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Fat-fueled brain: unnatural or advantageous?

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Re: Fat-fueled brain: unnatural or advantageous?

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Post by splintercell »

AstralStorm wrote: post #160
snuxoll wrote: post #156

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Fat takes a long time to digest in your stomach, as such you feel satiated for a much longer period of time. Butter can be used somewhat to sweeten coffee, and unlike using sugar won't invoke an insulin response and a subsequent crash.

Might as well use heavy cream. 20% or more, just an unsweetened version. Pity the diet trashed my liver long term. Not sure why (the actual dietetician had no idea either), but lab numbers do not lie. (Aspartate, alanine, cholesterol, no inflammation in CRP) It was the only thing effective so far. Long term was around 2 years thereof. Moral is, diet responsibly and pay for the metabolic panels when dieting.

Could you please elaborate what kind of damages you go by following this diet to your liver?

Re: Fat-fueled brain: unnatural or advantageous?

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Post by cableshaft »

teknoxjon wrote: post #224
rotwoof wrote: post #62

I've been doing Keto since Feb 25 2016. My primary goal when switching over was weight loss, which turned out to be easy. I'm 25, male and was experiencing growing health complications related to obesity. I've lost well over 60 lbs since making the switch despite the fact that I maintain a primarily sedentary lifestyle though I now work out weekly as well as take bi-daily walks. There are downsides though. It's not c…

I know it's mentioned in the article for long term but for the first couple weeks was there any difference in brain functioning? I'm not talking about anything severe, but if you have a job where you are using a lot of brain power, I'd imagine very low carb diet seems to be a little counter-intuitive. Like the article said the brain gets energy from ketones but is it the same amount/enough energy as regular carbs? Do…

There's something called 'keto flu' where for the first week or two you can feel a little off while adjusting, but afterwards you have plenty of mental energy, as long as you keep your electrolytes up.

All previous diets for me failed because I always felt like I couldn't think and do my job and needed to flood my system with calories in order to keep going... on keto I haven't had that feeling even once.

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Post by cylinder »

tetraodonpuffer wrote: post #27

what I wonder every time I hear people be very enthusiastic about how their diet improves their quality of life, is if it's just a case that eating good food and working out (which a lot of people do when starting a new diet) is the trigger to feel better as opposed to the vegan / raw food / ketogenic / paleo / high-carb specifics, not to mention the obvious placebo effect of starting something new that supposedly wi…

Yeah I would like to hear more from people who are like me -- already eating very healthily, not looking to lose weight -- who have tried switching to keto.

Re: Fat-fueled brain: unnatural or advantageous?

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Post by cylinder »

bitL wrote: post #57
artellectual wrote: post #2

Actually, I've tried the ketogenic diet. It's great, however it does have negative side effects. That is the lack of fiber. This can lead to hemorrhoids. Which can be extremely painful. Everything was great, I burned a lot of baby fat, but it was painful in the toilet, there was bleeding involved. You need to supplement yourself with fiber if you want to try the ketogenic diet.

I am often doing a variation of this meal: - take 2 salmon fillets, crush whole garlic and spread over the top; put for 10 minutes into air fryer. Put a few drops of olive oil on top of garlic texture - take frozen vegetables (it's up to you what you like), put them for 3 minutes to air fryer - take frozen "frutti di mare" and frozen spinach, put them for 10 minutes to air fryer This should be a balanced ketogenic me…

Why do you air fry if you need high fat intake with keto?

Re: Fat-fueled brain: unnatural or advantageous?

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Post by bitL »

cylinder wrote: post #304
bitL wrote: post #57

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I am often doing a variation of this meal: - take 2 salmon fillets, crush whole garlic and spread over the top; put for 10 minutes into air fryer. Put a few drops of olive oil on top of garlic texture - take frozen vegetables (it's up to you what you like), put them for 3 minutes to air fryer - take frozen "frutti di mare" and frozen spinach, put them for 10 minutes to air fryer This should be a balanced ketogenic me…

Why do you air fry if you need high fat intake with keto?

I feel sick when eating food fried with oil; for example eating french fries with oil sits in my stomach for ages and I feel really bad; with air fryer it just passes through with no bad effects I can notice.

Re: Fat-fueled brain: unnatural or advantageous?

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Post by DrScump »

teknoxjon wrote: post #224
rotwoof wrote: post #62

I've been doing Keto since Feb 25 2016. My primary goal when switching over was weight loss, which turned out to be easy. I'm 25, male and was experiencing growing health complications related to obesity. I've lost well over 60 lbs since making the switch despite the fact that I maintain a primarily sedentary lifestyle though I now work out weekly as well as take bi-daily walks. There are downsides though. It's not c…

I know it's mentioned in the article for long term but for the first couple weeks was there any difference in brain functioning? I'm not talking about anything severe, but if you have a job where you are using a lot of brain power, I'd imagine very low carb diet seems to be a little counter-intuitive. Like the article said the brain gets energy from ketones but is it the same amount/enough energy as regular carbs? Do…

When I first went keto, I didn't experience any brain fog, but what was distinctly different was that I had a crazy amount of nervous energy, slept really well for the first time in years, and felt refreshed on 4-5 hours' sleep for the first couple of weeks. I lost 13 lbs. (probably 90% fluids) in the first 2 days... then nothing more for a month.

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Post by DrScump »

johnward wrote: post #292
fatman2poh wrote: post #230

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checkout studies on fructose/glucose in a glass that is consumed, and the equivalent in fruits. good thing that the physical reaction isn't equivalent despite the fact that calorical intake of that sugar is the same. it's a huge shame not to consume fiber, or berries, or other fruits. fruits were made by plants to prolong the life of the consumer, it's absolutely impossible to overdose on bananas if you aren't delibe…

On a keto diet you can still consume a good amount of fiber (in the form of green veggies or supplements) and a serving or two of berries. Most other fruits contain too much sugar though. To the original point, if you consume fruit you're not really cutting out "sugar". The OP probably means added sugar.

Psyllium fiber is your friend. It even adds a nice texture to eggs and such.

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Post by DrScump »

reflexive wrote: post #76
jlturner wrote: post #50

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Really is, sucks too cause I love baking bread and making pizzas :P

Try making pizza crust with almond flour.

or cauliflower.

Nugget grocery stores has in their steamtables mini pizzas that use a cauliflower crust.

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Post by DrScump »

misiti3780 wrote: post #251
ccallebs wrote: post #80

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You can have alcohol. I follow a ketogenic diet and regularly drink liquor and wine. Wine has carbs, but not a lot. ~4 grams per 5 ounces.

how much wine do you drink (if you dont mind me asking) your basically saying you follow a low carb diet but drink alcohol and that is you main source of crabs right?

  alcohol and that is you main source of crabs right?
Alcohol is a vector for crabs in general. ;)

Re: Fat-fueled brain: unnatural or advantageous?

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Post by gnaritas »

johnward wrote: post #203
gnaritas wrote: post #139

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He said eat normal and healthy, not eat low fat; low fat is also a fad diet. And yes, keto is a fad diet with no empirical evidence to support its claims, testimonials are not evidence. There was actually a recent scientific study done and it found keto claims lacking. I've done keto, I'm well aware of what it is, but the weight loss is far more likely to come from eating less than from not eating carbs because it's…

"plenty of veggies and fruits" "cut out sugar" You can't do both.

> You can't do both.

Yes you can, because unless you're being obtuse, I'm obviously talking about processed white sugar, not fructose found in real food.

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