New guy here :-)

(Greg Gidney) #1

Just discovered I have bladder cancer.
I’ve already had the first surgery for the removal of the tumor, and I go back for another one to find out if they got it all.
Reading through all the various Ketogenic diet info, there are varying degrees of opinions and even the pinned post is a bit overwhelming for a newcomer like me.
I have one ‘general’ question regarding my consumption habbits.
I wake up, have ONE cup of coffee with 2 tablespoons of Cinnabon creamer.
Then, on my way to work, I have a zero carb/zero sugar Monster energy drink.
Then then the rest of the day I drink water.
No sodas, very seldom tea.
Is that alright?

(8 year Ketogenic Veteran) #2

First, sorry you are dealing with cancer. We have a section of the forum that focuses on cancer treatment if you are interested.

As far as your beverages go? It depends on your goals. Sounds fine to me. Are you practicing IF? Do you have one meal at the end of your day? That is my usual plan.

(8 year Ketogenic Veteran) #3

https://www.ketogenicforums.com/c/health/cancer

(Greg Gidney) #4

Well, I sorta started it yesterday.
Omw to work, I went to Whataburger and got a Whataburger with cheese, pickles, tomatoes, mustard on a lettuce bun. No bread, no fries.
Omw home from work, I went to Whataburger and got 2 scrambled eggs and 2 pcs of bacon.
My wife and I are going to the store this weekend to get some veggies and avocados.
Never been a veggie fan, guess I have to now.
Would be nice to use a juicer to make it more palletable…lol
…what’s IF?

(Greg Gidney) #5

Access denied.
Why isn’t this group on Facebook?
Seems more dynamic and able to get alerts to know if you have a message.

(Richard Morris) #6

We had a 14k member FaceBook group but it was virtually unmanageable. Facebook is not designed to enable people to find information.

It’s designed to stimulate the substantia nigra in the ventral tegmental area of your brain with novelty so you don’t notice their ads. As soon as FaceBook users see something they have seen before they notice the advertisements. So FaceBook is designed to make it difficult to search for something you have seen before.

For example I explained this exact subject several dozen times on our FB group … but if you search in our old forum for “substantia nigra” which you would think to be a pretty unique term, it wouldn’t appear in your search results.

So on the FB group people who were giving answers were having to give the same answers almost every day.

The search function here is substantially better.

(Doug) #7

Such a great sentence. :sunglasses::smile:

(carl) #8

Here’s a great video summay of the what, why, and how of keto: http://fix1.2keto.com

(Ethan) #9

IF Is intermittent fasting, where you abstain from food for 16-24 hours generally.

(8 year Ketogenic Veteran) #10

The forum is better for searching and finding information.

I agree it takes some getting used to.

Access was denied to the cancer section only because you were very new. It’s a safety function in place to keep privacy and keep out spam. Once you spend a short amount of time on here reading posts (15 minutes?) You will gain access.

If you still have trouble let me know and I will make sure you have access. Simply tag me @Brenda

@richard @carolT @carl do I have that right?

(8 year Ketogenic Veteran) #11

Here are several 2KetoDudes podcasts on the Ketogenic diet and cancer:

(Greg Gidney) #12

Interesting, I generally don’t have a problem finding anything I want on Facebook.

(Jeremy Storie) #13

You don’t have to eat vegetables if you don’t want to. There is “zero carb” keto. It’s not exactly zero carb but is no plant material. You eat only stuff that come off of or from an animal. I eat this way and love it. I do have veggies or a salad occasionally but not very often.

(Greg Gidney) #14

Gotcha, but with cancer, isn’t it recommend to eat those pesky nasty veggies? LOL

(Jeremy Storie) #15

I don’t know to be honest with you.

#16

Yep, it takes some interaction with the forum before access is granted to some areas. I went ahead and manually bumped @Greg_Gidney to Trust Level 1 so he can access the Cancer section now.

(Miss E) #17

Hi,

I’ve just found out my mum likely has bladder cancer (we aren’t sure what stage yet). I believe she will be starting keto with me in the next couple of days. My only concern is that keto will be too acidic for her but if I lower the meat amount I think it will be okay and less acidic than she currently consumes.

I wanted to check in and see how you are. Hopefully well xox