@Betsy Devarakonda oh, thanks for this suggestion. I might try it today

I wonder if coffee enema would be a useful temporary way to get your caffeine fix. The Gerson protocol includes coffee up the butt everyday a few times a day. When I was on the Gerson protocol I could not tolerate that much coffee, but I was able to tolerate one coffee (up my butt) in the morning. They've got a special way to prepare it, and very cautious about which coffee is used internally

@Fitch T congrats on bringing it from 2 to 1. Is 3/4 of a cup next? Then 1/2?

there's a whole bunch of variables/factors that go into getting optimal glucose/ketone numbers. It's been a slow and gradual process for me. I could not implement all of the puzzle pieces from the get-go; I needed to focus on one puzzle piece at a time. Some of the puzzle pieces I worked with: 1. getting a food scale 2. begin to weigh all foods before I put into my body 3. measuring glucose/ketones every 15 minutes after eating, to see how my body is responding to the food. 4. adjusting food amounts and calories amounts according to #3 above. Lots of trial and error with this one. 5. no food after 6 pm for me. I messed up many times. 6. eliminating foods that contain carbs (for me, at this time, carbs throw my numbers off; this can change sometime in the future). Lots of trial and error with this one. It's taken me about two months to get to zero carbs finally. And I intend to re-incorporate some carbs with a careful eye on the effects on my glucose/ketones, with the aim to keep GKI below 1.0 7. listening to seyfried's youtube interviews every week/day, helps me to learn the concepts/theories, etc. 8. I focused on the press part of the protocol until now. 9. now after getting the press down pat, I feel ready for pulse. Now i've got to learn all about the pulsing components/options. Until now the pulse info wasn't able to be absorbed in my brain lol, cuz it was tmi. But now that i've got the press down pat I feel receptive to pulse. Hit me up with clear instructions (and also options for those with limited to no financial resources; cuz a fairy might show up and offer to sponsor my pulse...though until the fairy shows up I am interested in low to no cost options) for pulse if you feel so inclined :-)

@Josh Pitman indeed, I eat spoonsful of goat ghee or butter periodically throughout the day, to keep glucose/ketone numbers in good range