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I chose low carb healthy fats (LCHF), down to ketogenic carb levels, to treat my prediabetes and autotimmune issues. If you lower carbs, you lower insulin and blood glucose, which will usually reverse prediabetes. At the very least, BG numbers tend to improve within days for those who are prediabetic. Lower insulin also…

Some of his work is interesting, but I have to admit that I rolled my eyes when he came out with a fasting mimicking bar. LOL Just don't eat... or eat fatty meat. ;)

Exactly! It all comes down to your n=1. Some people do wonderfully with lots of fibre but others do better without... The problem comes when those people are married to each other. ;)

Wow! Those are fantastic numbers. Congratulations! :)

It makes sense to me too. I have weirdly severe arthritis for my age that doctors claim is just osteo in spite of the fact that I have some autoimmune problems. When I eat carbs I have a LOT more arthritis pain. I can't hide my limp. When I avoid almost all carbs (or all carbs) the pain is much less. I have carbs and…

Cutting carbs very low may help. It will lower his BG and when BG is low, insulin is low. Insulin is amain controlling factor in sodium and water retention. When insulin is low, one usually loses electrolytes and water weight; that's why low carb results in some water weight lost early on. I would consider cutting carbs to…

This is me. I don't track it at all. I actually try to minimize it because I one of those people who gets more bloating and constipation when I consume it. If I eat more carbs, I do try to include foods with fibre by sticking to mainly whole food sources.

I dont have an agenda beyond defending animal products as nutritionally superior to this patty. I think the patty is fine as an occasional fast food snack for people who choose to eat no or less meat, but some people claim it is healthier, which is incirrect. Others say it is better for the environment or saves animals,…

You are resorting to fringe carcinogen scare mongering in response, or defense, of their patty. ;)

I enjoyed it and it lines up with my experience and research but I wish they had left out the bit about curing cancer. That will not be the norm. I wish they had stressed that fact.

Pepperoni sticks Cheese Hard boiled egg Diet soda Coffee with no sugar or powdered sweeteners Can of tuna/ herring/ oysters/ mussels/ salmon Pork rinds with a sour cream or cream cheese dip I used to include nuts, avocado, veggies with dip

"GMO Impossible Burger tests 11x higher for Glyphosate weed killer residue than Beyond Meat burger." http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/gmo-impossible-burger-positive-carcinogenic-glyphosate

I've done it for over four years and had great success so I know that it can work well. I recommend it to people who express interest in it, mainly if they have some form of IR and metabolic disease.. Those people seem to benefit the most and seem to have the best success with it. I like a few things about it. I like the…

beef, pork, lamb egg, dairy

It really is usually just a lack of electrolytes for most people. When you lower carbs your lower insulin, and insulin is responsible for water and electrolyte retention. That's why people lose so much water weight at first (beyond what is lost with glycogen). Most keto'ers need 3000-5000+ mg of sodium a day. 1 tsp salt=…

I agree. It's probably the exercise which is causing a bit of water retention in your muscles during recovery. For example, a few years ago I had to stop a fairly heavy lifting routine due to an injury. Within 2 weeks I lost close to 10 lbs without any changes to my diet. I think it was just just the retained water weight…

Wow! Great job. Congratulations! :)

I know you are joking, but It's not really vegetables... Mainly soy, coconut and sunflower oil, and some other "stuff" to add nutrition or beefiness or whatever. Water, Soy Protein Concentrate, Coconut Oil, Sunflower Oil, Natural Flavors, 2% or less of: Potato Protein, Methylcellulose, Yeast Extract, Cultured Dextrose,…

I put a small amount of whey protein powder in my coffee every morning for that very reason. It brings my BG right down if it is a bit high.

Chocolate and avocado was a favourite of mine. I used whipping cream too. Never tried coffee in it... I often use it as a chocolate "icing" on baked goods too.

Yes!! For me, I think the hardest part about keto is thinking about starting. ;)

I missed this - Congrats on your success so far! I hope it is still working well for you. I've been keto for about 4 years and it's working well for me. I've had periods where I move away from it but it feels the best and has become my new normal over time. :) Normal doesn't get bored. It's just normal. ;)

Fibre on its own? Really? As I said, it appears to be beneficial with carbs, as in one is not eating refined carbs then. Show me something that shows lots of fibre is great when one is eating very few carbs. That's what I want to see. Not that fibre is helpful to diets with plenty of carbs. These are separate issues that…

LDL is not considered to be a strong risk factor. HDL, triglycerides and CAC scores will tell you if you have a larger risk. To quickly change LDL, you could always eat slightly high calories with high fat - it's been shown to reliably lower LDL in about 3-7 days. Dave Feldman has some interesting work on it.…

Keto vegan is not very common. There are a few vegetarian keto'ers, and a number who try to eat quite plant based. I go the opposite route so keto works well for me. Keto was not created for epilepsy. That was just one of the first medically prescribed uses of keto besides T1D prior to insulin. Now it is also prescribed…

Only processed meats have a correlation with colon cancer (increases risk by 20%). Evidence that red meat leads to colon cancer is lacking. I find it unlikely that this whole food, valued and eaten for thousands of years, is responsible for rising rates of colon cancer - red meat intake has dropped off and only chicken…

This is right. Fibre is useful in a diet with a fair bit of plants. If it is low or absent of plants, fibre is of no real use. I have been eating almost all animal products for a year and the only time I have BM issues is when I eat carbs. If you want fibre, I would try to ensure your carbs are whole foods/plants.…

The conclusions on SFAs are inconclusive, IMO. Correlations aren't proof/evidence of anything. They should be used to generate a hypothesis. For example, I showed this to my science class while discussing climate change and the popular theory that CO2 drives global warming: Then I showed them this: And finally this: It is…

Haveyou ever read Dr Richard Bernstein's work? He's a T1D and doctor who pioneered LCHF diets and home testing for T1Ds. Amazing work! http://www.diabetes-book.com/

Me too. LOL Thanks for linking it. :) I was surprised to discover I felt no desire for them ... I guess its years of celiac and very low carb. ;) LOL