The benefits of this diet seem to come from lowered blood sugar and a capacity to produce ketones that affect cellular signaling in various ways. The fact that

The benefits of this diet seem to come from lowered blood sugar and a capacity to produce ketones that affect cellular signaling in various ways. The fact that you were doing so much aerobic activity tells me you probably had low enough blood sugar and high enough ketone synthesis rates that the dieting was redundant. Most people don't work out aerobically like that.