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As someone who has lost significant weight on a keto diet (~80lbs) I can say it works in assisting someone who is overweight lose weight which can help with the

As someone who has lost significant weight on a keto diet (~80lbs) I can say it works in assisting someone who is overweight lose weight which can help with their health issues. It is easy to stall out by eating too much protein and fat, you still have to go hungry to cut down calorie intake. But it's overall a fad diet that ignores a lot of valuable nutrition that will be lacking essential healthy food. My take on the diet you need is that it should have a good fiber to carb ratio (5:1 or less) and low in added salt, fat, and sugars (ideally none added). If you start looking at foods in this category they are all the so called superfoods. Soluble fiber slows down absorption of sugar, lowers cholesterol levels and increases satiety.

thebigspacefuck 4y ago
What are the essential healthy foods that are missing?
- datacruncher01 4y ago
  The nutrients you'll be lacking typically include Folate, Thiamin(B1), Potassium, Calcium, and Manganese. You can do a healthy Keto and incorporate all of these but a lot of people stop and think I'll just eat as much bacon, steak, and chicken as I want. Also missing are legumes which are very healthy for you.
  - sph 4y ago
    Please do some research before stating some blatantly incorrect facts. Here, I've done it for you. * The biggest amount of folate per 100g can be found in chicken and calf liver, then nuts. There's some in legumes but "it is soluble in water, and so may be lost from foods boiled in water": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folate#Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folate#Sources * Thiamine is found in good amounts in pork and nuts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiamine#Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiamine#Sources * Calcium is found in great amounts in dairy and animal bones (stock, marrow, etc.) * Potassium is found pretty much anywhere and deficiency is extremely rare. * Manganese is found in leafy green vegetables and nuts, both very low carb. In general meat is the most complete food you can ingest. Nothing else comes even close. And meat is not only filet steak, organ meat is where most of the micronutrients are. -- > missing are legumes which are very healthy for you Another wives' tale. I guess you've never heard of phytic acid, have you? The more legumes you ingest, the less minerals your body is able to absorb. "It is [...] present in many legumes, cereals, and grains. Phytic acid and phytate have a strong binding affinity to the dietary minerals, calcium, iron, and zinc, inhibiting their absorption in the small intestine". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phytic_acid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phytic_acid

thebigspacefuck 4y ago

What are the essential healthy foods that are missing?

datacruncher01 4y ago
The nutrients you'll be lacking typically include Folate, Thiamin(B1), Potassium, Calcium, and Manganese. You can do a healthy Keto and incorporate all of these but a lot of people stop and think I'll just eat as much bacon, steak, and chicken as I want. Also missing are legumes which are very healthy for you.
- sph 4y ago
  Please do some research before stating some blatantly incorrect facts. Here, I've done it for you. * The biggest amount of folate per 100g can be found in chicken and calf liver, then nuts. There's some in legumes but "it is soluble in water, and so may be lost from foods boiled in water": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folate#Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folate#Sources * Thiamine is found in good amounts in pork and nuts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiamine#Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiamine#Sources * Calcium is found in great amounts in dairy and animal bones (stock, marrow, etc.) * Potassium is found pretty much anywhere and deficiency is extremely rare. * Manganese is found in leafy green vegetables and nuts, both very low carb. In general meat is the most complete food you can ingest. Nothing else comes even close. And meat is not only filet steak, organ meat is where most of the micronutrients are. -- > missing are legumes which are very healthy for you Another wives' tale. I guess you've never heard of phytic acid, have you? The more legumes you ingest, the less minerals your body is able to absorb. "It is [...] present in many legumes, cereals, and grains. Phytic acid and phytate have a strong binding affinity to the dietary minerals, calcium, iron, and zinc, inhibiting their absorption in the small intestine". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phytic_acid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phytic_acid