Episode 1762 – On this Saturday show, David Robinson joins Vinnie to talk his low-carb health success, controlling epilepsy with a keto diet, his new book My Unremarkable Brain, and more.
ROWING FOR EXERCISE
- In his youth, David did row.
- Then, he got out of it for a bit.
- He tried to squeeze it in, but it didn’t last long for awhile.
- Vinnie rows a lot.
- This past year, he rowed 2 million meters.
- David has gotten back into rowing too.
LOW-CARB HEALTH
- David didn’t have a lot of weight to lose.
- However, he did have some issues that a keto diet fixed.
- Check out his book documenting this
- My Unremarkable Brain
- The book features interviews from several luminaries (and Vinnie, too!).
- David has always been a writer.
- The luminary shows on this podcast were really what got David on board.
- NSNG® is simple, and he liked that he didn’t have to track and there weren’t a lot of rules.
- He has lost 20-30 lbs between his eating and his rowing.
CONTROLLING EPILEPSY WITH A KETO DIET
- David suffers from epilepsy.
- He had been on medication and seizure free for 10 years.
- In 2017, his seizures came back while he was driving.
- It started with audio auras.
- After this, David looked more into keto.
- He is still on medication as well.
- Hearing about the Charlie Foundation and Jim Abrams made a difference for him.
- He reached out to the adult diet epilepsy center at Johns Hopkins.
- She prescribed a very low carb, NSNG® diet.
- This ketogenic diet has helped him greatly.
- He has been seizure free for the past 3 years!
- Diet should be an adjunct therapy, not a last resort.
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