Jun 6, 2022
Consuming too many sugars and carbohydrates can have long term negative consequences to your health. Dr. Sarah Myhill sheds light on chronic fatigue syndrome management and how a ketogenic diet supports good health for life.
In this episode, Cathy and Sarah discuss:
- Diagnosing chronic fatigue syndrome based on a patient’s overall clinical picture
- Managing chronic fatigue by addressing 4 control mechanisms: diet and gut function, mitochondria, thyroid, adrenal
- Finding root causes and setting people up with good health for life
- Understanding how ketosis helps preserve energy and improve gut health
- Examples of daily meals and eating habits on a ketogenic diet
- How a ketogenic diet is based on high calories and creates high energy
- Acknowledging the impact of a lifestyle addicted to sugars and carbohydrates
- Advice for measuring and testing to know if you’re in ketosis
- Simplifying blood sugar control with a ketogenic diet
- Benefits of unprocessed foods and sticking to primitive principles of eating
Memorable Quotes:
- “The problem with most prescription medications is most are symptom suppression. And that is not the way to cure somebody.”
- “The single largest problem that we face is that we are not eating an evolutionarily correct diet.”
- “We spend an awful lot of energy detoxing a toxic gut. We spend an awful lot of raw materials on that same process, and that is an enormous waste of energy.”
- “We should all be eating foods which are as unprocessed as possible.”
Dr. Sarah Myhill qualified from the Middlesex Hospital Medical School, London, honours viva, 1981, since when she has been working continuously in NHS general and private practice. This was part time work when her daughters Ruth and Claire were born in 1982 and 1984. She has a special interest in treating chronic fatigue syndrome and estimates she has seen over 9,000 patients with CFS and/or ME. This includes patients with post viral fatigue, occupational exposure to organophosphates, Gulf War Veterans, aerotoxic pilots, vaccination, 9/11 syndrome, sick building syndrome etc. In 1997, she gave evidence to two government working parties, one of which looked into this problem, and one into the health problems of silicone breast implants. She is affiliated to the Association of Naturopathic Physicians and the General Naturopathic Council.
Dr. Sarah Myhill has been helping sufferers from debilitating chronic conditions for over 30 years with an approach that combines all the benefits of current scientific knowledge and medical testing and treatments with an expanding appreciation of the importance of nutrition and lifestyle. She is currently a Naturopathic Physician, Member of the British Society for Ecological Medicine and was formerly an active member of the General Medical Council. She’s written many books and has won several awards including the Peoples Book Prize Winner and was a British Medical Association Short-listed author. She has also co-authored three medical papers on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and mitochondrial dysfunction and is highly regarded for her expertise in this area.
Author/co-author of seven books:
Diagnosis of CFS and ME
Ecological Medicine
The PK Cookbook
Prevent and Cure Diabetes
The Infection Game
The Energy Equation
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Mentioned In This Episode:
Books:
https://www.amazon.com/Diagnosis-Treatment-Chronic-Syndrome-Encephalitis/dp/160358787X
https://www.amazon.com/Green-Mother-Families-Fit-Future/dp/1781612048/
Website: https://www.drmyhill.co.uk/
Links to resources:
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