Keto

One Year on Keto, Fasting – Body Recomposition and Migraines

February 29, 2020 by michellechandra in Keto

It’s been more than a year for me of keto and fasting! How did it go? Am I continuing on?

While it’s a little tough being on a strict diet for the long-term, I have benefited from keto and fasting in many ways – my daily energy levels are up, and my migraine frequency and severity is down greatly. An unexpected outcome for me was finally getting rid of my adult acne (which I have had since I was 13!) I am no longer overweight, and a few body scans over the last year helped me tweak the diet (increasing my protein intake) to allow for some body recomposition to happen (meaning, I decreased my fat mass while increasing my muscle mass!) I rarely get sick these days!

Here I am now, don’t I just look fantastic?!

Do I still get migraines and headaches? → Read more

Intermittent Fasting for Migraines

August 5, 2019 by michellechandra in Keto

I started out my alternative health journey in 2019 with the keto diet, which is a high fat, moderate protein, and low carb diet that has been shown to have neuroprotective benefits and is being studied for the treatment of conditions like Alzheimers and migraines. After being on the keto diet for 6 weeks, I decided to add intermittent fasting to the mix.

Why Fast?

There are a lot of known, scientifically backed reasons to fast including regenerating stem cells, increasing BDNF (brain derived neurotropic factor), autophagy (cell spring cleaning), reduced insulin and reduced blood sugar, and weight loss. Studies have shown that those with migraines have higher insulin levels (ie. insulin resistance) and impaired metabolic pathways when it comes to processing glucose (ie. carbs). To tackle my ongoing headaches, I decided to approach it from the perspective of becoming metabolically stronger and leaner as being overweight has also been linked to increased headaches. → Read more

6 Month Keto and Intermittent Fasting Update

July 9, 2019 by michellechandra in Keto

Today is quite a milestone! On January 2nd of this year, I set out with a goal to transform my health and reduce my chronic migraines. At the beginning of the year, I was having frequent migraines every week especially if I didn’t eat every 3-5 hours, I was often extremely hungry and headachy at night, and fatigued by mid afternoon. Since switching to the keto diet and intermittent fasting, how am I doing?

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3 Month Keto Diet Update

April 16, 2019 by michellechandra in Keto

It’s been 3.5 months since I started my Keto diet experiment! My main goals were a reduction in headaches/migraines, and weight loss. How am I doing so far?

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Eight Weeks On Keto Diet – An Update!

February 27, 2019 by michellechandra in Keto

Just eight weeks ago, I embarked on a new dietary adventure – the keto diet! I largely undertook this diet to see if it would resolve my chronic migraines. You can read all about the first six weeks, and the symptoms of keto flu, in more detail in this blog post. Here’s a recap:

The first two weeks I felt symptoms of keto flu – dizzy, lightheaded, some depressed mood, tired, etc.
The second two weeks, I had a lot of severe hormonal symptoms – hot flashes, severe migraine, brain fog, anxiety, and fatigue. Keto is much harder when you are a lady!
After a month, I began to feel better overall although I was still feeling brain fog and fatigue and hadn’t resumed much by way of business activities!

Eight Weeks of Keto Versus Six Weeks – Do I Feel Different?

So do I feel much different today after eight weeks versus six weeks of keto-ing? → Read more

Six Weeks on the Keto Diet – New Year, New Brain

February 14, 2019 by michellechandra in Keto

Last year, I started hearing “things” about the keto diet, and it’s extreme take on low carb (no more than 20-50 grams of carbs a day, yikes!) I heard about people trying it for a few weeks before caving and going back to their carb ways. I learned it could do amazing things for energy levels, memory, etc. I was intrigued!

Fast forward to December, and I started to research the keto diet more seriously, which is when I discovered recent studies had shown the keto diet could be beneficial in reducing migraines – ding ding ding!

Aaaaand here’s a picture of me running down a hill at Coyote Hills park – which perfectly captures my excitement upon learning keto can kill migraines!

I had seen benefits in a lowish carb diet in reducing my own migraines, (but not a complete annihilation of migraines, as desired). → Read more

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