCMAF yogurt is apart of the puzzle
So balancing metabolic therapy with immunotherapy
the tradeoff between the ketogenic diet ie targetting glutamine and glucose and the conflict that glutamine is essential to immune function. So what level of glutamine. At present I will not drive glutamine levels low, I prefer to go for an immune based solution. that said daily measuring of glutamine level based on protien types would be interesting. also tests for immunocompetance and glutamine levels is clearly beneficial.
http://umm.edu/health/medical/altmed/supplement/glutaminehttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10582122
Glutamine and the immune system.
Biochemical mechanisms to explain immunosuppression in well-trained and overtrained athletes.
Glutamine, exercise and immune function. Links and possible mechanisms.
Source
Sport Health and Leisure Department, Trinity and All Saints University College, Leeds, England.
Abstract
Glutamine is the most abundant free amino acid in human muscle and plasma and is utilised at high rates by rapidly dividing cells, including leucocytes, to provide energy and optimal conditions for nucleotide biosynthesis. As such, it is considered to be essential for proper immune function. During various catabolic states including surgical trauma, infection, starvation and prolonged exercise, glutamine homeostasis is placed under stress. Falls in the plasma glutamine level (normal range 500 to 750 mumol/L after an overnight fast) have been reported following endurance events and prolonged exercise. These levels remain unchanged or temporarily elevated after short term, high intensity exercise. Plasma glutamine has also been reported to fall in patients with untreated diabetes mellitus, in diet-induced metabolic acidosis and in the recovery period following high intensity intermittent exercise. Common factors among all these stress states are rises in the plasma concentrations of cortisol and glucagon and an increased tissue requirement for glutamine for gluconeogenesis. It is suggested that increased gluconeogenesis and associated increases in hepatic, gut and renal glutamine uptake account for the depletion of plasma glutamine in catabolic stress states, including prolonged exercise. The short term effects of exercise on the plasma glutamine level may be cumulative, since heavy training has been shown to result in low plasma glutamine levels (< 500 mumol/L) requiring long periods of recovery. Furthermore, athletes experiencing discomfort from the overtraining syndrome exhibit lower resting levels of plasma glutamine than active healthy controls. Therefore, physical activity directly affects the availability of glutamine to the leucocytes and thus may influence immune function. The utility of plasma glutamine level as a marker of overtraining has recently been highlighted, but a consensus has not yet been reached concerning the best method of determining the level. Since injury, infection, nutritional status and acute exercise can all influence plasma glutamine level, these factors must be controlled and/or taken into consideration if plasma glutamine is to prove a useful marker of impending overtraining.
http://www.marksdailyapple.com/forum/thread41134.html raw liver info
http://ketonutrition.org/# some good ketogenic info and maybe another source of 2dg
http://www.marksdailyapple.com/forum/thread4723.html all about cholesterol, I joined marks daily apple.
So the issue of exercise and glutamine depletion serve as a fascinating challenge for the ketogenic cancer patient. I have not seen this issue raised anywhere yet on the net, so I am truly either a genius or delusional. more likey a combination of both ie a delusional genius.
So I suggest you do your own thing, but I am going to ensure a robust immune system as I am engaged in immunotherapies, seems pretty reasonable. so the organic eggs, 6 a day is the go.
I should email seyfried about this issue confronting us ketogenic cancer patients engaged in the front line of the immunotherapy revolution. now given the TIL discussion before, I cannot at this moment see a window where glutamine depletion as per seyfried is safe for the terminal canceer patient.
but we might have some strategies, say in the case of the chemo cycle where your immune system is shot, well theem glutamine depletion maybe valid as a therapy choice using see REN blog. Its great that Ren and I are choosing different strategies. you can kind of pick and choose depending on your clinical situation.
As I have the worlds cleverest immunotherapist on my team, cutting vaccines where i have an immune system, will it seems imprudent to stave my immune system of glutamine when i am trying to rebuild it from xeloda poison.
Strategically measuring glutamine would have been very wise, while undertaking this exciting experiment. I need a clinic and doctors who embarce this level of experimentation.
I did my bloods and cancer markers today, I am excited. Bring it on!
So the glutamine fork issue, is do you take the high road or the low road. high glutamine to feed your immune system and potential your tumour or the low road, of low glutamine the kdr state.
