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"Keto" and "low-carb" are often met with very different reactions. "Oh, I'm avoiding sugars" is completely reasonable, but Keto, not so much. To be more imparti
by JMTQp8lwXL 6y ago
"Keto" and "low-carb" are often met with very different reactions. "Oh, I'm avoiding sugars" is completely reasonable, but Keto, not so much. To be more impartial, 'avoiding sugars' generally implies simple sugars (e.g, candy), whereas on Keto, you also avoid complex sugars/carbohydrates. To get more complicated, you're typically still eating vegetables on Keto, so you are consuming complex carbohydrates, truly 0-carb (versus an infinitesimal amount) would be practically impossible.
- jefftk 6y agoDoesn't "keto" refers to a diet that has the goal of putting your body into ketosis? Where it starts using metabolic pathways it doesn't usually use? Simply avoiding sugars or cutting down on carbs wouldn't do that. On the other hand, I agree that people have associations about the kind of people who choose to do keto, and that's part of what you're getting when you see those differing responses.