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Patients say keto helps with mental illness. Science is racing to understand why

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Re: Patients say keto helps with mental illness. Science is racing to understand why

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Post by sigmoid10 »

Almondsetat wrote: post #22

People have shit diets (and they don't realize it) so when they finally decide to stick with a famous one they get results. Every popular diet tells you to eat less and eat natural, keto amongst them. Unless you have allergies: no, it'a not keto, no, it's not Atkins, no, it's not veganism: it's not eating crap.

This is the real answer. Keto, Paleo, intermittent fasting... all these things work exactly the same way: by limiting your calorie intake. When the population approaches an obesity rate of 40% (not overweight, clinical obesity!), anything you try will help to counteract the highly processed, far too calorie dense food we get on every corner. People swear on their own diet approach because of some biochemical aspect, but the only relevant difference between these diets is that most people find some easier to stick to than others. Minding your calories is far better for your mind and body in the long term than anything else.

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Post by edu »

rkho wrote: post #28

I lost a lot of weight on ketosis several years ago but could not maintain the diet and gained it all back shortly after. Since then I've found something that works better for my body that I can sustain which keeps some of the principles of keto. I no longer limit my carbs, but when I eat carbs they come from rice and potatoes instead of wheat because I wore a CGM for two-week periods of time multiple times last year…

Interesting, I ended in the same position but just from observing myself.

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Post by theclansman »

Almondsetat wrote: post #22

People have shit diets (and they don't realize it) so when they finally decide to stick with a famous one they get results. Every popular diet tells you to eat less and eat natural, keto amongst them. Unless you have allergies: no, it'a not keto, no, it's not Atkins, no, it's not veganism: it's not eating crap.

Keto has nothing to do with eating less, in fact you can eat all you want as long as is the appropriate foods.

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Post by scoofy »

Modified3019 wrote: post #26

A PSA: Pigs and chickens (and likely most Monogastric animals, which includes you) tend to bioaccumulate polyunsaturated fat from their feed, though the specifics will depend on the breed and circumstances. Pigs and chickens fed on soybean meal can have polyunsaturated fat percentages that rival or exceed what you see in vegetable oils. Also note that the nutrition label can often be outright wrong/outdated. Polyunsa…

There are a lot of claims here, but not a lot of citations.

Re: Patients say keto helps with mental illness. Science is racing to understand why

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Post by tarruda »

Almondsetat wrote: post #22

People have shit diets (and they don't realize it) so when they finally decide to stick with a famous one they get results. Every popular diet tells you to eat less and eat natural, keto amongst them. Unless you have allergies: no, it'a not keto, no, it's not Atkins, no, it's not veganism: it's not eating crap.

> it's not eating crap.

Add "and regularly exercising" to the formula. Our bodies are not made to be sitting all day.

Re: Patients say keto helps with mental illness. Science is racing to understand why

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Post by bad_good_guy »

Almondsetat wrote: post #22

People have shit diets (and they don't realize it) so when they finally decide to stick with a famous one they get results. Every popular diet tells you to eat less and eat natural, keto amongst them. Unless you have allergies: no, it'a not keto, no, it's not Atkins, no, it's not veganism: it's not eating crap.

I'd have to agree with this.

A lot of anecdotes about people switching to keto and feeling better, but not giving the context of what kind of food they were eating beforehand.

As I'm sure many of us know, a lot of software engineers (to be fair, this applies to most people as well) have very bad diets; buying fast food lunch every day, eating free snacks, etc.

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