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I highly recommend keto. If you eat fast carbs when your glycogen reserves are full your body will turn it to fat immediately leaving you feeling hungry again

by edoo 7y ago

I highly recommend keto. If you eat fast carbs when your glycogen reserves are full your body will turn it to fat immediately leaving you feeling hungry again even though you met your caloric needs for the day. The natural response is to eat more leading to obesity. If you nail the keto diet you don't have to plan your meals and go hungry in between to stay in shape. You can eat whenever you feel like it. That does mean your only carbs come from veggies. The calories from fast carbs should be replaced with animal fat, not protein. If you eat too much protein it gets converted directly to sugar anyway and is harder on your kidneys. I lost dozens of pounds without going hungry (except for that initial fast carb addiction breaking) or counting calories.

ahnick 7y ago
> If you eat too much protein it gets converted directly to sugar anyway and is harder on your kidneys. It is true that the process of gluconeogenesis can convert excess protein into glucose; however, I understand that it is very much an open question as to how much of the excess protein will actually be converted in an individual. For instance diabetics apparently experience a higher rate of protein catabolism due to insulin deficiencies than non-diabetics.
- edoo 7y ago
  After rereading what I wrote I realize I made a mistake. It is about spiking your blood sugar which fast carbs do that leads to premature hunger. If you haven't filled your glycogen reserves you avoid the insulin spike, and if they are full the insulin spike is likely causing metabolic damage on top of the future needless hunger. Regarding the protein I swear I've seen low carb studies somewhere that did not improve diabetic conditions but they were all super high in protein. True moderate protein keto seems to be getting rid of at least pre diabetic conditions.

by edoo 7y ago

ahnick 7y ago

> If you eat too much protein it gets converted directly to sugar anyway and is harder on your kidneys. It is true that the process of gluconeogenesis can convert excess protein into glucose; however, I understand that it is very much an open question as to how much of the excess protein will actually be converted in an individual. For instance diabetics apparently experience a higher rate of protein catabolism due to insulin deficiencies than non-diabetics.

edoo 7y ago
After rereading what I wrote I realize I made a mistake. It is about spiking your blood sugar which fast carbs do that leads to premature hunger. If you haven't filled your glycogen reserves you avoid the insulin spike, and if they are full the insulin spike is likely causing metabolic damage on top of the future needless hunger. Regarding the protein I swear I've seen low carb studies somewhere that did not improve diabetic conditions but they were all super high in protein. True moderate protein keto seems to be getting rid of at least pre diabetic conditions.