Living my best life despite terminal cancer

Chipotles in adobo sauce have been a pantry staple since I first starting cooking. I’ve been lucky to live all over the world but I was born in Los Angeles…

I first learned about Sarona Rameka after meeting her neurologist, Dr. Matthew Phillips, at a conference in 2019. He mentioned an upcoming case study pending publication. The subject had overcome…

Tomorrow is the third year anniversary of my diagnosis. I still go back and reread what I wrote during my first anniversary – I wrote it just weeks before I…

Medical mistakes account for over 250,000 deaths each year.[1] I was almost one of them. Here’s how to make sure you’re not. If you’ve had or are considering any type…

Ketogenic diets have been used medically for at least 3000 years. It gained traction in allopathic medicine at the end of the 19th century and has been an accepted treatment…

If you follow a therapeutic keto diet then it’s not unusual to need a bit more fat to meet your daily macro targets and don’t have the interest in another…

I get it. I was a skeptic. A big, fat, cynical skeptic. I would scoff at the prices of organic food and mutter about my perfectly adequate liver and kidney.…

July 2022 Update: It’s been almost two years since I wrote this article. I’ve been taking some version of the COC protocol (moderated based on my unique needs) for over…

When some people first consider adopting a therapeutic ketogenic diet, their first feeling is often one of deprivation at the idea of giving up processed carbohydrates. Even when the diet…

The year and a half following our move from LA to Hong Kong and my terminal cancer diagnosis, I traveled by plane, train or boat 30 times to 22 different…