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This sounds a bit like you went from a low calorie diet that triggered various metabolic shutdowns to a high calorie diet that made your body work again. Sound

This sounds a bit like you went from a low calorie diet that triggered various metabolic shutdowns to a high calorie diet that made your body work again. Sounds like you went from hypogonadism ( which is associated with all of your listed issues) to something healthier. Quite impressive if diet solved it, although it might be the calories, not the content.

FollowingTheDao 5y ago
No. If anything I am eating less calories now. I was heavier then as well. It was causing a multitude of deficiencies. B6, Zinc I know for sure because my doctor tested them. But it is interesting you bring up hypogonadism, not that I had it, but I was born with a cryptorchidism and had to have the testicle removed when I was three. This is a known effect of zinc deficiency which is one reason they tested me. http://www.ivsajournals.com/article_3146_21dc13f2fb1df514b896b81f3ec25ff7.pdf http://www.ivsajournals.com/article_3146_21dc13f2fb1df514b89...
- cleancoder0 5y ago
  Yeah, being overweight, having hypogonadism and eating a low calorie diet can result in no weight loss or even weight gain. The energy distribution is all over the place and the lack of calories affects cognition, hormone production etc. If you were a "good" vegan, as you mentioned, I cannot imagine what kind of foods you ate to have more calories compared to fat (calorie) rich foods like fish, mussels or meat. 500 grams of raw beans is 2000kcal (very little for an avg 45 year old man), contains about 120g of protein, but is around 1.5kg of beanwater sludge when cooked. Impossible to eat in a day for most people. Adding rice, pasta, or other sources of calories still does not help a lot. It takes a lot of food to get to 2500-3000kcal. Many vegans lack calories in their diet. Older and sedentary vegans that are starting to develop protein resistance (due to age or sedentary lifestyle) also consume way too little protein. A perfect recipe for various metabolic issues and aging related diseases.
  - FollowingTheDao 5y ago
    It is not just about calories. I cannot metabolize short chain fatty acids well and they all come from plant food. Stop assuming you know anything about my life to fit your paradigm. I was always starving when I was vegan so I ate more. I know how many calories I eat it is is way less. It is NOT just about food, it is also about genetics.
    - DoreenMichele 5y ago
      I cannot metabolize short chain fatty acids well and they all come from plant food. Is the cellular mechanism for this known? I seem to have trouble processing long chain triglycerides and I do better with animal fats, like butter and bacon. Any resources you could link to or thoughts you might share on this detail would be potentially of value to me for better understanding my genetic disorder and practical approaches to managing it with diet.
      - astrange 5y ago
        Digestion relies on your gut microbiome and how much fiber you eat; both those things are much more variable than your DNA and so are more likely to be personalized to you than anything else is. Unless you actually had a medical-grade genetic test?
        FollowingTheDao 5y ago
        Yes, full genome from Nebula genomics. Take a look at what it means to be a FUT2 non-secretor and you will soon see how much genetics plays a role. Knowing this cured MY IBS. I am in no way saying it is everyones issue, but it was mine. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1673852721002617?dgcid=rss_sd_all https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S16738... https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0094863 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal... https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0020113 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal... We know the genome changes so much of us, from our eye color to height to susceptibility to ideas. Why would it not also determine what foods we should eat?

FollowingTheDao 5y ago

No. If anything I am eating less calories now. I was heavier then as well. It was causing a multitude of deficiencies. B6, Zinc I know for sure because my doctor tested them. But it is interesting you bring up hypogonadism, not that I had it, but I was born with a cryptorchidism and had to have the testicle removed when I was three. This is a known effect of zinc deficiency which is one reason they tested me. http://www.ivsajournals.com/article_3146_21dc13f2fb1df514b896b81f3ec25ff7.pdf http://www.ivsajournals.com/article_3146_21dc13f2fb1df514b89...

cleancoder0 5y ago
Yeah, being overweight, having hypogonadism and eating a low calorie diet can result in no weight loss or even weight gain. The energy distribution is all over the place and the lack of calories affects cognition, hormone production etc. If you were a "good" vegan, as you mentioned, I cannot imagine what kind of foods you ate to have more calories compared to fat (calorie) rich foods like fish, mussels or meat. 500 grams of raw beans is 2000kcal (very little for an avg 45 year old man), contains about 120g of protein, but is around 1.5kg of beanwater sludge when cooked. Impossible to eat in a day for most people. Adding rice, pasta, or other sources of calories still does not help a lot. It takes a lot of food to get to 2500-3000kcal. Many vegans lack calories in their diet. Older and sedentary vegans that are starting to develop protein resistance (due to age or sedentary lifestyle) also consume way too little protein. A perfect recipe for various metabolic issues and aging related diseases.
- FollowingTheDao 5y ago
  It is not just about calories. I cannot metabolize short chain fatty acids well and they all come from plant food. Stop assuming you know anything about my life to fit your paradigm. I was always starving when I was vegan so I ate more. I know how many calories I eat it is is way less. It is NOT just about food, it is also about genetics.
  - DoreenMichele 5y ago
    I cannot metabolize short chain fatty acids well and they all come from plant food. Is the cellular mechanism for this known? I seem to have trouble processing long chain triglycerides and I do better with animal fats, like butter and bacon. Any resources you could link to or thoughts you might share on this detail would be potentially of value to me for better understanding my genetic disorder and practical approaches to managing it with diet.
    - astrange 5y ago
      Digestion relies on your gut microbiome and how much fiber you eat; both those things are much more variable than your DNA and so are more likely to be personalized to you than anything else is. Unless you actually had a medical-grade genetic test?
      - FollowingTheDao 5y ago
        Yes, full genome from Nebula genomics. Take a look at what it means to be a FUT2 non-secretor and you will soon see how much genetics plays a role. Knowing this cured MY IBS. I am in no way saying it is everyones issue, but it was mine. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1673852721002617?dgcid=rss_sd_all https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S16738... https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0094863 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal... https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0020113 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal... We know the genome changes so much of us, from our eye color to height to susceptibility to ideas. Why would it not also determine what foods we should eat?