Something That I Have Noticed.
Gallowmere1984
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I had a realization over the last few days, and I'm wondering if anyone else had experienced something similar.
Since pushing myself into ketosis a few weeks ago, I had noticed something a bit odd. I drive a Mazda MX-5 Miata, and by it's very nature it is a feedback heavy car. Essentially, what it feels, you feel. I had noticed that I was feeling more from the car than usual, and actually thought that perhaps the shocks had started to wear, or that the tire pressure was low. All checked out fine. Something just felt different. Not necessarily off or bad, but very different. The car was "talking" a lot more, through steering, shifts, and rear end drift.
So, I decided to run a particular stretch of road that I have clocked myself on before (typical 35 mph backroad with lots of curves that would flip an SUV, but Miatas glide right through). I ended up turning over times that were almost 20% better than my previous best, and absolutely no modifications have been made to the car since those original times were pulled.
Essentially, my reaction times are up, my shift times have improved, my feel for the cornering is better, and I am able to get back into the throttle earlier out of a curve, without losing confidence in the car's hold of the road. This seems like a weird as hell thing for diet to affect so drastically, so yeah, anyone else had this kind of thing?
Since pushing myself into ketosis a few weeks ago, I had noticed something a bit odd. I drive a Mazda MX-5 Miata, and by it's very nature it is a feedback heavy car. Essentially, what it feels, you feel. I had noticed that I was feeling more from the car than usual, and actually thought that perhaps the shocks had started to wear, or that the tire pressure was low. All checked out fine. Something just felt different. Not necessarily off or bad, but very different. The car was "talking" a lot more, through steering, shifts, and rear end drift.
So, I decided to run a particular stretch of road that I have clocked myself on before (typical 35 mph backroad with lots of curves that would flip an SUV, but Miatas glide right through). I ended up turning over times that were almost 20% better than my previous best, and absolutely no modifications have been made to the car since those original times were pulled.
Essentially, my reaction times are up, my shift times have improved, my feel for the cornering is better, and I am able to get back into the throttle earlier out of a curve, without losing confidence in the car's hold of the road. This seems like a weird as hell thing for diet to affect so drastically, so yeah, anyone else had this kind of thing?
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Nope, but that's bad *kitten*.
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If you have lost 50 pounds, the load is lighter , not a lot lighter but certainly decreased load in vehicle.
More than likely, you can google to find more info.1 -
I get that. I bet you've noted improved mental acuity with Keto. I also bet you have general improved confidence. And I totally agree with @SuperCarLori totally bad *kitten* 2
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If you have lost 50 pounds, the load is lighter , not a lot lighter but certainly decreased load in vehicle.
More than likely, you can google to find more info.
Actually, I was 165 when I made the switch to keto, so it's only a 13 pound difference at the moment. Nowhere near enough to make for that much of a time difference.
Interestingly enough though, I do find it funny that race car builders will invest $10,000 into making a suspension package five pounds lighter, when they could have just put their driver on a diet instead. xD6 -
So if one looks at 13 pounds from that perspective , then it is certainly enough of a loss to change the handling and response in a car.
Maybe I've lost about 13 also, somewhere around that anyhow ☀️1 -
Oh, it doubtlessly did have some impact, but a 20% time increase is "I tossed a 70 bhp increase into the engine, replaced the interior with carbon fiber, took out the passenger seat, put a lighter transmission and taller rear in" territory. Unless of course, the car wasn't being used to it's full potential to begin with. Kinda like how I want to pul my hair out when I have an old lady in front of me, driving a Caddy with a 550 bhp engine in it, yet she still makes it take off at sub-moped rates.0
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I'm betting on mental focus improvements.
I'm using Keto for that reason as an adult with very obvious ADHD symptoms. I feel more "normal", less compulsive and even some of the OCD issues associated with it have become something I can be in control of with effort.
I've had improvement of my absent minded, compulsive behaviors even while reducing my prescription medication.
Oh, and weight loss is awesome too!
