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What is wrong with having a well balanced diet? Some days eat lots of fats, some days more carbs, etc. Extrema are not good for your health.

jordanthoms 11y ago
Basing your diet off of adages isn't good for your health either. Ketosis doesn't work well for everyone or in every situation but rejecting it on the basis of 'balance' without any evidence of harm is just lazy.
omginternets 11y ago
The whole question is determining what "normal" (and thus "extreme") actually is, so statements like "extrema are not good for your health" are just plain silly in this context. In fact, it's even sillier than that since extreme bursts of energy (which most of us call exercise) are demonstrably very good for your health. If by "extrema" you meant "excessive things", then your point is tautological.
- ioquatix 11y ago
  Well, I do believe there is such a thing as a "well balanced diet" which includes food from all groups.
  - gayprogrammer 11y ago
    The context of balance is the very thing being studied. How are the food groups defined? Why isn't ethanol included as a food group? Do you consider fiber in its own group? Taking "balanced" portions from a set of groups makes the context in which the groups are defined very important.
  - omginternets 11y ago
    That's nice, but you've said basically nothing. What are the food groups? What's the right proportion? Does it vary with age/ethnicity/nurture? These are precisely the questions being examined, so telling people to eat a balanced diet without telling them what that actually is, doesn't help.
- ghostbrainalpha 11y ago
  If your favorite food is hamburger, and you have no problem eating it every day, Ketosis can be extremely easy and sustainable.
tim333 11y ago
One problem with extrma is it's hard to stick with them. I saw some study somewhere that the people who did best long term at keeping weight off had fairly balanced diets. The Atkins guys seem to say its great at first and the fall off the diet in less than a year.

jordanthoms 11y ago

Basing your diet off of adages isn't good for your health either. Ketosis doesn't work well for everyone or in every situation but rejecting it on the basis of 'balance' without any evidence of harm is just lazy.

omginternets 11y ago

The whole question is determining what "normal" (and thus "extreme") actually is, so statements like "extrema are not good for your health" are just plain silly in this context. In fact, it's even sillier than that since extreme bursts of energy (which most of us call exercise) are demonstrably very good for your health. If by "extrema" you meant "excessive things", then your point is tautological.

ioquatix 11y ago
Well, I do believe there is such a thing as a "well balanced diet" which includes food from all groups.
- gayprogrammer 11y ago
  The context of balance is the very thing being studied. How are the food groups defined? Why isn't ethanol included as a food group? Do you consider fiber in its own group? Taking "balanced" portions from a set of groups makes the context in which the groups are defined very important.
- omginternets 11y ago
  That's nice, but you've said basically nothing. What are the food groups? What's the right proportion? Does it vary with age/ethnicity/nurture? These are precisely the questions being examined, so telling people to eat a balanced diet without telling them what that actually is, doesn't help.
ghostbrainalpha 11y ago
If your favorite food is hamburger, and you have no problem eating it every day, Ketosis can be extremely easy and sustainable.

tim333 11y ago

One problem with extrma is it's hard to stick with them. I saw some study somewhere that the people who did best long term at keeping weight off had fairly balanced diets. The Atkins guys seem to say its great at first and the fall off the diet in less than a year.