Dr. Paul Mason - 'Treating concussion: A nutritional perspective'

Dr Paul Mason obtained his medical degree with honours from the University of Sydney, and also holds degrees in Physiotherapy and Occupational Health. He is a Specialist Sports Medicine and Exercise Physician.

Dr Mason developed an interest in low carbohydrate diets in 2011. Since then he has spent hundreds of hours reading and analysing the scientific literature. For a number of years Dr. Mason has been applying this knowledge in treating metabolic and arthritis patients who have achieved dramatic and sustained weight loss and reductions in joint pain.

Dr. Mason is also the Chief Medical Officer of Defeat Diabetes, Australia's first evidence-based and doctor-led program that focuses on the wide range of health benefits of a low carb lifestyle, particularly for those wanting to send into remission pre-diabetes, type 2 diabetes, and other metabolic illnesses.

[cassandrabond]

Intravenous Dimethyloxisuphate (DMSO) should be used right away when then concussion occurs. My husband had a concussion last year but I didn't know about this amazing therapeutic at the time. It is best used intravenously, but putting the liquid on the head works too. With it, the brain doesn't degenerate thru lack of oxygen due to brain bleeds. It preserves the brain. Luckily my husband had been on a carnivore diet for 3 years and the damage has been mitigated by this diet. It was a very deep inoperable bleed. He still has some issues but considering how bad the damage was and the fact he is 78 years old he is doing really well.

[annacourville]

My son had a concussion, I put him immediately on a ketogenic diet with MCT oil. Within two weeks he was fully recovered.

[toni]

I only wish I'd known this forty years ago.

[TheEraLad]

Thank you for sharing! I suffered a TBI several years ago. Unfortunately many of the doctors I have seen since have not been very helpful. One of the few things that has brought me relief has been the carnivore diet. It keeps my inflammation low. Infrared sauna has also been very helpful.

[cazza]

Since I learned about the neuroprotective effects of ketones and their role in TBI I've had my 'Brain injury protocol'. Which is basically every time myself of my kids have a meaningful head impact I'll immediately eliminate carbs, give fishoil and MCT and if the impact is significant I'll include some fasting.
I feel like I've even seen research that suggests the brain will make it's own ketones (in astrocytes) in response to stroke or brain injury.

Its great to see a full presentation on the idea.

[EarmuffHugger]

I've tried & still occasionally try to have conversations with friends that take meds for mental disabilities.
Until this information becomes mainstream treatment for them & their doctors start suggesting that diet & lifestyle can improve or reverse their conditions it seems futile to even try to have discussions anymore.
This is apparently going to take a very long time for the old paradigms to change.
Well-wishes

[paulcallicoat]

I boxed so got a few concussions but suffered no debilitating cognitive losses. Now I know why because I ate a high fat animal diet my whole life. I'm now 74 years old. Carnivore is the proper human diet.

[terrybagatella]

Awesome, juicy presentation. Thank you. 🙏🙏

[stevelanghorn]

Fascinating talk. Dr Mason seemed to be (quite understandably) having to overcome some degree of visible frustration (20:45) with regards the continued and mistaken "blaming" of dietary saturated fats (by health professionals) as the cause of raised Palmitic Acid serum levels. Rational knowledge can so often result in "Banging head against brick wall Syndrome" (BHBW)...thus resulting in concussion!

[DrJuliusG]

20:10 De novo lipogenesis is the clearance pathway for excess serum glucose. Insulin resistance is the diminished capacity for de novo lipogenesis. The common hypothesis of insulin resistance focuses on the wrong clearance pathway.

15:30 THANK YOU for mentioning those GI side effects from Coconut oil products! I thought I was just an outlier!

[gavinsymes-wizardot]

I wish I'd known or have been told all of this when I had a really bad brain injury, I think it would have helped heal parts of my brain that are still compromised fifteen years later.

[erniewhite]

Brilliant information
Thank you Paul

[stephenroy]

24 seconds on youtube this pops up... thanks YouTube algorithms that be 🙌🐐

[johngalt]

I wonder which modern era practices induce a significant level of damage. I've heard that things like jet ski and other conveyances can cause CTE. I've ridden in large Buicks and Citroen cars and very much dislike the ride in modern small cars. I just don't understand why people like the harshness of low profile tires and stiff suspensions, and have to wonder if people aren't rattling their brains to a significant degree.
Same goes for 'jogging'. I was a sprinter in my early years, and have always hated any kind of training other than short sprints. Jogging seemed like it was hard on my joints and, although I didn't think about it specifically at the time, I didn't like the 'brain bouncing', instead preferring a stationary bicycle.
I have a perspective on the brain/skull that has me understanding that helmets are good for spreading impact loads into a larger area, the brain still collides with the jagged interior of the skull, and all impacts are worth avoiding. Helmets aren't magic, and are marginal in their value.

[pauldickson]

Since it appears that some forms of long Covid can mimic a concussion would a dietary intervention be useful?

[DCGreenZone]

MCT Oil, HIGH does Omega 3s, Mg Threonate, Pycnogenol, Specialized Pro Resolving Mediators, CBD.

[bbmm]

What about supplementation of cerebrolysin?

[jimw]

522, 000 subscribers and only 3, 000 views? It feels like this channel is being throttled.

[dabbog]

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