NATURAL REMEDY

from Better Nutrition January 2022

EATING4HEALTH

Brain Regain

How one senior used a leptin-focused diet (high-fat, no carbs) to recover from a cognitive injury, reconnect with his family, and reclaim his health. BY BETTER NUTRITION EDITORS

Champion skeet shooter Mike Amy, 73, of Beaumont, Texas, had a partial seizure on Aug. 3rd, 2019. The onceenthusiastic grandfather didn’t feel himself that day. His typically accurate shooting was off , and his wife, Debbie, had started to feel nervous about his driving. “He was starting to drive and park inaccurately, so I made the suggestion that I take the driving over,” she says.

Mike had also seemed to lose interest in family since that partial seizure. “It was sad for the grandkids because Mike was always Facetiming or playing cards with them and solving everyone’s problems,” says Debbie, “But then on this visit a couple of weeks after the incident, Mike just didn’t want to socialize. One of the kids said, ‘Is he mad at me?’”

After a few days Debbie asked him: “Do you feel bad?” and he told her he “just didn’t feel up to” connecting. He also felt that the seizure was aff ecting his shooting, she recalls. After more than a month of this odd behavior, Debbie took Mike to see a neurologist, who confi rmed that he had suff ered some cognitive injury from a partial seizure. After exhausting conventional treatments, the neurologist mentioned Kat James’ leptin-focused program.

The Transformation, in Debbie’s Words

“Regaining leptin sensitivity was an interesting concept because of the neuroprotection research Kat showed us—though we were a bit skeptical about how this could help Mike. And I didn’t expect much for myself either. We thought it was a keto plan, but even though it was high-fat and low-carb, it diff ered in a lot of ways. Protein was much more limited, along with many hidden sugars and starches, even in trace amounts found in supplements. Specifi c, especially overcooked vegetables and certain nuts were all carefully restricted, with higher fat ratios and customized supplements, based on metabolic thresholds at which our blood sugar would spike, which we sought to avoid.

“We did everything to the letter, and after the initial few days of expected digestive adjustment in our bodies, we both noticed a loss of fl uid, deeper sleep, an abrupt end to food cravings. Soon, Mike started being more like himself and shooting his old high scores again. He started to be like he was before the

“Dad is better than before,” son Wade (right) told his mom after witnessing Mike Army’s (left) remarkable return to good health after following James’ regimen.

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seizure. The grandkids were excited at their next visit, which was almost back to normal as far as Mike’s involvement with them. But there was a new, odd behavior that started a few weeks later. I noticed him getting up early on most days, and puttering around in the garage. When our son, Wade, brought the grandkids over again, he had a major project to show off that pretty much stunned all of us.

“Mike had always been very disorganized, and our garage had always been a mess. But suddenly, Mike was in there, working on rebuilding the garage, which had flooded after a hurricane. We could never have imagined him taking down the old cabinets and installing new ones, as well as dry wall. When I realized what he was doing, I remember calling our son, Wade, and saying: ‘You’ll never believe what your dad is doing!’ I’d literally never seen Mike do a construction project. He didn’t stop until the garage was finished and painted. Something that had never happened. When Wade saw this, he said he was ‘blown away’ by what he called his ‘new and improved’ dad.”

The Rest of Mike’s Transformation

As for Mike, he’s also been amazed at the changes he’s experienced. “I’m grateful to be as I was before the seizure, and really, even better, with no more big belly, normal blood pressure, no more thumb and wrist pain, and easier movement,” he says.

Debbie adds, “Even before the seizure, Mike moped around before his coffee and got tired easily with the kids. Now, even with my own, much better energy I can hardly keep up with him! We both have far better energy without coffee, than we used to have with it! Mike’s weight went from 185 to 150 pounds, stabilizing just as we were thinking he shouldn’t lose any more. I am down a dress size. My diverticulitis is gone. We both don’t wake each other up snoring anymore and sleep so much better. It’s amazing what a nutritional overhaul can do!”

Request Mike’s live radio interview on The Kat James Show, or inquire about Kat James’ from-home, or on-site, Total Transformation® Programs at info@InformedBeauty.com.