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For those who don't have a two-seater and a twisty country road, you can do a simpler reaction time test with a ruler.
http://www.topendsports.com/testing/tests/reaction-stick.htm
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Technically speaking, glucose is a neurotoxin (yes, it sounds weird that something that we require at least some of can be a neurotoxin, but we actually make other compounds that are, too, such as nitric oxide). It's generally believed to be dose-dependent, which is why uncontrolled diabetes very often leads to neuropathy. However, I'm of the opinion that it always does some amount of damage, and for those that are more sensitive, that threshold is quite a bit lower than "diabetic" levels.
The difference with a typical healthy body is that it can heal enough to keep up with the damage of higher glucose loads, but a more sensitive body can't, which leads to things like systemic inflammation and various nervous system issues. Hence keto being well known for treating a huge number of neurological issues and ketones being known for their neuroprotective effects.
Therefore, even if you don't have known neurological issues, with the reduced burden of systemic glucose, plus the neurological benefits of ketones, themselves, it stands to reason that you'd see more relatively subtle improvements, such as reaction time and focus.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2367001/
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/evolutionary-psychiatry/201104/your-brain-ketones2 -
I can't believe how much less affected my seasonal allergies have been since starting LCHF. Yesterday, I had a headache that had been building all day due to a rainshower (mold sensitivity), or so I thought. But, just as I was about to take an allergy med for it, I changed my mind and took a potassium supplement instead. The headache went away within 15 minutes!7
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I can't believe how much less affected my seasonal allergies have been since starting LCHF. Yesterday, I had a headache that had been building all day due to a rainshower (mold sensitivity), or so I thought. But, just as I was about to take an allergy med for it, I changed my mind and took a potassium supplement instead. The headache went away within 15 minutes!
It's almost like pharmaceutical companies rely on ignorance for business. Don't get it twisted, I am in NO way a "natural remedy" snake oil sucker. I do however, believe that we take a lot of things that are ultimately unnecessary, due to having little real understanding of cause and effect, especially on the biological level.6 -
I can't believe how much less affected my seasonal allergies have been since starting LCHF. Yesterday, I had a headache that had been building all day due to a rainshower (mold sensitivity), or so I thought. But, just as I was about to take an allergy med for it, I changed my mind and took a potassium supplement instead. The headache went away within 15 minutes!
This is me also - everyone around me is complaining about how bad the allergies are this year (is it me, or don't folks complain about this EVERY year???) but I can't say that I've noticed!
My holistic nutritionist (love her!) posted this on her blog recently about allergies:
Diet Influences Allergic Response
What we eat can influence the strength of the inflammatory response. Feed the body too much of the wrong foods and it will become inflamed more easily. Some foods contain histamine; others stimulate our body’s production of it, and others still feed the machine that makes other inflammatory products like PG-2, leukotrienes, kinins, and thromboxin. Even environmental allergies to dust, pollen, moulds and animals can improve when we clean up the diet.3 -
I know a couple who have totaled not one, but two, Miatas. Maybe they need to go low carb if they're going to drive a sports car.4
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Your car went on a keto diet with you? Is that what your post is suggesting?1
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I had not been on the Zero Turn Mower in a few years because it was so painful but in a time crunch last week I helped the son mow so he could get the trimming done. It seemed to have so much more power and performance in the steep places and turning in general and it did not shoot up my pain level at all. Being 60 pounds lighter made a difference and yes my response time is better in general. Last week I had an HR concern pop up that needed attention at once. By staying focused on the needs of both the person and the company both got what they needed and both are better off because of the focused effort rather than a panic reaction. Before when I was so sick and obese due to my old WOE I was way more reactionary when unexpected things popped up. My view of the future is so much brighter LCHF.1
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lithezebra wrote: »I know a couple who have totaled not one, but two, Miatas. Maybe they need to go low carb if they're going to drive a sports car.
Jesus. How do you even wreck a Miata, unless on terrible tires? I don't even have my summers on yet, and I feel like I would actually have to put effort into wrecking it.1
