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Thank you John. I read about the wahls diet also and don’t think I can do that. I’ve actually been doing some keto and intermittent fasting without any additional weight gain but have only lost a few pounds. A friend that does not have PMR recently lost 30 pounds on the pruvit diet and sent me the information, My concern would be the supplements and the interaction with the prednisone and the Kevzara I’m considering asking my specialty pharmacy that provides the Kevzara pharmacist about this .
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I have GCA. It just so happens that my PCP used to be the same PCP that my rheumy had, so he obviously respects him.
After a few years on steroids, as the pounds added up along with moon face and pockets of fat...my PCP was always telling me I'd have more energy if I lost weight. They share the same "My Chart'' and computer-based info. One day, when I had a rheumatological visit, my doctor said..."By the way, no banana splits and cut your carbs...but until we cut the prednisone way down ( I was still on 40 a day) you will not lose a lot of weight." Now that I'm down to 3mg, I'm only 10 pounds short of losing 100 pounds.💞
It has been almost three years, sometimes bumpy and really disappointing to go back up....but it does become managed, that is what we strive for.💞
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I'm currently listening to a video by Dr. Jason Fung that I think you might find helpful although it's an hour long but has references to studies and the whys and what of eating and burning calories/fat with intermittent fasting.