Dr Don Agcopra,-Ketogenic Diet In Neurological Disorders

Guest Speaker Dr Don Agcopra, at MHC - II

After a brief introduction of Dr. Don, Host Prasanna went on to ask about his transition in medicine practice by adopting Metabolic therapies as line of therapy, despite being a qualified Doctor. Dr. Don Agcopra shared his personal experience of suffering from Metabolic disorder, this as a fulcrum for change in line of action in medicinal treatment by embracing Metabolic therapies. Dr. Don shared that over the years he was eating and following diligently what he studied in his graduating days of medical science. Despite following all what he studies and also what he heard in various conferences his reports started showing a sign of various disorder as metabolic syndrome. His Tri Glyceride level and HDL reading were not up to the mark as pr medical guidelines, he developed hypertension and was already in pre diabetic stage. Being a qualified physician in Philippines, Dr. Don was skeptical about taking medicines even that was suggested by fellow doctors, cardiologists. He personally started researching various diets that has impact on metabolic disorder as reversal and cure. Being a doctor himself he was dubious to implement on himself. Information he researched did not support what he had been taught in medical school specially about carbohydrates and energy. With his Medine background, he did give a clinical trial by changing his diet to low carb and much of to his surprise his reports started showing sign of reversal of metabolic syndromes within a weeks' time, and then he followed it diligently and reversed various metabolic disorders as metabolic syndrome. Post seeing positive impact of the Low carb and ketogenetic diets on himself, he started deploying this diet plans to his patient and witness a high improvement among his patients even with Neurological disorders. Preview video, where Dr Don and Host Prasanna talking detail about various benefits of Low carb and ketogenic diets that can help in reversal of Various Metabolic disorders that includes Neurological Disorders.

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About Dr. Don Agcopra

Dr. Don Agcopra is a board-certified adult neurologist and a Fellow of the Philippine Neurological Association (PNA).

He first encountered low carbohydrate whole-food nutrition and delved deeper into the biochemistry, physiology and pathology of metabolic health after he himself realized that he had developed Insulin Resistance/Metabolic Syndrome. With a very low carbohydrate ketogenic diet (VLCKD) regimen admixed with Intermittent Fasting (IF) as well as episodic high intensity interval training (HIIT) exercises, he successfully deprescribed himself from medications and managed to put all his Metabolic Syndrome manifestations into remission.

As a consultant neurologist seeing and getting referred a lot of stroke patients day in and day out, he eventually noted that the greatest majority of the patients he gets to encounter in his medical practice, particularly those belonging to the cerebrovascular disease spectrum, are mostly atherosclerosis-related complications related to the Metabolic Syndrome/Insulin Resistance. Following his own example and personal experience, he now manages a lot of his Metabolic Syndrome patients using medically-managed dietary intervention using Therapeutic Carbohydrate Restriction (TCR) with great and exceptional success.

He also publicly advocates for the reversal of the Metabolic Syndrome, along with its associated manifestations of Type 2 Diabetes, Hypertriglyceridemia, Obesity and Hypertension, using non-pharmacologic therapeutic dietary interventions through his social media portals in YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and TikTok under the “ Low Carb Health Doctor | LCHD” branding.
He graduated from University of the Philippines - College of Medicine with a bachelor degree in Basic Medical Sciences (BS BMS) and Doctor of Medicine (MD), became a medical board examinations top-notcher, and subsequently trained in Adult Neurology at the Department of Neurosciences of the UP-Philippine General Hospital (UP-PGH). He is currently based in the Philippines.