me too....65 here. Now I'm not afraid to get old. I plan on being fit, agile, and happy :)

It is a poison period! I have the HLA B27 genetic marker, been in great pain since I was 10. These autoimmune disorders are hell on our bodies! I lost my vision many times!

Nice 😊

I get what you're trying to say BUT I hear quite often men blaming their wives and mothers for cooking poor, non-keto food. THAT is just unfair. Shouldn't we men also take a more active charge of what we eat?

Aïda Hayes same here. I didn’t know anything about keto diet until a couple years ago. I feel bad that I fed my boys wrong food when they were home.

It's not a religion. Just live a healthy life. If they are on the SAD, they will start to break down around 40 years of age. Perhaps then, they will ask about your health and vitality. Be patient. Do not try to "convert" anyone. But, if they ask, be ready to have a conversation about your experience.

Same here.

First Name Last Name I don’t actually try to convert. I try to educate but it is hard to convince my family because I am a TOFI (Thin On the Outside Fat on the Inside) I hardly ever had a weight problem my whole life so everyone thinks I am crazy or paranoid when I know I am insulin resistant. I suffered from depression and anxiety my whole adult life as well as debilitating migraines. I had to have my gall bladder removed a few years ago, then my uterus due to multiple fibroids and I used to have frequent UTIs and kidney infections due to kidney stones. I put it all together not my doctors. They just treated each condition separately as if they were unrelated but I realized it was all due to my high carb low fat diet. I did the research and I put myself on a keto diet. None of my doctors ever checked my blood glucose ever. When you don’t have a weight problem, they don’t go there. I am no longer on any of my anti depression, or anti anxiety meds. I haven’t had a single migraine since I went keto 15 months ago and I got rid of my kidney stones with keto and IF as well as several prolonged fasts. I have only had 2 UTIs but not a single kidney infection the entire time I have been on the keto diet. And even though I was not overweight when I began my keto journey I did lose over 20 pounds. I struggle with keeping my weight on in order to stay in ketosis so my children worry that I am taking this too far even though I have had my doctors check my A1C and I am prediabetic. I am determined to reverse it and become insulin sensitive, but it is very challenging because I am underweight now. 😖

@@aidahayes7896 No migraines or kidney stones for 15 months is huge. Re: underweight. Are you eating two meals a day? What is your exercise regimen? Not everyone can restore their insulin sensitivity. Even an a1c can be misleading. A craft insulin sensitivity test provides more details about how your body metabolizes glucose throughout the day.

It can't do any harm. Keto and carnivore dietary practices do help balance hormone levels. As I understand it, thyroid function is suspect in the case of endometriosis. This is something to look at too.

Important Q / Terri please clear response to this Q !!

you need meat

One also needs organ meats, eggs and seafood