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I don't know how anyone could read this whole article word-for-word. It's so light in information density but also without a story-telling feel. Anecdote: I ha

I don't know how anyone could read this whole article word-for-word. It's so light in information density but also without a story-telling feel. Anecdote: I have been ketogenic (usually <20g/day, almost always <30g/day) for a few months now. I measure my urinary ketone levels to verify I am in ketosis. This difference is astounding. I have higher peak energy, higher average energy, sleep better, lower peak hungriness, lower average hungriness, the ability to skip meals without feeling starving, and am losing weight. And it's cheaper. The only negative is actually significant: it's much more work. Hours of picking recepies, crosschecking ingredients that we have vs what we need to buy, shopping, cooking, and cleaning the many dishes generated. I strongly encourage everyone to do it.

TimSchumann 8y ago
Just rolled into day 6 of a fast. Between fasting and a ketogenic diet I've managed to lose 80 lbs and keep it off for more than a year. It was much faster and easier than any other method of weight loss I'd tried in the past, and the results have been easier to maintain.
- kryogen1c 8y ago
  > I've managed to lose 80 lbs and keep it off for more than a year. Hell yeah! > easier to maintain. I've never done any other diet, but I've found keto to be self regulating because eating cheat meals like pizza makes me feel like _garbage_. I suppose eating healthy carbs like apples might be doable, but I'm honestly not even interested
ebiester 8y ago
So, it turns out that the combination of calories in calories out and cutting out the junk food while keeping a 30% protein 30% fat 40% carbohydrate diet has also increased peak energy, average energy, sleep, and lower peak hunger for me. (It was at the same expense of the work to manage that diet that keto does, of course.) That isn't to say that keto can't work, but rather it may be a function of the quality of food in the diet over the diet composition. To the topic at hand, it might just be that he didn't prove what he set out to do, but it's still interesting in and of itself.
shock 8y ago
How do you measure your urinary ketone levels? I'm interested in trying out a ketogenic diet.
- kryogen1c 8y ago
  Local drug stores have dip sticks like https://www.amazon.com/Smackfat-Ketone-Strips-Measurement-Adaptation/dp/B00SODYZQK?keywords=ketone+strips&qid=1529461067&sr=8-3&ref=mp_s_a_1_3 https://www.amazon.com/Smackfat-Ketone-Strips-Measurement-Ad... Not meant for quantitative, just qualitative data; more of a go/no-go

TimSchumann 8y ago

Just rolled into day 6 of a fast. Between fasting and a ketogenic diet I've managed to lose 80 lbs and keep it off for more than a year. It was much faster and easier than any other method of weight loss I'd tried in the past, and the results have been easier to maintain.

kryogen1c 8y ago
> I've managed to lose 80 lbs and keep it off for more than a year. Hell yeah! > easier to maintain. I've never done any other diet, but I've found keto to be self regulating because eating cheat meals like pizza makes me feel like _garbage_. I suppose eating healthy carbs like apples might be doable, but I'm honestly not even interested

ebiester 8y ago

So, it turns out that the combination of calories in calories out and cutting out the junk food while keeping a 30% protein 30% fat 40% carbohydrate diet has also increased peak energy, average energy, sleep, and lower peak hunger for me. (It was at the same expense of the work to manage that diet that keto does, of course.) That isn't to say that keto can't work, but rather it may be a function of the quality of food in the diet over the diet composition. To the topic at hand, it might just be that he didn't prove what he set out to do, but it's still interesting in and of itself.

shock 8y ago

How do you measure your urinary ketone levels? I'm interested in trying out a ketogenic diet.

kryogen1c 8y ago
Local drug stores have dip sticks like https://www.amazon.com/Smackfat-Ketone-Strips-Measurement-Adaptation/dp/B00SODYZQK?keywords=ketone+strips&qid=1529461067&sr=8-3&ref=mp_s_a_1_3 https://www.amazon.com/Smackfat-Ketone-Strips-Measurement-Ad... Not meant for quantitative, just qualitative data; more of a go/no-go