The answer depends on your health and clinical goals, I suspect the VEGAN death spiral is explained and the reason so many gawler foundation friends die on the vegan diet is glutamine depletion and the resulting immune dysfunction. Why could the oncologist provide this info, oh becuase then they would say the diet screws your immune system, but then theey would have to say I will screw it more with chemo. so they say shit! and conventional patients die by the truckload evry hour around the world. one day sooon we will have a reckoning, its not to far away. ust like soviet russia fell just, just like the berlin wall. Us cancer patients deserve the truth and the best health possible. The tragedy is its not what most get.
why do we have to die in foreigh countries away from family and friends, because our politicians and doctors deserve to go to gaol, for a very very long time. Whats happening back home is criminal, I really should sue my oncologists, but I dont have the time or the energy just yet. one day soon, i pray, that will be a great class action!
Goodbye Dave, Rest in Peace dear friend, see you in the stars one day!
I wrote these emails to a dear friend about Daves passing.
I went for my morning visit to Dave.
At first I was not going to visit, but then I thought I should say goodbye. He looked so distuiguished, he was at peace, the room was so quiet, the machines turned off. He is at rest, his struggle over. He had a flower in his hand and a candle flickered.
His wonderful spirit is transformed, his energy has left his body and his spirit is soaring now, probably over the forest he loves. Maybe his spirit is flying back to Australia his home. I guess his spirit will always live in the forest of hallwangen which he loved.
on the contrary dearest friend, the beauty of the lives of friends we loose and cherish only serves to enlighten and strengthen us.
trust me, Dave lived with passion and energy and hope, he died quickly and is now resting peacefully. thats the greatest mercy any of us could want.
He bared so much pain, he tried so hard, he had a strong handshake only the other day and had a big toothy smile. He had in his last days a loving open heart, he so loved life.
If you must cry, have tears of joy, we are alive and we remember Dave, he loved many of us and what so nice is he knew we loved and cared for him.
One of the strangest unexpected gifts of the cancer is the bond of friendship between cancer patients that can occur, for some the barriers drop immediately. Often men will hug ( in a non gay way ) and men and woman can sleep together and not have sex. Love and kindness takes many many forms, but they are often just beneath the surface of those touched by cancer.
So we that have the gift of life, we must soldier on with our challenges, some of us have a few cancer cells, some of us have other challenges. But we have life, energy, body, mind and spirit and a brain. Our greatest gift is our brain, we have to use it to its full capacity.
I am glad to call Dave a friend, and his greatest gift to me besides the organic chocolate 92% and licorice, ( which I will cherish as aI nibble a faction )
On my forest walk, I stopped and did eft, I said I could have helped dave more and then tapped away. then I did the eft on dave is at peace and pete is living joyfully. that eft seemed to worrk and i felt radiant walking back on an overcast afternoon.
I came to a folk in the road. The lower road head back towards the clinic, the upper road unknown, into the forest. Iaggitated between upper and lower and then choose upper. I choose the road unknown, the road to an uncertain future. It was alovelly steep climb through the forest. I saw a father and son riding their bikes. I thought of my son and that no one takes him riding. I so wish I could, or he could be here with me. I kept on walking and eventually made it to the highway and then back to the clinic. I said my good bye to Dave. Sometimes taking the unknown path is the best choice.
All the way I had in my hand the licorice and chocolate bar that the nurse handed back to me. I had left it for dave a few nights earlier, he was not well enough to even nibble a corner of chocolate or a iece of licorice. He asked me for them, i wonder if he knew I got them for him. I had this idea I would have a fraction of a block once per week and remember Dave and my other friends onfriday nights. I am destined for full ketosis and life and health.
I had some ketogenic thoughts as well, about the role of glutamine depletion and immune dysfunction, the the balance between metabolic therapy and immunotherapy. Assessing immune competancy a possible factor, also keeping muscle while beingketogenic and gaining in health, all wonderful goals. Maybe this insight is Dave's greatest gift to me, or maybe it his example.
so my heart is sad and joyful, but I feel it beating strongly, I feel so well! I am grateful for my life and my friends, those passed and those alive, especially you!
Smile we are alive!
love,
Pete
My friend said I should post this, so i did. Maybe Daves spirit will help others like he helped me and my friends.
dont make me cry anymore either, smile and live well, i am off to the gym and sauna.
http://petertrayhurn.blogspot.de/2013/08/the-emperor-has-no-clothes-on.html my favourite memory of Dave
we have a world to save, starting with ourselves.
http://petertrayhurn.blogspot.de/2013/08/the-emperor-has-no-clothes-on.html my favourite memory of Dave