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This kind of advice really resonates with me because it's what I grew up with. You had to eat all of your meat (the most nutritious part of the meal), try your vegetables (they're good for you) and then you filled up on the side dishes (cheaper grains and starches). And saved room for dessert of course. If you needed to…

I've been eating a fairly strict low carb diet for about seven years now. I don't follow any plan but my carbs are low enough I'm in ketosis more often than not. I had three family members die of cancer in a short period of time and I was extremely vulnerable - vegan and low carb were both on the table at that point. The…

For me personally, if I'm full but still hungry it means I ate too many vegetables and not enough fatty meat. When I started to really struggle with hunger after about 6 months of counting calories and losing 42 lbs I experienced this all of the time following the (back then) standard advice of more water, fiber and lean…

Everything I've read of the literature always boils down to more protein is better for dieters. No one should be deliberately cutting back on protein to comply with nonsensical "real" keto macros -- it is absolutely not evidence based. Even Virta Health (who are using ketogenic diets to treat type 2 diabetes) stress the…

Is a vegetarian diet safe to follow during pregnancy? A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies. Answer - we don't know. Source | Via

Feasibility, Safety, and Beneficial Effects of MCT-Based Ketogenic Diet for Breast Cancer Treatment: A Randomized Controlled Trial Study Overall survival was higher in KD group compared to the control group in neoadjuvant patients (P = 0.04). Source | Via

A Ketogenic Diet Is Acceptable in Women with Ovarian and Endometrial Cancer and Has No Adverse Effects on Blood Lipids: a Randomized, Controlled Trial At 12 weeks, there were no significant differences between diet groups in blood lipids, after adjusting for baseline values and weight loss. Adherence among KD subjects…

Follow up article on this on Science Based Medicine. B-12 deficiency is what caused the blindness but they take exception to the "fussy-eating" and "blinded by junk food" descriptions. Goes into explaining Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder. I think the author goes off the rails when he theorizes demonizing junk…

Kevin Hall certainly seems to think his work is misrepresented in this video. Here's his response from twitter:

Kevind Hall Re: Vegan/Greger video Keto Diet Results for Weight Loss Ketogenic diets and the $33-billion diet gimmick References: https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26278052 https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28193517 https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26527510 https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30672127…

“...And then people jump on it like a herd of lemmings, stampeding towards the cliffs of inanity.” Burger King's bet on faux meat is paying off as the Impossible Whopper convinces customers to spend more and buy more beef Whoppers According to Charles, stores are selling roughly 45 Impossible Whoppers per day. Once…

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The only thing you need for ketosis is carb restriction. You don't need to get a certain amount or percentage of fat in so please don't force it -- it's counter productive if you're trying to lose weight. If you're hungry, by all means eat (it doesn't have to be fat) but if you're not hungry that's normal. Your appetite…

Blindness Caused by a Junk Food Diet - fussy eating 14 yr old, B12 deficient By age 17, the patient's vision had become progressively worse, to the point of blindness. The physicians investigated the patient's nutrition and found vitamin B12 deficiency, low copper and selenium levels, a high zinc level, and markedly…

Right now I'm leaning towards healthy people have healthy gut biomes. Anecdotal but more than one carnivore has shown greater diversity since adopting carnivore which is pretty interesting -- I'd think it would be the opposite but that doesn't seem to be what's happening. Fascinating stuff! As for what's "typical" I think…

I'm sure it's delicious and filling for you!

Not to argue with anyone's personal experience but I have no problem incorporating higher carb fruits and vegetables into my diet in a satisfying (to me) way. If you're new to eating a low carb/ketogenic diet instead of working from a list of foods you can't have go by what actually fits your carb limit. So what if one…

Frédéric Leroy: Meat's become a scapegoat for vegans, politicians & the media because of bad science https://youtu.be/w_RFzJ-nFLY

Keto train to crazy town is a great post that puts thing into perspective. I'd hope there are still knowledgeable people helping out in the groups -- there used to be. No one aiming for weight loss should be force feeding fat when they're not hungry to meet a calorie goal. If that's what's being advised these days no…

Funny. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNqGuCR9Fb4

Re: Zach Bitter 100.0247 miles in 11:19:18 https://twitter.com/keithdunn/status/1165433861515436037

Follow up re the culled male chicks in the egg industry. Very happy to learn they're used in pet food and live chicks fed to zoo animals apparently.

Don't drink sugar. Mice study https://twitter.com/HermanPontzer/status/1165259485960704002

Re: Sugar/Cancer https://twitter.com/puddleg/status/1161477790379708416

Supercentenarians and the oldest-old are concentrated into regions with no birth certificates and short lifespans In the United States, supercentenarian status is predicted by the absence of vital registration. The state-specific introduction of birth certificates is associated with a 69-82% fall in the number of…

Endogenous Hyperinsulinemia Contributes to Pancreatic Cancer Development Mice The incidence of many cancers, including pancreatic cancer, continuesto rise alongside the global obesity and T2D epidemics9. There isalsoincreasing popular interest in the role of dietand lifestyle in cancer risk and prevention strategies. Low…

I respond exceedingly well to a fairly strict low carb diet so tried an all meat diet back in January I think (whatever world carnivore month was). I didn't experience any benefit -- other than deeper ketosis if that can be considered a benefit which I do not like. So of course I didn't stick with it. I will say that…

Overeating saturated fat promotes fatty liver and ceramides compared to polyunsaturated fat: a randomized trial Intervention Muffins high in either palm (SFA)- or sunflower oil (PUFA) were added to the habitual diet. Results By design, body weight gain was similar in SFA (2.31±1.38 kg) and PUFA (2.01±1.90 kg) groups,…

OP, after five weeks you're "fat adapted" and the results you have right now are probably as good as they're going to get. I think the metabolically unhealthy respond best and are the ones who stick to the diet long term so their anecdotes are the ones we read about the most. Those experiencing decreased mental clarity…

If we ever get around to redoing our home office I'm going to get rid of the desks and install counters at standing height and use bar office chairs. I had that sort of setup at one of my branches and loved it. When there's work/work to be done standing felt better and more productive to me -- you just pushed the chair out…