Quote from: idi0t on October 14, 2019, 06:59:59 PM

Quote from: Last of the V8s on October 14, 2019, 10:00:44 AM

Had a lovely talk with a chap in a supermarket who said his doctor had told him to go keto. Is there any scientific research on the keto diet?

I'm not fat but I tried it before to see how low of bodyfat I could get. ~~It's pretty much pointless to do because it puts your body in carb starvation mode so the second you stop your body just hoards any type of carb it can get.~~ ~~It's a pointless yoyo diet in other words and you will lose any type of fitness gains you make very fast.~~ Since it takes a long time to get started, you also have to commit to doing it for at least a month. ~~Probably the only people that should be doing it are diabetic types and whatever other strange medical conditions people derive benefit from.~~

Ketones are a more efficient energy source than glucose, ~~so technically it makes your brain more efficient/smarter while doing it~~, so that's one interesting aspect. ~~It also makes it so you have zero energy to do anything physical.~~ When I did it I just ate eggs + steak + green beans every day. Usually have to use mustards as your only sauce because ~~everything else has sugar in it,~~ but there's seems to be some no carb/low carb ketchup you can find. I would say it's also terrible for your liver and digestive system and will probably significantly reduce your lifespan if you did it forever even if you take a lot of fiber pills with it (which are basically required).

Lol.

Having been on a keto/Low carb diet for > 4 years being supervised by my PCP I can tell you that just about every thing he says above is complete bullshit.

So at least it matches all his other complete bullshit.

I could take the time to break down all his ignorance, but I will not. I will say I am a distance cyclist, and once I got my salts right (you actually have to make sure you get enough salt so your blood pressure does not drop too far when you are keto) I had no problems with my 50m+ rides. In fact many endurance athletes on KETO are breaking their PRs and even taking 1st place in ultras and other long races.

The simple fact is refined carbohydrates are bad, in general, for human beings. One does not need to be KETO to improve their life but just cut out sugar and refined carbs completely. All things in moderation.