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If low carb is working so well for you, why are you adding more carbs? Seems like people rave about ketonic diets but don't want to be on it for the long term.

yesco 11y ago
Losing weight doesn't mean you are eating well.
great_kraken 11y ago
It flies in the face of modern food culture, and it's a difficult decision socially. I think this drives a lot of people. That, and they're unable to remove their associations of "how normal people eat" and they feel a lust to consume sugars / complex carbohydrates again. However, the ones that don't start eating more have much better results long-term. You can't get fat again if you don't go back to eating that which got you fat in the first place.
- DrScump 11y ago
  it's a difficult decision socially This derails a number of people. Eating keto often means eating separate foods altogether from your family/peers, and your choices when eating out become limited and/or disproportionately expensive[0]. It also means that you are often put in a role of educating people (or trying to) about what you are doing, and why, and that can also mean overcoming skeptics. Generally, however, after a few months of showing continued positive results, the skepticism turns more to curiosity... and you find people coming to you for dietary advice and reference material. [0] some restaurants will work with you on this, and it never hurts to ask. For example, I've eaten at multiple diners where they would make a larger omelet in lieu of potatoes and toast.
DrScump 11y ago
One potential pitfall of improper long-term keto dieting is microbiome damage. If one isn't eating greens and such at all[0], the lack of other plant fiber could starve certain beneficial microorganisms to small enough populations as to become ineffective. Having learned this, I now have a big-ass salad daily, generally, and I take a probiotic supplement. (Organic spinach is just $2/bag at Trader Joe's!) [0] e.g. if one subsisted on mostly processed food before keto, if they don't add some appropriate carbs (even ones they didn't previously eat with any frequency), the microbiome will suffer... and it is difficult to repair without carefully culled fecal transplants.

yesco 11y ago

Losing weight doesn't mean you are eating well.

great_kraken 11y ago

It flies in the face of modern food culture, and it's a difficult decision socially. I think this drives a lot of people. That, and they're unable to remove their associations of "how normal people eat" and they feel a lust to consume sugars / complex carbohydrates again. However, the ones that don't start eating more have much better results long-term. You can't get fat again if you don't go back to eating that which got you fat in the first place.

DrScump 11y ago
it's a difficult decision socially This derails a number of people. Eating keto often means eating separate foods altogether from your family/peers, and your choices when eating out become limited and/or disproportionately expensive[0]. It also means that you are often put in a role of educating people (or trying to) about what you are doing, and why, and that can also mean overcoming skeptics. Generally, however, after a few months of showing continued positive results, the skepticism turns more to curiosity... and you find people coming to you for dietary advice and reference material. [0] some restaurants will work with you on this, and it never hurts to ask. For example, I've eaten at multiple diners where they would make a larger omelet in lieu of potatoes and toast.

DrScump 11y ago

One potential pitfall of improper long-term keto dieting is microbiome damage. If one isn't eating greens and such at all[0], the lack of other plant fiber could starve certain beneficial microorganisms to small enough populations as to become ineffective. Having learned this, I now have a big-ass salad daily, generally, and I take a probiotic supplement. (Organic spinach is just $2/bag at Trader Joe's!) [0] e.g. if one subsisted on mostly processed food before keto, if they don't add some appropriate carbs (even ones they didn't previously eat with any frequency), the microbiome will suffer... and it is difficult to repair without carefully culled fecal transplants.