any relapses??

Yr patients with sugar and insulin issues are so lucky.

It's not genetics. It's lifestyle.

Hurrah for this noble Scotsman. I'm charmed by your "up top" phrasing. I hope all is well for you and your loved ones as you keep choosing this normal but different lifestyle. My husband and I are quite encouraged with our health improvements after 4 months. Greetings from Southwest michigan, the "Glove" state in the USA.

@@japonicaren He is meaning the Scots have one of the worst diets and unhealthy living in parts of society. I am glad my parents came to London where I have been studying health for 65 years and drawn to ketosis now to avoid prostate problems and dementia etc etc.

That's Low Carb Down Under, in Australia, and you can subscribe for free, and hear all the speakers they have on repretoire - but Dr. Stephen Phinney is pretty much a forerunner on the whole Keto deal, having 2 great books (along with 2 co-authors) which you can get from the library or online. These guys are saving many lives throughout the world.

May I ask, what do you typically eat in a day?

I eat a low carb high fat diet, use intermittent fasting every day as well. That would be not eating breakfast until about noon and try to get dinner started by 5:30 or so and eat NOTHING in between. That closes up/ limits the window of insulin and sugar coursing through the arteries in a 24 hour period. It's quite possible that intermittent fasting is responsible for much of the improvement I've seen. For brunch, I eat something like bacon and eggs with cream cheese and for dinner something like a ribeye steak and asparagus. I eat very few carbohydrates and what I do eat would be green veggies e.g., broccoli, spinach and the like. Hope that helps.

supplements are junk and make expensive pee. eat real food! HFLC will fulfill all nutritional needs. Do the research.

Great! But please, what does TC stand for? My HDL was 65 1/2 a year ago, and TG was 78... so I agree with everything you're saying. Have you had a CAC scan (coronary artery scan, available without dr referral for around $75 - for those who don't know) done? Mine came back at 6.

Yes - and through gluconeogenises, the body can make all the glucose it needs, which is a tiny amount.

I'd second that; I went to a seminar last year with Magen Ramos (Fung's associate and speaks with/for him frequently) where she spoke of her and Fung's clinical experience with helping people, in short, the people's results ranged anywhere from mildly effective (usually in the cases of ppl that only engaged in the bare minimum) to life-saving. I'm a nutritionist and adopt a practice of not asking a client to do something that I wouldn't do myself, so I tried Fasting and it's amazingly effectual across many spectrums - I continue to do it to this day.

youtube actually recommended me that particular video...

keep us updated

I have awful joint pain, ..done Keto before but never properly. Thank goodness I’ve found this guy..amazing!

I know right. I went on a low fat diet and gained weight. Now I know why . LoL

There are a number of reliable, knowledgeable people out there who have chosen ketosis as a life-style. Listening to the doctors' presentations convinced me keto is the way to go. The everyday practitioners supply me with recipes and tips. Check out KetoConnect's and Headbangers Kitchen KZfaq channels for keto-compliant bread and cake recipes.

Bread isn't the only carbs/sugar out there, but cake is pure sugar.

Michelle Laughter Hi what did you eat.? I too am full of pain. Please help

Dr Susan Myhill has interesting paleo-keto info out on this and CFS as well.

I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia 19 yrs ago. (Including migraines and panic disorder). Only cutting out sugar and flour has helped. Keto is also helping with other inflammation issues like bulging disc in neck. Doesn't cure the disc but helps.

I couldn't agree more! I have watched this video so many times. This video really inspired me. In fact, this is the video that pushed me over the edge and got me into doing Keto. Six months later I've lost 40 lb; check out my video here. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gr6ibNteqK2Zpqs.html

Yes. I short, the thought that ' a calorie is a calorie' and that body weight is simply and only a matter of how many calories one consumes assumes that we are mechanical, like a steam engine. - and totally ignores the fact that we are biological entities. The 'body as machine' metaphor had its uses, yet biology is so much more complex than any machine. And it does not exist in a vacuum, but is also affected by the environment- sunlight, temperature, pollutants... Fats and proteins and carbohydrates have different effects on the body, aside from caloric content. Yet of course, if massively more intake occurs than the body can use, it will generally store it. This is very different from 'a calorie is a calorie' no matter the form.

Barbara Riepe ~ I'd love to hear how things have gone for you over the last 11 months since you posted this. For me, only six weeks in, there is still so much to learn! I'm seeing great results, though, in my glucose blood readings and I set up my macros for slow but steady weight loss which is going well. I'm truly curious to know the effects the Keto diet has on fibromyalgia.

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Lauren McW ,,

I got very sick being a vegan and vegetarian. I have so much more energy eating this way.

Brett Van Zandt There are many vegans who use a scientific approach refer to studies and recognize potential drawbacks.

