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Was just told that Keto burns 230% more fat than plain CICO....

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  • Posts: 10,968 Member
    lkpducky wrote: »

    Exactly. That makes sense. Some folks out there see "burn more fat" and wrongly interpret (wishful thinking?) it as body fat.

    There's a guy on the bike forum singing this tune. Flavor your morning coffee with butter, to burn fat all day. Watch it for the devil's carbs, they'll pull you to hell.
  • Posts: 10,179 Member
    230% sounds like the ratio of calories in fat to calories in carbs.

    It may be just a load of hooey in click-bait.
  • Posts: 6,037 Member
    sijomial wrote: »
    Maybe look at the work of Lyle McDonald as a far better source of an actual scientific explanation of how the ketogenic diet works?

    ^^^This...

  • Posts: 28,055 Member
    I like Lyle McDonald. He's written a book about keto, and here's an article: https://bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/comparing-the-diets-part-4.html/
  • Posts: 38,439 MFP Moderator
    sijomial wrote: »

    FYI - people are nearly always happy that someone has discoved a diet (verb or noun) that works for them.
    What ruffles feathers is the truly appalling charlatans making a fortune out of duping the gullible (some of whom feature in your video selection) spouting absolute nonsense.

    Maybe look at the work of Lyle McDonald as a far better source of an actual scientific explanation of how the ketogenic diet works?

    Feel free to mention authophagy - have you seen any studies done on humans? Have you seen any way of measuring it so that different diets and eating pattens can be evaluated?

    When you see claims for wonderous benefits of any diet do have a healthy scepticism and try to validate those claims. Measurable? Proven? Significant? Backed up by studies?

    Clicking the woo button or taking issue with your choice of gurus is not vitriol. You have shared your viewpoint and others have shared theirs - the purpose of a forum.

    Dr. Layne Norton did an interesting piece on autophagy recently. In the little bit of data available, it seems that there is some evidence supporting IF with autophagy, but it seems its not much different than regular caloric restriction and the effects are not as profound as exercise. So if one is concerned about autophagy, than exercise should be on the forefront of their regime.
  • Posts: 8,281 Member
    Speaking of vitriol, I may actually owe Barry Sears an apology.
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