In addition to today’s resource, please see Dr Matthew CL Phillips’ outstanding website, Metabolic Neurologist.
Today, I review, link to, and excerpt from Dr Matthew CL Phillips’ Metabolic Therapy Program (MTP) [a time-restricted ketogenic diet]. This is an 86 page PDF.
All that follows is from the above resource.
Table Of Contents
Introduction To The Program….3
How To Do It (Must-Read Before Starting)….4
If You Eat Out….5
Your Data….6
MTP Recipes….10
Meal Planners And Shopping Lists….82Introduction To The Program
This booklet has all the information you need to conduct our Metabolic Therapy Program (MTP). This is a
general program that is not tailored to any particular disorder, but may provide benefit for people who wish
to improve their health in a broad manner. Please understand, this program may be challenging, especially
in the first month. The reason is that it relies on a time-restricted ketogenic diet, which will constitute a
radical lifestyle change and 100% dedication from you. However, I am confident you can do it.Understand that it is 100% essential to treat the MTP as a therapy. This mindset is crucial to avoiding the
many temptations that may attempt to derail you as you try to improve your health.Matt.
How To Do It (Must-Read Before Starting)
There are only three rules needed to confer success with the MTP. If you just stick to these [three] rules you
will be ok. If you break them things can get difficult, so please don’t.(1) Eat only within your two chosen “meal hours” per day.
– Every day, you choose two meal hours during which you will eat. These can change from one day to the
next and may involve any combination of recipes except the cycling meals. I find a meal around 11 am and
the next meal around 5 pm works well. Do not eat the second meal in the 3 hours before bedtime, that’s too
late and will negatively affect your sleep.
– You may be tempted to alter the recipes, but I have learned through ample experience that this will not
work and virtually always lowers ketone levels, which is disheartening for you. So do not alter the recipes in
any way. If you crave variety, try multiple recipes or let me know what it is you crave.
– You will need more salt on the MTP, which has been incorporated into the recipes. You will be ok if you just
follow the salt serves in the recipes. These are minimum serves, you can add more salt if you like.
– During the two meal hours, eat any combination of recipes until you are 80% full. Eat slowly and do not
stuff yourself, you will satiate quickly given the high-fat nature of the MTP.Start here
(2) No snacking whatsoever between meal hours.
– I cannot emphasize enough how critical it is to eliminate all snacks between meal hours. The only exceptions
are water, coffee, tea, and the multivitamin (and any other medications you may be on).
– Urine output will increase on the MTP, which can lead to dehydration and many negative symptoms, so
drink a minimum of 1 L water every day between meals. You may exercise as much as you like on the MTP,
but if you do you will need 1.5 L water on any exercise day. Water may be still or sparkling, and you can add
some lemon or lime juice.
– You may drink coffee or tea between meals, but these do not count as part of the 1 L water minimum. You
may have any combination of coffee and tea up to 2-3 cups on any day, no more. Coffee is best black, but
you may add up to 1 tbsp of unsweetened almond milk, pouring cream, butter, coconut oil to any cup of
coffee, or alternatively a pinch of cinnamon or nutmeg. Tea is best on its own. And of course, do not add
sugar, milk, or artificial flavours or sweeteners to any drink.(3) Record your data daily in the program.
– Check your blood glucose and ketones every night at bedtime, then write them in this program on the
designated pages. Record your weight as indicated.
