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Great guide for ketogenic dieting

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  • chani8
    chani8 Posts: 946 Member
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    My reading has lead me to believe that we can possibly stay in ketosis with as much as 50 carbs a day. Don't know if that is true, but I was allowing myself to go that high from nuts and high fiber veggies because of subtracting the fiber. Then I read that the fiber really isn't as 'free' as I thought. :(

    I read that too much protein can get in the way of ketosis. Yet for muscle gain, protein is good.

    I also read that for carb cycling, on the days of high carbing, one should eat low fat that day.

    It's all so complicated, isn't it?
  • bacitracin
    bacitracin Posts: 921 Member
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    To induce gluconeogenesis (sugar being made from non-sugar like protein) you'd have to eat a LOT more protein than fats, and it's also a really slow process. Yeah, it would prevent ketosis, but you'd have to eat like 2lbs of lean beef in one sitting.
  • Jasmine_James
    Jasmine_James Posts: 188 Member
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    I have definitely learned that I have to keep protein in check. I do this by following the tactic Golightly17 recommended -- i.e., having fat with every meal -- and I gave up having some kind of meat throughout the day. I usually do a bulletproof coffee for breakfast (which is almost all fat), then I'll have just a little bit of protein and lunch and save the bulk of my protein allowance for dinner in the form of a steak, bacon, fish, turkey, etc.

    I don't worry on the days that I end up having a bit extra protein than intended (I think for me that's better than going over on carbs), but too much protein can have an impact.
  • 366to266
    366to266 Posts: 473 Member
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    bump

    great info links!
  • ksutte
    ksutte Posts: 76 Member
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    bump thnx!
  • oliverlemon
    oliverlemon Posts: 1
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    thx, i hv failed to hv lchf ..i cant control my mouth :(
  • clarekendall35
    clarekendall35 Posts: 1
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    I use this guide to calculate my macros, Just have to remember to recalculate every couple of weeks as the weight decreases.

    http://keto-calculator.ankerl.com/
  • ohkatherinewheel
    ohkatherinewheel Posts: 18 Member
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    Great post!! :happy:
  • yustick
    yustick Posts: 238 Member
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    Bump.
  • Safiyandi
    Safiyandi Posts: 151
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    My reading has lead me to believe that we can possibly stay in ketosis with as much as 50 carbs a day. Don't know if that is true, but I was allowing myself to go that high from nuts and high fiber veggies because of subtracting the fiber. Then I read that the fiber really isn't as 'free' as I thought. :(

    I read that too much protein can get in the way of ketosis. Yet for muscle gain, protein is good.

    I also read that for carb cycling, on the days of high carbing, one should eat low fat that day.

    It's all so complicated, isn't it?

    No kidding! I don't know if the limits are different for different people or not - but I'll come out of ketosis sometimes right at 30g. My fat is set to 55% though, lower than most people(trying to stave off muscle loss since I'm working towards powerlifting competitions), so I can't say whether or not the higher protein is playing a role in that. I just know that I'm typically not in deep ketosis and if I so much as look at carbs - bam - I'm out.
  • FindingMyPerfection
    FindingMyPerfection Posts: 702 Member
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    Bumping so I can check the links.
  • jennicole4
    jennicole4 Posts: 90 Member
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    Tagging so I can find this again
  • elsapm
    elsapm Posts: 51 Member
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    Bump to revisit this later! Thanks for sharing!

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