My opinion is that if you treat your body like a science experiment and eat healthy/work out it's only a matter of time before you get to be where you want in terms of physique, you just have to be patient
My opinion is that if you treat your body like a science experiment and eat healthy/work out it's only a matter of time before you get to be where you want in terms of physique, you just have to be patient
Last edited by Polygons; 2017-12-13 at 10:27 AM.
A friend had type 2 diabetes for 5 years. He tried keto, after 3 months, doctor told him his A1C is 5.3. He went off any medications, insulin shots. Oh and he did lazy keto.
I saw reddit posts where a KD helps with depression, ADHD, definitely with epilepsy, as this was used 100 years ago for kids.
Search type1grit, its a facebook community that have type 1 diabetes and they are following DR Berstein diet, (its smilier to low carb) and they achieve non diabetic blood sugars.
Overall Keto is not even close to a fad diet, as it has a background history of helping people maintaining their diseases.
Just eat in caloric deficit. Make sure you have enough protein. Start working out, full body training - something like StrongLifts 5x5, not brosplits. Do 20 minutes cardio after the work out session. That's how I lost almost 30 kg of fat in 4 months. No crappy diets involved. No calories counting, no eating 8x per day meme.
Personally I love it. I've been on a loose ketogenic diet for years and it is perfect for me. Losing weight though was never my goal so I don't know how well it works for that. I imagine you need to be very strict and completely avoid carbs for that to work.
The body doesn't work the way that you would seem to imagine. For starters, your body is not a raging fire so it doesn't burn calories or anything else; instead the body breaks food into the various components it can use. At best calories represent a very rough approximation of that process.
Honestly, CICO isn't even worth a more serious or lengthy reply. It's just bad science in numerous ways, but mainly by being a bad analogy for simpletons. CICO is for people that couldn't possibly understand a more complex discussion of the nutritional needs of the human body.
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By using the word "and" I meant to indicate not only agreement but to also add that healthy people could also benefit from Keto. Yes, it's meant for people with specific conditions, but there is no reason healthy people couldn't likewise benefit from a diet that so obviously sticks to the basics: no sugars, processed foods - eat whole foods instead by making your own meals and controlling all of the inputs.
Something between Paleo, Keto and intermittent fasting and anybody from any walk of life in any current physical condition is good to go. You will get healthier.
No expert but burn more calories then you consume and you will lose weight.
Go eat nothing but oreos for a month and limit yourself to 100 calories less than your current maintenance calories then come back and tell us how much weight you lost. Also the keto 'diet' isn't really a fad diet. It's a lifestyle diet. If you are eating a ketogenic diet for a month to lose weight, then you are doing it horribly wrong and it's dangerous. If you eat that way consistently and stick to it, then it's fine, but that means keeping your carbs very low all the time. Also, ketosis is not a state of starvation. It's just a state by which your body is naturally utilizing fat as its primary fuel source because no carbohydrates are available to do so, which is okay unless you're sprinting for dear life from leopards or you're an athlete.
In truth, they know very little and there's very little hard science behind any of the opinions they publicize. Many studies are based on ridiculously small sample sizes. Doctors in particular have almost no significant education in nutrition, often less than 20 hours. In fairness, maybe that number of hours is capable of educating them on the few things we know for certain.
So, sadly no.
Lost over 100 pounds in 2 years. Half of that was lazy keto with 0 exercise.
Make sure you drink plenty of water and try to monitor your electrolytes
I have to agree with this. Doctors seem to know nothing about nutrition. My doctor for example still thinks you must exercise to lose weight.
It's a shame that the nutrition field is so hectic. You can find arguments and studies for and against low fat while at the same with low carb. I wonder if anyone does low protein? Heh.
The way I see it, low carb (so basically high fat) is a fine diet for primarily sedentary individuals as you don't have to deal with afternoon crashes or feeling exhausted throughout the day. A person that is active and does physically demanding jobs and activities benefits more from a high carb diet.
I feel like we need a few more years for people to really catch up with fat. Until then, I think we should keep an open mind to it.
I've done Keto, I've done eating clean (typical body building diet), and the most success ive had out of anything is intermittent fasting. I've been intermittent fasting for 8 month snow, and im using it cut right now and its insane, im at 12% body fat, and aiming to get to 7-9% and see how long i can hold that. I do however do a semi keto diet, I have whole grain rice as my only card for dinner with my chicken and broccoli, but every other meal during the day is a protein derivative, be it turkey burgers (just the patty) for lunch, so hard boiled eggs, plain roasted peanuts, plain beef jerky, etc... My energy levels are WAY higher than theyve ever been, and im leaning out much better than ever before.
Bacon or sausage every morning with an Atkins shake
For lunch usually a salad or low carb wrap(Mission Tortilla)
Beef or Chicken for dinner prepared in some way
One thing you’ll notice is that when your in ketosis your hunger is super mild.
Bacon is the one thing I never get sick of
IF also worked well for me while cutting. I only stopped because I found it very hard to eat enough in my 8 hour window while bulking and I got tired of being hungry in the evening. Semi-keto dieting as you put it is basically what I do now. Keeping carbs down and protein high seems to work well for building muscle and strength while keeping the fat off.
Keto is fine for a short period of time. In the long run it's bad.
http://www.eatbalanced.com/why-eat-b...we-need-fibre/
Your'e supposed to eat plenty of fibre, not eating enough or none at all can be very dangerous. And since foods with high amount of fibre are also with high amount of carbs (fibre is carb) you don't get any on keto diet.
Your choice.