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Not having any fruits is quite puzzling indeed.
There are no fruits which dont have a nutritional equivalent vegetable, minus the sugar and taste. For e.g. 3/4 th cup of orange juice and half a cup of red peppers have the same amount of vitamin c
I don't think I would consider this hacking your metabolism. In fact, as the author mentions, his metabolism actually seems to have "slowed down" since he feels fatigued more often than before. For a completely no-carb diet, this should be expected. Cutting out carbohydrates forces your body to primarily convert stored fat for its fuel instead, which is a slower and less efficient source of energy. IMHO, practice mod…
No Snacks
No Sweets
No Seconds
Save, Sometimes, On S-Days
(S-Days are Saturday, Sunday, or other days that are
special to you for family/cultural/religious reasons)
I’ve dropped 19 lbs in just under three weeks! This is a ridiculous loss of weight. It might even be unhealthy, I’m not really sure. Oh, it's very unhealthy. That 19 lbs was probably mostly muscle you burned because you essentially went into starvation mode, Christopher McCandless style. There aren't enough calories in meat and (most) vegetables to survive on. Safe weight loss is pretty simple and there's no other wa…
I would not be so quick to jump to conclusions. You can see his target weight is 250lbs, and the more weight you have the faster you can lose lbs.
This may be true at extreme weights but unless he's 5 foot nothing, 250 is not an extreme weight. To safely lose weight you have to cut calories but you can't starve yourself otherwise you aren't losing fat.
I feel stupid asking this, and I ask forgiveness if it's a dumb question, but why are there so many people improvising diets? What is wrong with dietologists[0] ? I have been overweight and went to a dietologist, got back in shape (lost about 16kg/35 pounds) in a few months and have stayed stable for years. And I did not have headaches and was allowed some "free" meals, alcohol and sweets, with "moderation" caveats.…
As to why the skepticism: the most successful sciences have immediate feedback mechanisms to tell you when you're doing something right. Changing diet and food, however, is slow in effect, hard to monitor, and differs a lot from person to person. Some things are obviously bad--drinking a lot of coke, for instance, and not purposely eating after you're full--but beyond that most things appear to have worked decently for someone at one point or another. So the people in the know have stuck with one set of beliefs for awhile (heavily pushed by the government, which in turn has pretty much acted at the dictates of certain agricultural powers) while alternatives work as often as the party line.
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There are no fruits which dont have a nutritional equivalent vegetable, minus the sugar and taste. For e.g. 3/4 th cup of orange juice and half a cup of red peppers have the same amount of vitamin c
Aren't peppers still fruits?
I've been trying to get into shape myself and I've found that any kind of novelty diet like this may get rid of some pounds but doesn't ultimately stick. Because you can lose 19 pounds in 3 weeks and then gain it all right back in the same amount of time. You have to make a change that you can live with for the rest of your life, as depressing as that sounds. But what has been working for me is: 1) not eating late ni…
I lost 40-50 pounds (and have kept it off for ~4 years) by: 1. Cutting pop out of my diet. I used to drink it every day for lunch, and now I drink it ~once a month max. 2. Eating smaller portions of snacks - I used to sit down in front of the TV or computer with a bag of snacks that I would devour. Now I either take a handful from the bag, or I put some in a bowl for me to eat. And overall I just try to eat until I a…
Becoming fit is actually similar to becoming rich. Both are about having good habits that govern one's lifestyle. People who try to "hack" their way into weight loss end up gaining back that weight relatively quickly. Similarly, people who "hack" their way into richness end up either poor, or in jail, or both.
Bottom line is that in order to undo the effects of eating badly for years, you need to eat well and exercise for years. There are no shortcuts.
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Aren't peppers still fruits?
I'm not sure, but the difference in sugar is the main thing (sugar raises insulin which signals cells to store fat, very roughly speaking)
Either way, these fad diets always scare me. I wouldn't touch anything that draws simple, arbitrary, counter-intuitive lines on what foods you can and can't have. The body is good at knowing what it needs and what it doesn't. Support it with a little bit of knowledge and self-discipline and it will serve you well. I guess a well balanced diet is old fashioned and people just want to try and cheat the system somehow.
Our first blog entry was about the tiredness and headaches you've experienced and some suggestions for how to get past them: http://www.ketotic.org/2012/05/keto-adaptation-what-it-is-an...
For what it is worth, I think a keto diet is probably a very healthy way to live long-term. I wouldn't want you to just take my word for it, though. Eventually I hope to write enough on our blog to explain why I think that.
Regards,
Zooko