Tagged: proper diet

Part 2 – Weight loss, Exercise and Intermittent Fasting

In the last blog, I talked about fighting disease using diet and weight loss. In particular, I talked about fighting cancer. That was only two of the pieces to fighting cancer. It is also important to include exercise (especially when using a Keto diet as an adjunct for cancer treatment or weight loss) and intermittent fasting.  Exercise is linked to the immune system. Recent research suggests that cytotoxic T cells (white blood cells that specialize in killing cancer cells) are activated with exercise and improve their ability to attack cancer cells. Regular exercise has an important role in almost every disease.   In the Keto diet, it is really important to avoid saturated fats as much as possible and include things like fatty fish, olive oil, avocado oil and coconut oils. Lean proteins such as chicken and some cuts of pork are great choices. To offset the “bad cholesterol”, as when...

Surviving Disease – Atrial Fibrillation

Atrial Fibrillation. Many people have heard about Atrial Fibrillation. Even so, I hope you continue to read about this relatively common heart disease, which can be unpleasant. Moreover, if not treated, it can be life-threatening in some circumstances.  Causes are too many to mention (a thousand), but the big ones are: Congenital heart diseases and athletes with predisposition to heart disease. Wow, Athletes! I had a patient in his 20s who had something called Wolff Parkinson White syndrome which is a serious congenital defect with atrial fibrillation. I was glad he told his doctor how he was feeling and we did identify an abnormality on his ECG for something referred to as a delta wave. Something subtle that can be easily missed. If you remember, my father had heart disease, most likely due to smoking and being overweight. He had a heart attack, mitral valve disease, and congestive heart failure...