I think that depends on the person. Keto works for some people who simply cannot lose weight on a traditional reduced calorie diet, or who gain weight on a typical diet relatively high in carbs, whether they're eating too many calories or not. Likely having to do with insulin resistance, and how elevated insulin blocks fat burning, etc...
Dude! That’s awesome!
Grandpappy, I hope you meant Michelob lites, Those Michelin's are hard on the digestive system. LOL
I'm not all all sure that's true. I've read and listened to a bunch of keto and fasting information in the past six months, and just have seen nothing indicating those are inherently unhealthy or riskier than the 'typical' diet. We actually don't need any carbs at all to survive. We do need fat and protein, but e.g. eskimos and other native populations subsist almost entirely on fat and protein and are healthy on those diets.
Right, but my point is someone fasting gets into ketosis, and we're actually designed to live off fat for very long periods if necessary and we have the fat stores there to burn. Those on keto diets just consume lots of fat that they eat each day, and someone fasting 'consumes' their body fat. It's why they think hunger really almost goes away a few days into an extended fast - the body has plenty of food, our stored fat, so gets used to 'eating' that fat instead of what we eat each day and so quits sending out those urgent pleas to eat, NOW!!!, i.e. hunger.
Too much protein is indeed hard on the kidneys and bones. A keto diet that emphasizes healthy fats (such as fish and fats from vegetables) is safe. Getting excited about ditching carbs in favor of bacon isn't the way to go.
The NHS recommends a VLCD (very low calorie diet) as the initial treatment for people with T2D. The diet consists of shakes and non-starch veggies for a total of about 800 calories per day. Information on the diet is here. The intervention has been shown to put T2D into remission.
I hope you meant "drinking a few Michelob". Michelin makes tires. Good job anyway
Yep, total carbs are the Carbohydrates number on the nutrition label minus the Fiber number.
Awesome! What's your trick to saving your dairy-aire? Mine can't tolerate more than about 15 miles at a time - and that's with a good, soft seat.
You have to find a saddle that works for you. Unfortunately, everybody's posterior is a bit different, so it's usually a trial and error thing. "soft" isn't always best. riding position on the bike is also a factor.
I used to ride a lot - a LOT when younger and rarely had any issues then. Now, as I'm older, it seems to be near impossible to find anything that works very well - and I've tried a lot.
I tried to look it up but couldn't find out about fat, protein, etc. in the shakes, but if it works, that's great.
That's not really fair. Some of those on keto or nearly that diets are or were morbidly obese and it's the only thing that works for them to get the weight off. If the choice was 1) die of preventable disease, seeing your limbs hacked off, go blind, and die early of heart attack or cancer, or 2) eat more meat, fish, poultry, full fat dairy, eggs, nuts, avocado, healthy oils, and all the salad and above ground veggies you want (i.e. the keto diet) what would you suggest? And if you think other diets might work for the obese, show me the study showing success long term.
Yeah, I learned that one. I had a relatively soft seat that I hated, never did get used to it. A friend who's a big time cyclist recommended one that felt to me hard as a rock. It worked.... Took a couple weeks to adjust to it, but never did really have problems again after that. But if you look at the reviews of it, maybe 75-80% loved it, the other 20% HATED that saddle. I did get properly sized for that saddle, and that might have been the difference - tail bones hit in the spot designed for them to sit.
