From the article:Should you try the keto diet? - Harvard Health
It's advertised as a weight-loss wonder, but this eating plan is actually a medical diet that comes with serious risks. In the world of weight-loss diets, low-carbohydrate, high-protein eating plan...www.health.harvard.edu
Pretty lousy article:Turns Out The Keto Diet Is Seriously Unhealthy
Studies are now saying that the low-carb diets, including the keto diet, is really unhealthy with the new data they've uncovered.www.moms.com
What "storage capacity" do you mean? If you're in ketosis, that's your body feeding on your fat, which is in fact the purpose of fat which is to be a 'healthy' fuel source in times of food scarcity. Yes, it's a survival mechanism, but for the huge number of us who are overweight and/or obese, our body eating its storage capacity is a great thing.
Carbs are likely bad for those with T2D because of how they impact glucose and insulin levels. If you're metabolically healthy, then carbs in moderate amounts are fine. And we don't need to eat grains - or really even vegetables. There are no essential carbs. There are essential fats and essential proteins.
Turns Out The Keto Diet Is Seriously Unhealthy
Studies are now saying that the low-carb diets, including the keto diet, is really unhealthy with the new data they've uncovered.www.moms.com
Well, I love pasta, and Im addicted to pizza, but I do want to try out this keto thing if it helps keep me slim. Since ketosis can take place within an 18 hour period, I was thinking, why not do it for every other day and enjoy carbs in between. Anyone ever tried this?
I did something similar, but not o. A predictable schedule… just a couple cheat days ever week to (they say) trick your metabolism. I combined it with intermittent fasting. Only ate between 12 and 8pm, and it wasn’t as hard as I thought it would be. You have to eat stuff you love— but it’s more about (for myself) what changes I could live with long term.
I’m now doing the Mediterranean thing, mostly because I love those foods already. You might want to check it out if you love pizza.
I lost a significant amount of weight, and fit in my regular clothes again
It must be wild caught. Farm raised is basically really expensive junk foodHe'd be ok doing just every other day or going 2 - 1. The problem with keto diets, especially in the early days (Atkins) was that everyone, knowing they had to replace carbs with fats, ran out and started eating too much red meat or other unhealth fats.
Replacing carbs with healthy fats is the way to do it. On the non-carb days if he went for fish such as salmon he'd be on the right track.
The food is fantastic. I confess I picked it because it “allows” the foods I eat the most often already. I’ve read it’s a big part of why folks in that part of the world have longer life spans. And, ya know, red wine is a definite perk.If you're referring to the Mediterranean diet, there's a growing body of evidence to support it. For one thing it's a very balanced diet. You get lots of variety, and lots of nutritional variation, which is really how our species survived and evolved.
Bad news: there is no safe level of alcohol consumption.And, ya know, red wine is a definite perk.
It must be wild caught. Farm raised is basically really expensive junk food
The food is fantastic. I confess I picked it because it “allows” the foods I eat the most often already. I’ve read it’s a big part of why folks in that part of the world have longer life spans. And, ya know, red wine is a definite perk.
Yeah, yeah… don’t rain on my parade, Debbie Downer.
You’re spot on with the culture, and I agree. I knew we Americans were doomed when they had to paint “stop” on the ground by the trains because people are so focused on their phones! Unless you’re in an urban area, seems like there’s no opportunity for those basic, mundane, everyday human interactions. No wonder we’re all on Prozac.I think it's also the lifestyle that they have. They're probably less sedentary. Mediterranean people generally live a lifestyle that, for the most part, is better for overall physical and psychological wellbeing. They value strong familial and friend relationships, forming strong social connections. They eat together. They work together. They play together. We're isolated by comparison, and we suffer because of it.
As for red wine and alcohol, they tend to drink in moderation and convivially. A glass or two is probably okay, but more than that and alcohol begins to take a serious toll on the body.
Oh I mostly eat healthy- my GF is vegan so I eat vegetarian a few times a week. I eat the Med diet a lot too, but I think my main problem was the buffets in the mall near my house and my pizza habit, so lots of carbs which I need to shake off.I did something similar, but not o. A predictable schedule… just a couple cheat days ever week to (they say) trick your metabolism. I combined it with intermittent fasting. Only ate between 12 and 8pm, and it wasn’t as hard as I thought it would be. You have to eat stuff you love— but it’s more about (for myself) what changes I could live with long term.
I’m now doing the Mediterranean thing, mostly because I love those foods already. You might want to check it out if you love pizza.
I lost a significant amount of weight, and fit in my regular clothes again
Yeah, but a well formulated diet doesn't require anything at all from people hawking products. The only generally recommended supplements are electrolytes - sodium, potassium, magnesium. All you need to do is eat real foods, and avoid starchy carbs, and of course avoid grains (a relatively recent addition to the human diet) and only minimal sugars. That means lots of fat but if you look at our ancestors, they prioritized fatty parts of the animals they killed, as do wild animals. What we eat, the lean meat, was the last thing eaten. Our ancestors of course ate liver, heart, brains, etc.I think it really depends on how we're defining the diet. As I said, avoiding excess carbohydrates, especially the simpler kind, is probably a good thing. Excess of anything isn't good.
