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> Does this exist for non-diabetic patients? I recently had weight gain for the first time of my life after reaching 30yrs of age and always being underweight.
by slazaro 9y ago
> Does this exist for non-diabetic patients? I recently had weight gain for the first time of my life after reaching 30yrs of age and always being underweight. I've been meaning to look into some diet-based approaches that would be supported by science, but Googling it has always been a deluge of pseudo-science.
The Keto diet(s) are pretty popular for weight loss and general health too. The subreddit [1] is pretty active and has lots of people vouching for it. I don't know how scientifically sound or safe it is, because I haven't researched it, but you might find some answers there.
[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/keto https://www.reddit.com/r/keto
- dghughes 9y agoI'd recommend /r/science for a more scholarly view instead of the r/keto subreddit which seems almost cult-like in its worship of the keto diet.
- ghostbrainalpha 9y agoDid you mean to recommend /r/ketoscience/ ? It's a great sub. The keto diet helped me lose about 30 pounds this year, and I was only fully committed to it about 20% of the time.
- mwilliaams 9y agoI have to be picky here. If only 20% of your overall diet this year was keto, then really whatever you were doing the other 80% of the time is 80% (in other words, way more) responsible.
- andrewflnr 9y agoThe other 80% is probably just what they were doing before they started the 20% of keto. I don't think that's what made the change.
- mwilliaams 9y agoIf that were so, then I would've expected them to say "helped me lose X pounds in ~2 months".
- ghostbrainalpha 9y agoI do strict Keto the first 6 days of the month, which is where I was getting the 20% from. The rest of the time, I do my normal diet of mostly fast food, too much candy, and no exercise. I might drink a little more water than I used to in this period, but no major changes. Sorry if there was a better way to phrase this.
- andrewflnr 9y agoYou're fine. I don't think it was actually that hard to figure out what you meant. :)
- agumonkey 9y agojust for the sake of warning, keto shows lots of results, but taps into a body mechanism that yields some form of withdrawal syndrom (keto flu IIRC)
- biohax2015 9y agoKetosis is the medical condition. It occurs when your body metabolizes fat for energy instead of glucose.
- sasas 9y ago.. which initially lasts days to a few weeks but the length can be shortened by fasting or supplementing with MCT oil or beta hydroxy buterate
- raarts 9y agoAnd taking some extra salt and water per day. 2 cups of broth does it for me. No more keto flu. Note that keto flu only occurs when your body is switching from carbs to fat, but disappears when your body is keto-adapted.