I went strict ketogenic diet(high fat, protein, very low carb, zero sugar) 16 weeks ago. I’ve dropped 20kg in that time and just last week ran a marathon carry

I went strict ketogenic diet(high fat, protein, very low carb, zero sugar) 16 weeks ago. I’ve dropped 20kg in that time and just last week ran a marathon carrying a 25kg pack in 5 hours 48 minutes with just an 11 week train up. Zero sugar diet has been a massive positive game changer for me. You can still have desserts that don’t require sugar! The only difficulty with it has been the struggle of what/where to eat when traveling. It now really clicks for me after several years of putting the pieces of the puzzle together. 3 years ago I met a cohort of middle aged male vets from a specific military unit with a work culture where sugar was viewed as poison for the 40 years since this community’s inception. They all seemed noticeably younger than their actual years. I’d like to learn if telomere length is shortened by sugar consumption and conversely lengthened by the absence of sugar in your diet.