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I just got off the phone with Dr. Stephens. I mentioned my difficulties with the program thus far (I am about a month in and currently taking 16 Tbsp 3-4 times per day). He mentioned that I am a more challenging case (I've had several major concussions and many many lower grade concussions from high school football, etc). In addition to psychological traumas and other "events". Anyway, he says that more than half of those that he would consider to have serious glucose limitations will experience this symptom retracing as the brain wakes up to what has been going on subconsciously for however long. At this point, it now has the resources to address these issues, so you should not spend too much time experiencing the various "bumps and bruises". It all sounded very reasonable.

I went on to tell him again how skeptical part of me is with all of this still. I recommended to him to start accepting and even asking for testimonials from the biggest turnaround patients along with setting up an online forum of sorts for his active patients to communicate with each other to share experiences along the way. He would have to moderate to make sure people are following his suggested guidelines, etc to avoid people doing their own thing and not getting results. Anyway, he reminded me that he was a huge skeptic for the first 500 or so patients that he saw healed. He couldn't believe that a simple sugar was the only piece needed for the physical healing. He does say that some psychological reframing and is required once the glucose limitation is healed to rewire the belief systems to match the health of the physical brain. The negative beliefs need to be dissolved to allow for more "personal growth" beyond just feeling better.

@S-Holmes Sent you a DM just now.

@jjk_learning said in Glucose loading cures everything?:

One thing that gives me pause is that this all rides on the word of Dr. Stephens (and those participating). And Stephens doesn't strike me as a bad guy, but I do wonder if he is naive in some ways. I forget which video I saw of him where he essentially says "There is no possible way glucose can be harmful to you".

While I can appreciate that perhaps he has seen some incredibly positive results, that is a very bold claim. Especially considering some reports I've seen from the relatively small number of accounts I'm following in regards to this protocol. (The most pertinent example is someone on RPF who is experiencing intense dental pain basically immediately upon beginning this protocol.)

All of that is to say: if, in my limited purview, I am seeing that report (and others of less significant harm/setbacks), how can Stephens say there is no way it can be harmful?

I just essentially said the same thing on RFP, but what if our intense symptoms are simply due to a transient retracing of old symptoms? I'm just asking out loud, as I cannot say one way or the other. It definitely helps look at it with a glass half full approach (which I struggle with), but it also can be naive, as you point out. I have a phone call with Dr. Stephens today, and I am going to get his take. I too agree that it sounds awfully bold to claim that it all rides on this one simple sugar.