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

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 : 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.

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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!