I am trying the keto diet as a vegan, and feeling great. My diet is centered on greens, nuts, avocados, olives and coconuts. I really feel this is the way to go. Look at Rosedale ' s recommendations, mostly vegan. Animal products generally have too much protein.

+The Fruit Addict Sounds delicious

Brett Van Zandt ...Dawn Effect

No need to avoid saturated fat! All fat sources contain a mix of fats. Only butter and coconut oil contain mostly saturated fat - which just means that those fats are more stable when heated. Clarified butter, aka ghee, is widely used for cooking at higher temperatures because of this. Check out Dr. Zoe Harcombe's presentations of fats on YT for details. Nina Tiecholts, Dr. Paul Mason, Ivor Cummins and others have exploded the myth that saturated fat is harmful. They also have shown that there was NEVER any science behind thinking that saturated fat was a health risk. Seed oils, on the other hand, ARE HARMFUL. Those oils and shortenings deceptively sold as 'vegetable'. They are highly processed, damaged oils that have been chemically manipulated to make them seem OK to consume. They are not.

Travis - if you have not done this already, it is relatively easy to find out how to contact Dr. Phinney directly using your favorite Internet search engine. Hope you get your question answered. You can most likely contact him through Verta Health.

Lack of insulin results in kidneys dumping sodium. Hence the need for more sodium in ketosis. If you want to boost your health then a good source of sodium is sodium ascorbate (it's sold online as a source of buffered vitamin C). Each gram has 110mg of sodium. Upping your Vitamin C intake is a win win. Look up Dr Suzanne Humphries here on KZfaq for more info on vitamin C.

Good for you for listening to your body about what it needs! Issues can arise when people believe the propaganda that says low salt/sodium consumption is healthy. Of course, a natural, non-processed salt without toxic additives is better than regular table salt. Table salt is heated to around 1,200 F, and has chemicals added, primarily to keep it flowing. These days, most all sea salt contains pollution (including micro bits of plastic, etc), and some sea salt is also processed. Natural mineral salts like Himalayan pink, Redmond's from Utah (also pink), or Kansas grey salts are excellent alternatives. MUCH tastier, too! Once you are used to the flavor of real salt, commercial table salt tastes bad.

You are one of the lucky few who can eat rice and still reduce your blood sugar levels and insulin spikes- which block fat burning. And/or you are still quite young. Over time, many who can get away with eating things like rice (brown or white or black. makes little difference). Many people with insulin resistance, Type 2 diabetes, and/or excess weight cannot even eat legumes and stay in fat-burning mode. More on legumes, also on the Low Carb Down Under Channel: Dr. Paul Mason 'kzfaq.info/get/bejne/o9CBjaZ0zryamXU.html

Phinney does mention 'intermittent' fasting in some of his talks. For clarification, the term 'intermittent fasting' in the keto world means restricting our meals to a certain period of time each day - usually 8 hours, or even 6 hours per day. Some people even choose to eat one meal per day. For those reading this who are unfamiliar with the concept, the theory is that our bodies may function better if they are not constantly digesting food. Also, this approach to eating is believed to be favorable to the burning of fat over burning carbs (sugar and starch - which is just sugar molecules linked together).

As Dr. Thomas Seyfried says, "the human being evolved to starve." Fasting is as natural as breathing.

Why would they want to do that? If keytones are high, insulin is low. So what would be the point? You would taking a healthy person and try to make them sick. Explain.

Part 2 will be released this coming weekend.

How long did she live?

Don't lie Please

Love the sayings of the old people. The food pyramid is ridiculous to them.

Thanks for your support. Part 2 will be released this coming weekend.

An interesting question. Certainly ketones do not show up in the urine of the keto-adapted person at the levels they do at first, after the diet is switched to providing energy from fats, instead of from sugars and starches. I'm no physiologist, but I wonder if ketones might still be present in the blood of the fat-adapted person at fairly high levels, as the circulation of blood is the primary way that cells are provided with energy, and other nutrients.

Sharee Walls I’m considering doing this. I’ve been keto about 3 weeks and when I prepare fruit for my kids I can feel my body begging for some of it. I’m not sure how I’m going to set up my cycle but i def think for nutrient status it’s a must eventually. Maybe I’ll do 3 days on, 4 days off, or one week on and one week off. I’ll do paleo on my days off.

ojconcentrate it took from 1982 until 1996 to change the medical societys minds on the treatment of stomach ulcers. So reversing on fat, wow, America will have to admit to the world that they got it wrong, I can't see that happening for a long time. We all followed the USA guidelines. www.cdc.gov/ulcer/history.htm