But I would be very careful about a long-term keto diet (beyond 6 months), and I just wouldn't do it without consulting with a physician first and at regular intervals. There might be some versions of the keto diet out there that would be okay, but I think a lot of people really mess around with biology and don't know what they're doing. They read blogs or watch YouTube and don't realize people are pimping diet fads to make money.
There's a growing body of evidence that the real risk to heart and cardiovascular disease are the refined carbs and sugars in the 'western' diet, not the fat.A lot of keto diets recommend high-fat diets, which are going to cause heart and cardiovascular disease if there's excess fat over the long-term.
That's not true since you can eat all the salad, broccoli, etc. that you want. You avoid grains with some fiber, but there are plenty of other options.A high-protein, low-healthy carb diet (i.e., low-fiber) is going to stress your renal system. Strict avoidance of carbohydrates almost certainly means avoidance of fiber, which is going to change your gut microbiome. Doing that weakens your immune system and increases the risk of cancer. I don't really think any of these are good outcomes.
There really are no required carbs. You can survive and thrive on nothing but meat. A number of native people did/do that, and more societies clearly ate meat as their main source of fuel, then veggies and fruit in a very short window of time every year. I'm not arguing that veggies and fruits aren't healthy - they are in moderation. Some people can thrive eating vegan or vegetarian. Bottom line for most of us is if we eat whole, unprocessed food, we're a long way to good health. However, those with T2D or other metabolic problems, essentially anyone seriously overweight, can very likely see all their health markers improve by eating keto or LCHF. Or, alternatively, fasting.I just don't think there's any credible medical science to back this up at all. The benefits of grains, fruits, and vegetables are well-documented. It's true you can overdo it with pretty much anything, but you're much better off overdoing it with fiber than fat or protein.
A high-protein, low-healthy carb diet (i.e., low-fiber) is going to stress your renal system. Strict avoidance of carbohydrates almost certainly means avoidance of fiber, which is going to change your gut microbiome. Doing that weakens your immune system and increases the risk of cancer. I don't really think any of these are good outcomes.
The big advantage of it and really all other diets that appear to work is they eliminate or dramatically reduce the processed food. Keto done right does that, as do the carnivore and paleo diets. So the real lesson is eat whole foods.....I think it's also the lifestyle that they have. They're probably less sedentary. Mediterranean people generally live a lifestyle that, for the most part, is better for overall physical and psychological wellbeing. They value strong familial and friend relationships, forming strong social connections. They eat together. They work together. They play together. We're isolated by comparison, and we suffer because of it.
As for red wine and alcohol, they tend to drink in moderation and convivially. A glass or two is probably okay, but more than that and alcohol begins to take a serious toll on the body.
Many people who eat low-carb are eating broccoli, cauliflower, avocados, squash, blueberries, asparagus, cabbage -- all of those have fiber.
I think the problem comes when people think they can eat just bunless cheeseburgers and bacon everyday all day (dirty keto). A clean keto diet cannot be unhealthy.
They also have carbs - most foods have some carbs in them. It's the amount and quality of the carbs that matter. You want complex carbs, and you want to avoid the simple carbs. You can of course load up and carbs, which some people do, mistakenly believing that they're going to lose weight because they're avoiding meat and dairy. That's I think partly why carbs get a bad name, though I definitely agree that the carbs you get in processed foods are carbs you'd best consume only once in a while.
Humans are basically omnivores, which is one of the reasons we were able to survive as a species. We adapted to different kinds of diets and have gotten our nutrition by whatever's around, whether it's killing game or pulling tubers out of the ground.
The big advantage of it and really all other diets that appear to work is they eliminate or dramatically reduce the processed food. Keto done right does that, as do the carnivore and paleo diets. So the real lesson is eat whole foods.....
FWIW, the lifestyle stuff is very important and it's why it's risky to pay attention to the vast majority if not all the 'epidemiological' studies that use food questionnaires then draw associations between things like fat and heart disease, or veggies, or soup and long lives. Mediterranean culture, the lack of western processed foods, and the climate are likely huge factors in their long health.
I agree. I was just countering your claim that people who eat low-carb aren't getting fiber.
I'm on keto and I have had no issues at all. Feel fantastic. Been on it for a minute. Lost weight with it. Then gained back about 30 lbs when I met the guy I'm with, because he's a chef and damn can he cook.
It's easy to eat nothing but protein bars when you have no really good alternatives, but now I have really good alternatives. Gotta get back on keto, though.
I'm on something called Pruvit. It puts your body into ketosis, and it really works. I've used it for a while. It's a little pricey, but I can tell when I'm not using it. My weight loss slows significantly when I don't drink it. It's a powder that you add to water. Tastes like koolaid.
What I'm doing now is doing keto during the week, and slacking off a little on the weekends. He tries to cook low- to no-carb foods during the week, and then we cheat on the weekends.
A chef in the house? You're so screwed, lol
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