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They are both in the medical profession and cite their sources. But there will be always be an amount of cherry picking when citing sources. I link a study that glorifies keto or fasting in mice. You cite an article that trashes keto or fasting in monkeys, and so on. You have to pick what is good for you and works for you…

@yirara I just wanted to add: search Dr. Benjamin Bikman's videos on Youtube. He's done a lot of research on the insulin to glucagon ratio, which, indirectly, deals with glycogen stores and will do a better job than I do at explaining the topic. Don't be put off by the fact he's often a guest of pro-keto channels, because…

@yirara to add to what other posters have said, there's another factor to take in consideration. If you're fat-adapted (and if you are even only a semi-pro athlete, you will be, regardless of whether your diet is ketogenic or not), once your glycogen stores have run out, your body will start converting non glucose (eg…

A good starting point is here: https://old.reddit.com/r/keto/wiki/faq But don't use their recommended keto calculator; use this one instead: https://keto-calculator.ankerl.com/

Can you eat eggs? They are a very quick and cheap way of getting protein without upping carbs and/or fat intake.

Which is exactly what you want. Don't worry about the scale. You want fat loss, not lean mass loss.

n=1 experience here. I have a British Asian friend of mine who is t2 diabetic and has become a vegan, not for religious reasons but because his GP convinced him it would be better for him. He has been eating at a caloric deficit for years. His diet is basically porridge, fruit and rice, which, according to mainstream…

Happy to help. https://www.nature.com/articles/srep16919

The major problem I have with a vegan diet is that it doesn't really give you enough calories for the day, unless you make it up with grains and starches, which are much less healthy than meat. Most metabolic diseases are a consequence of excess sugars, grains and starch consumption, rather than meat.

I respect your choice if this is what you want, but why do you think that avoiding meat would be "healthy"? Is it a philosophical/ethical choice or is it backed by science?

Start from here: https://old.reddit.com/r/keto/wiki/faq

Legit question, but the general consensus is that you cannot spot-reduce belly fat.

If you really want to do keto, do a strict keto diet. I did lazy keto for the first 6 months (plus some long fasts here and there) and I was in and out of ketosis and it was horrible. Keto is IMHO an all-or-nothing regime. Persevere. You'll get there.

Very good on you! What do you mean by that? What was unhealthy in your keto regime? I'm genuinely interested.

One the two statements below is right and one is wrong: 1) Meat has more nutrients than vegetables. 2) Vegetable have more nutrients than meat. It is not about a blanket statement. A poster doubted that one could get enough fiber and nutrition on keto and I replied that this is not true. If anybody has evidence against my…

You can get fibre on keto from avocados, chia seeds, nuts, spinach, broccoli, linseeds, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds (in moderation). Meat has more nutrients, especially vitamins, than fruit and veggies.

You basically add all the food you would/should eat in one day and you eat it in a window of 1 hour or so. The added bonus is that it gives you the motivation and the discipline to avoid snacks that you would forget to count.

I have been doing it for more than 2 years. In my opinion, omad goes best with keto. I couldn't bear doing one meal a day with high carbs because I would be in and out of ketosis and that would give me mood swings. On the now defunct /r/omad subreddit, most users were on a high carb diet, but that never worked for me.

Unfortunately, you don't have to be an alcoholic to have fatty liver. I was diagnosed with fatty liver (steatosis) at the tender age of 12! (And I was surely not drinking alcohol back then). I was obese and I was eating to compensate for major *kitten* that was happening to my life. They old me back than that steatosis is…

Just cutting a bit a sugar and carbs here and there is not really healthy. You'll be in and out of ketosis during the day and you'll have mood swings. You either adopt a truly ketogenic diet or better not cut carbs at all.

What worked for me: 1) ketogenic diet 2) intermittent fasting. Yes, it took me ages to get there, but now I only eat one a day without hunger or cravings.

Paradoxically, I've found that I can manage my diet better during the lockdown. All I do is shop for the essentials that I need and nothing else. Try to find yourself something to do and that keeps you distracted from food. Gardening, reading, learning a foreign language, etc. I eat only once a day, which makes my diet…

I find it difficult to believe that you can't make calories up with keto, unless you're vegan. Just up your meat intake and you'll be ok.

I'll send you a friend request myself.

I've been on keto for almost 3 years. Feel free to add me as a friend. If you do old-fashioned IRC, there's a #keto channel on Freenode.

They'll never come out because they're cowards and they have no arguments to counteract scientific evidence.

Ah, here it is: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15384101.2019.1644765

@fdoosey, this is a common occurrence on keto when you are not fully fat adapted yet. It's called benign insulin resistance or something like that [edit: benevolent pseudo-diabetes]. I saved a medical study somewhere but I can't find it and I'm in a hurry. If you give me 24/48 hours I will post the link.

1) It is a fact that you cannot spot-reduce fat. It will come off from where your body decides it will come off first. 2) It is also a fact that, if you are a) in ketosis and b) fat-adapted and c) in calorie deficit, then you will lose visceral fat before any other body fat. 3) Not all abdominal fat is visceral fat. Some…

A good starting point: https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10816132/keto