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I did keto for 5 months or so back in 2014. I found the brain fog description very apt. I couldn't think beyond a couple of moves ahead, which began affecting my work. Going back to a normal diet I was fine again.
I believe it's very much a person to person thing, I typically feel much clearer on a keto/low carb diet.
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I dunno. I’ve only read the abstract [1], but I feel like the second paper was like, “glucose = bad because of glycemic response? Nope!” And the first paper was just like, “glucose = bad” That is, the earlier paper noticed that consuming glucose/sucrose-containing beverages reduced cognitive performance compared to consuming beverages with no glucose, and the later paper was trying to figure out why. And to figure ou…
I think you got it mixed up, because the second paper is not > "glucose = bad because of glycemic response? Nope!” but rather: “glucose = bad because of perceived sweetness? Nope!” There are sweeteners that do not activate insulin (like stevia). I am not aware if the converse exists though (not-sweet-tasting molecules that activate insulin). Their case in the paper is that fructose is not "bad" (like glucose is) desp…
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41430-020-00749-6 is about glycemic response, which I referred to as the second paper
Though it could be argued that both papers were trying to figure out why glucose = bad (the first, testing perceived sweetness, and the second, glycemic response)
Humans evolved colour vision to detect ripe fruit. Fruit has a, relatively, considerable amount of sugar. For such a substantial mutation, for which all of us share, it would seem counter-productive to evolve such a trait that harms us.
Humans evolved colour vision to detect ripe fruit. Fruit has a, relatively, considerable amount of sugar. For such a substantial mutation, for which all of us share, it would seem counter-productive to evolve such a trait that harms us.
Humans evolved colour vision to detect ripe fruit. Fruit has a, relatively, considerable amount of sugar. For such a substantial mutation, for which all of us share, it would seem counter-productive to evolve such a trait that harms us.
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I believe it's very much a person to person thing, I typically feel much clearer on a keto/low carb diet.
Or maybe none of this mumbo jumbo does anything and you're all fools?
It's only N=1 anecdata but since going to a VLC/Keto diet I've felt cognitively sharper (in addition to other benefits like losing weight, needing less sleep, etc).
I've read that keto diets cause brain fog. I searched it quickly and a bunch of results turned up, too. Is keto intended to be a long term diet?
The first two weeks while the body adapts, can have worse things than brain fog, and they are known as the keto flu.
Some people can suffer from it, others are just fine all the time.
After your body adjusts, you can feel sharper for a longer time than in carb heavy diets.
In my particular case: I used to work fine for about two or even three hours after lunch (getting my carbs to be able to work).
Now, with a keto diet, I can work for eight hours straight. I am and feel sharper. I have been in Keto for years now.
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Some would say keto is a way of eating as opposed to a diet that can been seen as a temporary change of eating habits. I've never heard anybody say that keto causes brain fog. In fact a lot of people describes the opposite result which I would think most search results are about. There's also something called "keto flu" which some people experience for some time when they switch to a keto diet. These terms are pretty…
I did keto for 5 months or so back in 2014. I found the brain fog description very apt. I couldn't think beyond a couple of moves ahead, which began affecting my work. Going back to a normal diet I was fine again.
If "normal" diet works, keep on it. Cheers.
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The research on that whole area of psychology is inclusive at best, despite making a fun and compelling narrative. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29591537/
Inconclusive?
Humans evolved colour vision to detect ripe fruit. Fruit has a, relatively, considerable amount of sugar. For such a substantial mutation, for which all of us share, it would seem counter-productive to evolve such a trait that harms us.
Sources of sugar such as sweet fruits and honey were rare delicacies, not daily occurrences.
Humans in various regions would have adapted over 1000 generations to better match their environment.
We live in a VERY different world now.