Treating Epilepsy with a Ketogenic Diet with Gillian Szollos - Episode 1261

: Episode 1261 - Vinnie Tortorich talks with Gillian Szollos this Friday, and the two discuss treating epilepsy with a ketogenic diet, cutting out sugar to prevent the return of cancer, lipedema, her diet, exercise, and more on this fantastic show. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Coffee Club Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli F Bomb Crowd Cow GILLIAN SZOLLOS She is located in Canada Vinnie and Serena met her through Ross Taylor (F-Bomb guy) Presents at many conferences and conventions - lots of public speaking She has epilepsy and treats it with a ketogenic diet Had seizures as a child but subsided until she was about 44 Gillian will be 50 this year Was up to 130 seizures a month Suffered from seizures like the ones that they show in movies, and from other kinds, too Gillian encourages everyone to go online and learn what different seizures look like About 50% of people can get seizure freedom from medication This was not the case for Gillian Her neurologist told her keto diets only worked for kids - said she could try, but didn't think it would work She proved him wrong Keto diet is an incredible option for many who suffer from seizures Better outcome than any single anti-epileptic drug out there, period. Before she started keto, she was also morbidly obese 270 lbs at 5'7" She's lost over 100 lbs, no longer has to take medicine for arthritis Also suffers from lipedema - she was told she could not lose weight Keto treats lipedema in an amazing way Need to get under 5g a carb a day Normally, she's around 25g of carbs a day Vast majority of the time she eats 2 meals a day and does lots of exercise Protein (50-70g a day), green leafy veggies, some cheese and a type of fat (loves lard and olive oil) Try lard and hot sauce with a steak! Exercise makes a difference on your bones, too!