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I have only used the urine strips in the past, and I'm one of those people who tend to not test high. Within 6 months, my ketones were rarely more than trace. The only way my urine ketones would go up was if I was fasting. I don't mind it though. I don't need high ketones for any medical reason. I'm hoping my body is just…

For my first year or two I stayed under 20g total. Then I thought I'd try increasing carbs to up to 40g total a day, but too often it crept up and my calories and weight crept up too. I've been mostly carnivore for a year now, so my carbs are usually under 5g total a day.

Meat meets our nutritional needs. The nutritional guidelines is another matter. ;) In all honesty, some supplement with salt, especially early on. Others don't. I can't think of any nutrient that ends up being deficient if skipping plants. I know people worry about vitamin C but I have found just one case of scurvy, and…

I don't think all carnivores are uber particular about classifying their diets. Most eat what they can tolerate with an eye to better health. Most would eat plants (autotrophs) if they could without negative effects. As I said, I know some who include fungi since they don't seem to pose the same health problems that many…

LOL I would consider fish oil pills then. ;)

I recommend Dr Richard Bernstein's book and videos. He has a low carb plan that reduced insulin levels and lowers BG. Dr Sarah Halberg and Virta have videos and lots of good information on how to reverse T2D using a LCHF diet. I reversed my higher BG and lost weight with lower carb. It helped me within days of switching my…

As others have said, whether you los on 1500 will be determined by your TDEE. My guess is that you will lose weight at that level. When I started out, MFP recommended 1420 kcal for me to lose about 1 lb a week. I ate at 1500 kcal on average because it suited me better. I had about 40 lbs to lose and actually lost faster…

I would maybe take fish oil and that's it. If you eat a fair bit of fish, I would skip it. I live in the prairies so I don't eat much fish.

Low cholesterol is where strokes seem to happen. :( https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3299064/

I don't think anyone is denying that food choices can affect your CO. I think the point is being made that foods do not affect everyone's CO the same. Someone like Sam Feltham http://live.smashthefat.com/why-i-got-a-bit-fat/ Or Jason Wittrock's 4000 kcal challenge.…

Their book, The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Living is quite good too. I set my carb total for the day - my carb amounts in meals used to vary a fair bit so setting a carb ceiling worked best for me. I agree with figuring out your protein goal at a lean weight and keeping to it while losing. 300-400 kcal is a pretty…

I rarely met my goals too exactly. While losing, I typically kept carbs under 20g, give or take 20g. Protein was somewhere in between 70-100g, although I usually tried to hit 90g. Fat was 50-150g depending on hunger, with near 100g being typical. On days I wanted more calories, I often went over on protein but because I…

My views on ketosis are that it is burning fat and making ketones for energy needs. That fat may come from my body if I am eating less energy than my body needs, or it can come from food if I am eating more than I need. Ketosis is fat burning due to low carb intake, and that fat is exogenous and endogenous. I am one of the…

Low sodium levels, from not replacing list sodium as carbs are lowered and insulin falls, will cause moodiness, fatigue, headaches and brain fog. Try eating half a teaspoon of salt every day, in addition to salted food, and see if that helps.

No, they would not need to eat organ meat. Organ meat is definitely very nutritious but muscle meat and marrow have all those nutrients that are needed.

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A diet of animal products (which includes fish, shellfish, eggs, dairy if tolerated AND meat) is healthier than just plants. Animal diets have variety too. Today I had eggs, pork, shellfish, cheese and plan on beef for dinner. Less variety in animal products is needed than if you are just eating plants. I believe sugar and…

Hyperinsulinemia appears to play a role in IR. The food tha causes high insulin us typically carbs especially highly processed and refined carbs like table sugar. Pair that with fats, like pizza, and the body seems to develop IR easily. Hyperinsulinemia without fats seems to create less fatness in people but IR still…

It is only here, on mfp, that I hear about the blue zones over and over. Yes, the okinawans eat lots if sweet potato and live long, they especially ate more sweet potato, and less pork, after wwii caused pig shortages. But then look to Hong Kong where, they live longer than the Japanese and yet they have one of the highest…

You keep saying "replacing SFA with whole grains". I said it is healthier to replace it with animal products, which have a variety of fats in them. I believe pig fat, that cons with my pork chop, is more unsaturated fats than anything. Dont replace grains with SFA. That would be ridiculous. Replace it with meat, fish, eggs…

400 kcal of sugar? 25 tsp? For someone with a 1200 to 1600 kcal goal, that's 25-33% of all calories. Not denying one will lose weight in a calorie deficit, but it's not a great nutritional choice. Carb intake will raise BG levels, even in healthy people. If you get a blood glucose monitor and eat 200kcal of sugar (50g) and…

That's one of the main reasons that I limit carbs.

I'm not interested in arguing correct language usage. Mushrooms are a funny case. I know of a few carnivores who eat them because, unlike plants, they dont cause them problems . I eat them on occasion too. I would put them in the fungi category. I think there was one 2 week study on the dash diet. It is pretty light on…

It's unfortunate? Or are you saying there us a "dogma" supporting the idea that plant based diets are not ideal? Dogma means ideas laid down by an authority that they consider to unarguably true. I know if no authorities stating that. Most organizations are currently pushing plant based diets over ketogenic or animal based…

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I do believe that. A diet of just animal products vs a diet of just plant products, no supplementation.... plant diets will have deficiencies. I am not saying people should avoid vegan or vegetarian diets, nor that they can be healthy when supplemented and based on whole foods- i believe processed and highly refined carbs…

High protein will often lower your level of ketones but that is not an issue for most unless you need high ketones for a medical reason. The common levels of protein for ketosis are 20-30%. Some go lower and some go higher. I see most people doing somewhere in between 75-150g of protein. Going higher due to athletic…

I'm just choosing the correct use of the terms. Some don't, usually from never learning that. I would be interested to read any study that shows replacing animal products (I'm thinking of whole foods here - for both sides) with grains, or even vegetables, is healthier. I've never found one. I believe there is a spectrum of…

Fruits have seeds in them an come from the flowers of plants. Technically speaking, legumes, nuts, cucumbers, peppers, squash, olives, avocados, as well as the usual berries, apples, bananas, melons, etc.... as I understand it. Humans may be some of the animals that eat those seed bearing foods. Vegetables are stems,…

Some people may eat excessive amounts of fat while keto but implying that is required, or even how those who do it long term, is laughable. My only added fats are cream in my coffee and cheese. Also, ketosis does not require the elimination of any healthy foods. Carbs are non-essential. Our body makes enough. When you cut…