Koda’s Fasting Therapy: Energy Balance and Intestinal Bacterial Flora.
In our case series, the Basic Metabolic Rate (BMR) was 1000-1200 kcal, which was equivalent with the intake, but in case of M the nutritional intake was almost one tenth of others. M’s ketone bodies, especially β-Hydoxy Butyrate (BHB) in the blood, were more than 3 mM, so the main energy should come from ketone bodies. Biochemical changes of M coincided with the metabolic adaptation to yield BHB, as shown by elevated Aspartate aminotransferase (AST), Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and Creatine Kinase (CK). High aspartate was a reflection of above metabolic change.
Koda’s method is the combination of a low-energy dietary therapy, vegetarian diet, fasting, and physical exercise to stimulate the self-healing capacity. Using this regimen, Mitsuo Koda had recovered himself from chronic hepatic failure and gastro-intestinal tract weakness, and he could also confirm beneficial effects for many patients with intractable diseases. Unpolished brown rice and green vegetable paste constitute the basic regimen of Koda’s therapy, as it improves the intestinal environment by resolving constipation.
It seems to stimulate the human nervous and endocrine systems, and to increase self-healing ability. Also, it changes the metabolic state. We analyzed the intestinal bacteria of participants who continued to take a Koda-type restriction diet for more than one year. The human digestive tract harbors trillions of bacteria, many of which establish lifetime, symbiotic relationships with their hosts. Those bacteria feed us with the products and byproducts of their own digestive activities.
Adv Food Technol Nutr Sci Open J. 2015; 1(5): 112-123. doi: 10.17140/AFTNSOJ-1-120