Not just medical ideology, but also religious beliefs have been behind the push to get people to reduce and even stop eating animal-source foods. Other speakers go into the history of the promotion of plant-based diets. The 7th Day Adventists are among those who have pushed - and are continuing to promote - not eating animals. Not out of concern for animals, but because they believe that eating meat and animal-source foods promotes lust and 'impure thoughts'. These people think it is perfectly fine to shove their plants-only diet religious beliefs don our throats - without revealing their motives. They have, and continue to, get their members into influential positions regarding diet- food guideline panels, etc. And they are not required to reveal their affiliation or motives The lucrative food industry, which profits exponentially more from the industrial production of crops (grains and seeds can be stored without refrigeration, making them commodities) and the manufacture of food-like substances from those crops (seed oils, deceptively sold as 'vegetable' and products like Crisco were originally produced for use in industry- as lubricants, for soapmaking, and candle making) . This massive industry has harnessed the religious beliefs of these people, as well as the presumably well-intentioned urge of those who want to refrain from eating animals or animal products our of misplaced concern for the animals. (They seem unaware that the only thing that does not die is something that was never alive. Or that other animals eat animals, so why should not the human animal which also evolved to eat animals - evolved because we ate animals, according to recent research.) In short, however sincere their beliefs, they are being used. As always, if we 'Follow the money' other motives are revealed. Industries of all kinds have bought research to 'prove' what they want: the tobacco, sugar, and medical industries have all been caught red-handed doing this. Loma Linda University is a 7th Day Adventist institution, so any nutrition research from Loma Linda is suspect.

The green shield of bribe money

You ask a lot of questions that if you took a few minutes could get answers for? Blood glucose monitoring diet cheap today via Walmart and ketone measurements by breath is not to e pensive by blood only expensive if you measure several times a day which is not needed...

Poland prices glucose blood under 20 cents a test, ketone blood test about 3-5 $ a test

You really don't NEED to test your ketones.

Hello, I see your post was a yr ago. Did you find a resolution or why this happened?

Sodium?

@Dustyluvs Keto good tip

Anyone having issues when implimenting a ketogenic diet should work with a keto knowlegable physician. Dr. Phinney works with Verta Health, a company founded to help people through nutritional ketosis. In addition to the things Phinney always advises - plenty of water, lots of sodium (salt), and potassium (her recommends home made bone broth), and magnesium - some people going onto a ketogenic diet will encounter other issues. Dr. Phinney would probably have advised not to do too much intermittent fasting, and would also have asked about clarification on how you were doing that. Uric acid levels usually come from a damaged liver, which is often the result of too much sugar, especially fructose, (or, presumably, too much alcohol). Another issue often overlooked is oxalate crystals. These come from plants. Rhubarb leaves are so high in oxalates that they are considered toxic, and can kill people pretty quickly. A guy not long ago reportedly died from eating a bowl of sorrel soup. Grains also contain oxalates, and spinach and curly leaf kale are high in it. So are many other commonly eaten plants. Oxalate crystals are most commonly associated with kidney stones, but they can appear in any part of the body, and cause a lot of damage. Apparently when we switch to a keto diet, we can experience symptoms for the first time. See 'Lost Seasonality and the Overconsumption of Plants- Risking Oxalate Toxicity' here on KZfaq for info.

Part 2 will be released this coming weekend.

Part 2 will be released this coming weekend.

Low Carb Down Under lol how many times did u repeat that!

Part 2 will be released this coming weekend.

hi.... Can you put a video up about Endotoxins that are related to fat consumption? this is a subject I can;t really find research about and it;s important....

He stated in one video I saw.. he is basically against fasting!

Ideally, the world would stop getting in the way of people providing for themselves. Real food, not processed food-like products. Or support those locally who are producing real food. It is not difficult. It can be fun! An example: it is easy to make ice cream at home, ideally from 100% grassfed milk fro Jersey or other cows that produce high butterfat milk, preferably unprocessed. The milk we get is 5% butterfat. Sometimes we add more cream. Sometimes we add pastured egg yolks from a local source. Add in cocoa powder, or melted 95%+ cacao chocoalte, or a bit of vanilla, or whatever low to no sugar flavor one likes. Bits like nuts or high cocoa chocolate have to be stirred in at the end. Sometimes we add a couple drops per cup of good stevia extract - but once we got off sugar, we find this milk so delicious we often don't need to add any sweetener. Voila! A tasty, refreshing creamy treat that is healthful! We find this far more refreshing than the overly sweet and candy laden junk sold commercially. (Note: this ice cream is CREAMY, not sticky or gummy. Those processed additives, like guar gum, locust bean gum, and carageenan are added to 'ice cream' so they can reduce the cream content and it will still be thick. A grain-based diet did not exist anywhere until approximately 10,000 years ago - at the dawn of so-called civilization, when certain societies switched from egalitarian and more-or-less in balance with the ecosystems they live in, to stratified societies that concentrated power in the hands of a few, and exploited both people and ecological resources to achieve and maintain that power. We call the first type of society 'primitive', and the second type 'advanced'. Not all 'carbs' are bad, of course. Eating non-starchy vegetables can be healthy. Low-sugar fruits, in moderation, can also be healthy additions to our diets. (Let's not forget that most fruit sold today is MASSIVELY higher in sugar than their wild ancestors. And, fruit was generally not available 24/7 to most people until very recently.) In addition to starch, grains have anti-nutritional factors that can be a problem when consumed in quantity over a long period of time. (Also, grains not grown organically are often sprayed with synthetic chemical herbicides when ripe as a 'harvest aid' or 'drydown agent'. This is done shortly before the grain is combined and sold, meaning that the residues of these toxins in foods made from this herbicide soaked grain can be shockingly high.

