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I think low carb diets are easier to mess up without realizing. one - you cant go no carb, so it requires very accurate moderation which is something people te

I think low carb diets are easier to mess up without realizing. one - you cant go no carb, so it requires very accurate moderation which is something people tend to be bad at two - the cheaper sources of protein and fat, which you now must eat more of, are often high in omega-6 instead of omega-3, or have the wrong balance of saturated vs unsaturated fats, not enough amino acids, etc three - if you go for Keto, getting hit by points 1 and 2 together can easily create a health risk. Too much protein kicks you out of ketosis as well. You might chronically knock yourself out of keto without realizing it and eat a bunch of foods that you really only get away with eating by being in So even though a proper keto diet, for example, might be perfectly fine. Recommending a keto diet to the general public very well might kill some people who historically have a bad track record for moderating their food intake

sph 4y ago
> you cant go no carb This is incorrect information. You can go, and live on literally zero grams of carbohydrates, though in reality there is always trace amounts in meat and vegetables. My optimal diet is around 5g of carbs per day. Unlike fats and proteins, there is no minimum level of dietary carbohydrates required to function. The little amount the body requires can produce thanks to gluconeogenesis, and the vast majority of the energy is provided first by ketones then by free fatty acids after adaptation.
Semaphor 4y ago
> You might chronically knock yourself out of keto without realizing it Isn’t the keto flu something almost everyone experiences? That was always my understanding, so chronically knocking yourself out of ketosis would mean chronically being sick, I have a hard time believing people can do that without realizing it (and I’m one of the lucky ones where the process only takes a few days, it’s 1-2 weeks for my wife)

sph 4y ago

> you cant go no carb This is incorrect information. You can go, and live on literally zero grams of carbohydrates, though in reality there is always trace amounts in meat and vegetables. My optimal diet is around 5g of carbs per day. Unlike fats and proteins, there is no minimum level of dietary carbohydrates required to function. The little amount the body requires can produce thanks to gluconeogenesis, and the vast majority of the energy is provided first by ketones then by free fatty acids after adaptation.

Semaphor 4y ago

> You might chronically knock yourself out of keto without realizing it Isn’t the keto flu something almost everyone experiences? That was always my understanding, so chronically knocking yourself out of ketosis would mean chronically being sick, I have a hard time believing people can do that without realizing it (and I’m one of the lucky ones where the process only takes a few days, it’s 1-2 weeks for my wife)