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Thanks just_Tomek. I am enjoying learning new recipes and not just opening a box and placing in the microwave and eating 4-5 minutes later. I will look into some recipes that can hide some of the taste and yet provide some of the micros.

Thank you janejellyroll for the time with your response. I will look into simple supplements and maybe ask my local pharmacist about recommendations. And I will google some more, as you suggest. Thanks. And yes, I do like raw spinach leaves. I guess one thing to do first is go back and look at what I ate on the days I hit…

Hey, psychod787, I can see you now. Personally, I love sweet potatoes, or yams, with butter and not all the maple syrup. So when I am ready to add that to my diet, that 's something to look forward to! Kale, not so much LOL, but can you get the same nutrients from kale chips? May try those. Avocados. Guacamole. One would…

I'll try to go in order here, to those kind enough to respond. Dear psychod787, I am not sure why but I always see your profile pic as washed out white, and anything you post is just blank. I do not know why. I have never set your profile to Ignore or Block and can't imagine why I have never seen anything you have said, to…

Queue the Disagrees, but instead of a direct answer, I'll try to add to the discussion by another means. And I will talk directly to the OP here. :) A better question may have been: Do you believe sugar is necessary in a diet? https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C44&q=is+sugar+necessary+in+a+diet&btnG= What…

Well, seeing as a few disagree with me, let me start with Healthline (which seems to be an acceptable site, here) which provides access to resources: (*tip Try Google Scholar) https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/6-foods-that-cause-inflammation#6 This is why Keto followers are warned to stay away from these inflammatory…

It's a good question. As you are seeing results from personal experience. I don't know, nor will claim to know, but I do only want to add that some, and I am not going to state how often, which studies, or make general statements, but there are those who are referring to this inflammation and Keto as the inflammation…

I’ve lost 18 lbs in 18 days, as this will be my 18th day to log into MFP. My carb intake has gone from 500-600 grams a day to usually under 100g. Often around or under 50g. I also smoke 12 cigarettes a day, on average and I don’t eat 90% dark chocolate. I eat the 72%. How much of that is water? Don’t know. Don’t care. Was…

Thanks mmapags. If you feel it's all mucked up, and only video sources, my last post. I don't need to defend anything, and you can believe, all you want, that I'm just mucked up. I don't care what you think, nor who you are. You mean nothing in my life. And to everyone else, take care. I would rather enjoy the weather and…

This is my friend, Dr Charlie Christian. While not the website I helped with, it will show his credentials. Any other cardiologist I have ever talked with after meeting, surely knows Charlie. http://www.insideoutsidespa.com/charles-b-christian-jr-md-san-antonio-bio.php

To answer all these questions, with sources, will take hours. I don't have hours to provide. Later I will list some resources. Earlnabby and janejelly But I will start with this. I observed in a Dr. Boz, Annette Bozworth M.D., showed on one her videos a prescription from 1915 that stated a keto plan for a patient that was…

There is strict keto. These people have unlimited resources to purchase expensive non-grain fed (no GMO) pasture fed meats, eggs, etc... It's like saying organic but to the strictest degree. They literally make their own mayo, condiments, their version of their breads, pancakes, waffles, whatever. They are purist. There is…

Keto isn't complicated. It's multifaceted. It's like karate with different colored belts. Or levels. How pure does one want to go with their keto? But then again, I guess all diets are multifaceted. Whether cheat days, or not counting every ounce and gram, or not worrying about that slip or snack. How regimented, in either…

Jane, it's because I am trying to expose that while I am trying to follow a Keto diet, the question of the thread was what are your thoughts on keto. I am trying my best to be honest. I am saying, by way of example and talking about what I am doing, that I am not a Keto guru. I am not hung up on it, inasmuch as I am…

There are purists with photography where people believe you must do this, that, or the other or you aren't a photographer. There are purists in golf that believe you must do this or that to have the perfect swing. Some people get too hung up on the process and not the results. Purists. Here is a girl that lost 175 lbs. She…

Opps. One correction. When I referred, in some of these posts, to Dirty Keto, that should have been Lazy Keto. So they were correct calling me out on the wrong term. Lazy Keto. My apologies. What is lazy Keto and dirty Keto? Dirty keto, which involves eating highly processed keto-friendly foods, including fast food (sans…

Dear Gale, Thank you for your response. So let me address a few things, as truly after this I am not addressing anyone or anything else after this last thoughts. I asked the following: Am I in Ketosis? I doubt it and really may never get into ketosis. But I am not getting hung up on the details, which apparently some here…

Keto is about changing your body to get energy from fat and create ketones. I have a great understanding about keto. Some of the criticisms you say are exactly what they OP asked for, aren't based on facts, but simply their bodies, or mindset, their opinions, or their speculations about keto. Yes, I stated I do eat some…

There is Keto - where the only way to know if you are in ketosis, and producing ketones, is a blood sugar measurement, daily. There is Dirty Keto - or low carb. I am starting day 18. I went from 177 lbs to 160 today. I went from a belly measurement of 44 inches to 38 inches, today. I am following, best I can, Keto. But I…

lemurcat2, I never said whole foods do not have carbs. But the discussion was not just Keto understanding, but in my post, obesity. Yes, there are whole carbohydrates found in natural foods, and refined carbohydrates. Yes, apples and roasted potatoes are whole foods, and thus have whole carbohydrates. But most people are…

From the National Library of Medicines, in conjunction with the National Center for Biotechnology Information and the National Institutes of Health: Food Addiction, High Glycemic Index Carbohydrates and Obesity After reviewing the pertinent literature on food addiction with a specific focus on the role of high glycemic…

To me, a resource isn't an endorsement per se, but just another good resource. One can buy into it, adapt it, or disagree with it. Whomever joined the lecturer during the Q&A part, I disagreed with on a lot of things. In fact, I skipped over that part. When he was talking. As for the title, sorry, didn't know I needed to…

kimny72 ~ Glad your are happy with your diet, and results. I didn't say that the advent of the processed food were in the last 5 years, but a better understanding and admitting to what those processed food are, and can do to one's body, over time. The truth is, I can trace the Keto diet back, thus far, to 1915 when doctors…

One final note. There will be those that will state I am losing water, and point out that there have been studies that find one could lose up to 20 lbs of water. Reading further in these same studies, and they will talk about two more things: 1. after you return to your normal diet, the water weight comes back. 2. The…

I understand some of the initial is water. That said, for as much water as I consume a day, over 100 oz, I would say my urination frequency has not increased one bit. So I am not thinking all of this is water. In fact, I think I got through the water loss stage after 4 or 5 days. I was eating around 500g of carbs a day at…