Keto, it “works” only as a side effect of you ending your intake of something that’s necessary for its balance. You don’t need vigorous exercise to lose weight like some claim but you also shouldn’t take precipitated shortcuts. I bet nobody here has ever had their own doctor tell them “keep up the keto, you’re doing good”.
It’s a ridiculous diet for someone with no preexisting conditions. There may be medical reasons to go on it. It is not necessary, and can be dangerous, for just anyone to attempt it to lose weight. And don’t get me started on all the keto friendly supplements that are hawked to people.
It’s certainly not a silver bullet against fat, but it’s also not dangerous. Your body is perfectly capable of producing glucose on its own, as long as there’s enough energy floating around.
In the majority of cases it is not dangerous. In rare circumstances it can be dangerous. This is something that should be discussed with a medical professional prior to beginning.
Any time you are going to have a restrictive diet change it should be discussed with your doctor.
it depends what kind of keto you’re doing - I think there’s like a vegan keto? but for most people, keto seems to mean increasing the amount of animal products you eat which is undeniably awful for your health. a lot of them start eating tons of meat, putting butter in their drinks, eating tons of eggs and end up with obscene cholesterol levels.
Any of the ‘fad’ diets. No, carbs aren’t evil. Protien isn’t evil. You didn’t magically lose weight by “not eating carbs”. You lost weight because you cut out an entire food group from your diet - you were eating less. Otherwise just known as dieting. Make it easier on yourself and just limit your calorie intake. That’s pretty much it.
You can eat pizza and still be dieting. You may be eating 1 slice for an entire meal because it’s just a calorie dump, but you can do it.
I always love it when fad diets make it into non-food related products, and you get Atkins socks or whatever.
Or better yet when a fad diet happens and foods that never had whatever evil ingredient in the first place add “Now Oxygen Free” or whatever branding. My favorite was the explosion of “suddenly” gluten-free cider.
And on the flipside, there are those that aren’t actually what they say.
For example, my local store has “vegan turkey” right now, supposedly a meatless turkey alternative, but it still has quite a bit of animal product in it.
Goes to show what a difference it makes while also screwing up the market.
The issue I have with keto is that unless you have an absolute will of steel, all that weight instantly comes back once your carb intake ups. If you want to maintain that keto body, you’ll have to be on keto for life.
It all depends. I don’t have a will of steel, that’s for sure. I started it to lose weight but have continued after my chronic heartburn stopped immediately, my eczema went away, my blood sugar came down and my triglycerides dropped to a normal range. I take 0 prescription meds now.
I feel so much better, no longer have heartburn wake me up in the middle of the night, and no longer have my fingers crack and bleed from eczema. 7 years in and it’s really no trouble staying on the diet. The 45 lbs I lost turned out to be a minor benefit of the diet, not the major benefit.
I dropped 60 and only gained back like 20 when I stopped. Taking a handful of pills daily and injecting literal poison weekly now, so I stopped before starting treatment.
Keto, it “works” only as a side effect of you ending your intake of something that’s necessary for its balance. You don’t need vigorous exercise to lose weight like some claim but you also shouldn’t take precipitated shortcuts. I bet nobody here has ever had their own doctor tell them “keep up the keto, you’re doing good”.
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It’s a ridiculous diet for someone with no preexisting conditions. There may be medical reasons to go on it. It is not necessary, and can be dangerous, for just anyone to attempt it to lose weight. And don’t get me started on all the keto friendly supplements that are hawked to people.
It’s certainly not a silver bullet against fat, but it’s also not dangerous. Your body is perfectly capable of producing glucose on its own, as long as there’s enough energy floating around.
In the majority of cases it is not dangerous. In rare circumstances it can be dangerous. This is something that should be discussed with a medical professional prior to beginning.
Any time you are going to have a restrictive diet change it should be discussed with your doctor.
it depends what kind of keto you’re doing - I think there’s like a vegan keto? but for most people, keto seems to mean increasing the amount of animal products you eat which is undeniably awful for your health. a lot of them start eating tons of meat, putting butter in their drinks, eating tons of eggs and end up with obscene cholesterol levels.
Any of the ‘fad’ diets. No, carbs aren’t evil. Protien isn’t evil. You didn’t magically lose weight by “not eating carbs”. You lost weight because you cut out an entire food group from your diet - you were eating less. Otherwise just known as dieting. Make it easier on yourself and just limit your calorie intake. That’s pretty much it.
You can eat pizza and still be dieting. You may be eating 1 slice for an entire meal because it’s just a calorie dump, but you can do it.
I always love it when fad diets make it into non-food related products, and you get Atkins socks or whatever.
Or better yet when a fad diet happens and foods that never had whatever evil ingredient in the first place add “Now Oxygen Free” or whatever branding. My favorite was the explosion of “suddenly” gluten-free cider.
And on the flipside, there are those that aren’t actually what they say.
For example, my local store has “vegan turkey” right now, supposedly a meatless turkey alternative, but it still has quite a bit of animal product in it.
Goes to show what a difference it makes while also screwing up the market.
The issue I have with keto is that unless you have an absolute will of steel, all that weight instantly comes back once your carb intake ups. If you want to maintain that keto body, you’ll have to be on keto for life.
Most if us can’t do it for life.
It all depends. I don’t have a will of steel, that’s for sure. I started it to lose weight but have continued after my chronic heartburn stopped immediately, my eczema went away, my blood sugar came down and my triglycerides dropped to a normal range. I take 0 prescription meds now.
I feel so much better, no longer have heartburn wake me up in the middle of the night, and no longer have my fingers crack and bleed from eczema. 7 years in and it’s really no trouble staying on the diet. The 45 lbs I lost turned out to be a minor benefit of the diet, not the major benefit.
Not too hard to stick with something that shows that much gain
I dropped 60 and only gained back like 20 when I stopped. Taking a handful of pills daily and injecting literal poison weekly now, so I stopped before starting treatment.
I also never had a therapist or psychiatrist tell me about the link between exercise and hippocampal neurogenesis.
They always explained the benefit of exercise in terms of endorphins.
What I’m saying is I don’t trust doctors to know what’s up or what’s good for my health.
That… explains a few things.
I hope you’re doing okay.
Lol