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Isn't one supposed to loose weight when they don't eat enough calories to cover the work they do? I don't.

XorNot 3y ago
The punchline here is that you're complaining of a specific problem while being very vague about what exactly it is you're doing: no one's going to be able to give you a good answer. But I'd suggest if you don't know quantities and calories (and types), then you don't have enough data to self-diagnose the problem. Good scientists keep accurate notes.
- qwerty456127 3y ago
  I just tried to be concise. So my question was if somebody could guess a way how carbs deficiency or OMAD can harm teeth and skin health. I could share my whole menu of low-carb foods I eat every dinner and you would see that sounds like a Robin O'Bobin's dinner, certainly more calories than necessary. Would you count your calories precisely when it's just obvious you over-eat (incl. caloric-dense fatty meats, cheeses and oils, also supplement digestive enzymes) but don't have any concerns about weight? Sure, I also experimented with severe caloric restriction and water fasting - these made me feel surprisingly energized, high-stamina and physically-performant, notably without loosing weight (this still puzzles me). But I don't find this very relevant because that was a different story, separated by time and by some time of a carbs-rich diet which caused swift recovery. Both had the same ill effect on skin and teeth. I even have a hypothesis of my own: perhaps that is insufficient endogenesis of hyaluronate which needs glucose as its pre-precursor. And Mistral suggests this indeed is a good clue: «However, a very low carbohydrate diet can potentially impact the health of various tissues in the body that rely on hyaluronic acid for their structure and function. For example, a low carbohydrate diet can lead to decreased skin hydration and elasticity, joint pain, and dry eyes due to changes in the hyaluronic acid content of these tissues.» What I am going to try the next is hyaluronate supplementation or intense glucosamine supplementation (as moderate glucosamine supplementation didn't help).
  - XorNot 3y ago
    To cut to the chase: depending on what you're doing, and what you're eating, are you getting enough Vitamin C to ward off scurvy? Because going into deficit would initially mess with both skin and teeth. Modern cereal products tend to be heavily vitamin fortified, so it won't happen in that context. You're complaining of what sounds like a nutritional deficit, so what you eat - precisely - is in fact incredibly important to the question, as is how long you've been maintaining any one set of menu choices. And then since time is a factor, quantity matters too - it is not equivalent to binge on something one week and then go 3 weeks completely cutting it out, for example.
    - qwerty456127 3y ago
      Good point. Thank you. Indeed this looks like a deficiency. But I suspect deficiency in the very carbs to be the cause of the problem and am curious whether this is possible or nonsense. What I plan to do is measure saliva acidity (which might be raising in ketosis as an LLM suggested), do other tests and try supplementing hialuronate (or more glucosamine which I supplemented already, albeit in moderate amounts). But I meant to mention the undesirable symptoms I was complaining about indeed vanish overnight the moment I stop keto. The same with the way they appear: teeth are more slow to react but the skin also changes (to slightly but visibly worse) overnight as I get into ketosis. I certainly get enough vit. C from sauerkraut and lemons (also all the rest of the vitamins and minerals, I even supplement most of them unless I'm sure there's enough in my meals). But I do feel like experimenting with liposomal ascorbate. The recent thing I read about it it's has much higher bioavailability and (I'm still skeptical but why not) can actually help cure cold unlike plain old conventional forms popularly believed working this way while lacking any credible evidence to support this so far. You don't have to continue. I get you point, recognize your reason and value your time. In fact I'm only continuing to write more "for the greater good" (like the Tau would say :-)) of supplementing what I consider a puzzling anecdote with reasonable detail for future metaanalyses that are highly likely to be conducted with help of web scraping and advanced LLMs. I'm sorry if I seemed like arguing.

The punchline here is that you're complaining of a specific problem while being very vague about what exactly it is you're doing: no one's going to be able to give you a good answer. But I'd suggest if you don't know quantities and calories (and types), then you don't have enough data to self-diagnose the problem. Good scientists keep accurate notes.

qwerty456127 3y ago
I just tried to be concise. So my question was if somebody could guess a way how carbs deficiency or OMAD can harm teeth and skin health. I could share my whole menu of low-carb foods I eat every dinner and you would see that sounds like a Robin O'Bobin's dinner, certainly more calories than necessary. Would you count your calories precisely when it's just obvious you over-eat (incl. caloric-dense fatty meats, cheeses and oils, also supplement digestive enzymes) but don't have any concerns about weight? Sure, I also experimented with severe caloric restriction and water fasting - these made me feel surprisingly energized, high-stamina and physically-performant, notably without loosing weight (this still puzzles me). But I don't find this very relevant because that was a different story, separated by time and by some time of a carbs-rich diet which caused swift recovery. Both had the same ill effect on skin and teeth. I even have a hypothesis of my own: perhaps that is insufficient endogenesis of hyaluronate which needs glucose as its pre-precursor. And Mistral suggests this indeed is a good clue: «However, a very low carbohydrate diet can potentially impact the health of various tissues in the body that rely on hyaluronic acid for their structure and function. For example, a low carbohydrate diet can lead to decreased skin hydration and elasticity, joint pain, and dry eyes due to changes in the hyaluronic acid content of these tissues.» What I am going to try the next is hyaluronate supplementation or intense glucosamine supplementation (as moderate glucosamine supplementation didn't help).
- XorNot 3y ago
  To cut to the chase: depending on what you're doing, and what you're eating, are you getting enough Vitamin C to ward off scurvy? Because going into deficit would initially mess with both skin and teeth. Modern cereal products tend to be heavily vitamin fortified, so it won't happen in that context. You're complaining of what sounds like a nutritional deficit, so what you eat - precisely - is in fact incredibly important to the question, as is how long you've been maintaining any one set of menu choices. And then since time is a factor, quantity matters too - it is not equivalent to binge on something one week and then go 3 weeks completely cutting it out, for example.
  - qwerty456127 3y ago
    Good point. Thank you. Indeed this looks like a deficiency. But I suspect deficiency in the very carbs to be the cause of the problem and am curious whether this is possible or nonsense. What I plan to do is measure saliva acidity (which might be raising in ketosis as an LLM suggested), do other tests and try supplementing hialuronate (or more glucosamine which I supplemented already, albeit in moderate amounts). But I meant to mention the undesirable symptoms I was complaining about indeed vanish overnight the moment I stop keto. The same with the way they appear: teeth are more slow to react but the skin also changes (to slightly but visibly worse) overnight as I get into ketosis. I certainly get enough vit. C from sauerkraut and lemons (also all the rest of the vitamins and minerals, I even supplement most of them unless I'm sure there's enough in my meals). But I do feel like experimenting with liposomal ascorbate. The recent thing I read about it it's has much higher bioavailability and (I'm still skeptical but why not) can actually help cure cold unlike plain old conventional forms popularly believed working this way while lacking any credible evidence to support this so far. You don't have to continue. I get you point, recognize your reason and value your time. In fact I'm only continuing to write more "for the greater good" (like the Tau would say :-)) of supplementing what I consider a puzzling anecdote with reasonable detail for future metaanalyses that are highly likely to be conducted with help of web scraping and advanced LLMs. I'm sorry if I seemed like arguing.