It can be done if the world sets out to do it IMO.Get rid of toxins and convert the glycemic value of these foods to be better.If we could change bread,pasta etc to be good for us then that is a step in right direction. My body responded very favorably to a low glycemic diet many yrs back.Nowadays it does not work like it did when I was in my youth but the idea of this better foods still pops up in my mind.

Love your comment,... Grains are nutritionally worthless.

It's easy to change bread to be good for you. I've done it before. You just put it in the bin and replace it with buttered sprouts, steamed in a microwave. However, I miss the "food-handle" aspects of bread and it's ability to soak up masses of butter and meat juices - the latter soaking-up properties I don't need because of my lifestyle (I don't carry heavy items back and forth across town all day for a living like I might have done 200 -> 2000 years ago), but the edible food-handle property is still useful and it's a nuisance not having it.

You can't make better food, nature already has the best food. We are adapted to it. Those who think they can create a better version of nature will suffer by nature.

And have access to the Internet. :-)

Protein 1.2-1.6g per kg Carbs 30g for first 3 months Upto 45g once you are fully fat apadted Fat, eat what you need to either maintain or loose weight.

A more recent study shows that all plants produce poisons to prevent being eaten. You should minimize carbohydrate products and eat only pure healthy meat.

um, Africans have lower type 2 diabetes... note I said Africans, not African Americans who are liekly 'mixed' original and not originally native to Africa the last 500+ years. Any human with Neanderthal gene explore (Caucasian and Asians) are likely to be insulin resistant. Geography and native diet do directly impact ability to process food as energy .. you were unlikely to eat an apple everyday in Sweden, but likkly to eat fresh fish and salt cured fish...

The animals would get to the fruit before us. That's why we eat the animals.

Why waist his time?

+David Lomm Whats the belief behind your theory if calories dont matter? Do lean people get thinner and thinner on keto until they vanish? Do these experts present evidence? e.g. an average person with TDEE of lets say 2500kcal, eating 5000kcal HCLF and still losing weight? As far as I know keto helps greatly with hunger control and satiety. Thats why they all usually say "eat until full". If you eat way more calories, e.g. because of stress or while watching TV, then you wont lose weight. Also there are other benefits of keto...

I think there may be some justification to still consider calories in versus calories out. Because it seems that if you're in ketosis but eating over your Daily Recommended Amount of calories you are for some reason more likely to have high blood sugar (@31:19), develop diabetes (physiological insulin resistance) & increase LDL cholesterol. While if you do the same ketogenic diet, eating below your RDA of calories you are more likely to reduce your bad cholesterol & avoid the risk of developing diabetes. The best option I can see then for avoiding diabetes on a low carb diet, is probably to switch over to a non ketogenic low carb diet, like Paleo when you no longer need to lose any weight & only need to maintain your current weight. So maybe going from a 20g net carb Keto diet to 90g net carb Paleo diet (via increased fruits & vegetables).

David Lomm you still need a calorie deficit to make your body burn it's own fat. If your goal is to lose weight But if your body is not adapted to burning fat then those endogenous calories won't be readily available. You don't need to calorie count if you eat high fat, it's hard to over eat past satiety with fat.

It's not my theory & I can't remember which Doctor spoke of it but a calorie deficit is starvation,... The math was also reversed to show that if a 45 year old man has gained 40 pounds in 20 years since he was 25 (which is common) then he need only NOT burn 21 calories a day to get that result,... Just 21 calories a day in surplus ! That's 1% or less of your daily intake which could easily be incorrect calorie counting. So, you either screw up by 21 calories a day & end up 40 pounds fatter or your starving yourself ? If you look at "Calories in & out" & consider how a calorie is measured, the "In vs Out" theory is more thermodynamics than Biology isn't it ? I think the success of a Keto or LCHF diet supports this because 70% of your diet as fat is a high calorie diet because fat has twice the calories as protein or carbs. Any thoughts ?

I'm not so sure & if you're interested you can read my reply to another comment below :)