Keto diet - anyone else?
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feef said:
Something I have noticed this year..
Mid-may and I've not taken a single Cetrizine tablet nor pump of a nasal spray. My hay-fever is, so far, non-existent.
Reading a few posts on other sites, it does seem to be a benefit of keto
Wining all round I think
Tell me about it - I was hospitalised on a regular basis as a kid/teen for asthma and used a puffer daily until last year when I cut sugar. I could run a marathon today without meds....and have no hayfever (as yet). This time last year I'd be sneezing due to hayfever and if I ran over 3/4 mins without an inhaler I'd be in trouble.Mid-may and I've not taken a single Cetrizine tablet nor pump of a nasal spray. My hay-fever is, so far, non-existent.
Reading a few posts on other sites, it does seem to be a benefit of keto
Wining all round I think
Magic? Keto? Sugar? No idea.....feel good though! Oh....and my asthma was trigger by cat hair as well as exercise - I dont interact with many cats! but the couple I have in the last few months - zero affect.
Just thought I'd pop in here...
At the start of the year I was just over 15 stone (55, 5'10, fairly sedentary lifestyle bar the daily dog walk). My gf needed to lose weight for work - she's in the military - so suggested we do keto together starting maybe 12 weeks ago.
I'm now 13st 9.5lbs, lost at least 2 inches from my waist, maybe more. More energy, don't generally wake up tired, and it's been fairly easy. No cravings for sweet stuff really. I've used products from the Low Carb Megastore like bagels, "bread", and made my own stuff from almond flour etc when I fancy the ease of a sandwich. I haven't gone crazy counting carbs, just keeping a rough mental count.
Next target is 13.5st by the summer, and maybe just over 13 by Xmas.
FWIW it hasn't changed my mood, anxiety or stress levels, but I can get into my clothes and not feel so much like a fat b
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At the start of the year I was just over 15 stone (55, 5'10, fairly sedentary lifestyle bar the daily dog walk). My gf needed to lose weight for work - she's in the military - so suggested we do keto together starting maybe 12 weeks ago.
I'm now 13st 9.5lbs, lost at least 2 inches from my waist, maybe more. More energy, don't generally wake up tired, and it's been fairly easy. No cravings for sweet stuff really. I've used products from the Low Carb Megastore like bagels, "bread", and made my own stuff from almond flour etc when I fancy the ease of a sandwich. I haven't gone crazy counting carbs, just keeping a rough mental count.
Next target is 13.5st by the summer, and maybe just over 13 by Xmas.
FWIW it hasn't changed my mood, anxiety or stress levels, but I can get into my clothes and not feel so much like a fat b
d!Got my first trail marathon on Sunday. Will be interesting to see how it goes in terms of food and fuelling. The last long run I did was just over 20 miles and while I didn't feel great afterwards, I realised afterwards that all I'd eaten that day was a small salad with some salami and grated cheese so in hindsight I probably did better than I should have expected.
feef said:
Got my first trail marathon on Sunday. Will be interesting to see how it goes in terms of food and fuelling. The last long run I did was just over 20 miles and while I didn't feel great afterwards, I realised afterwards that all I'd eaten that day was a small salad with some salami and grated cheese so in hindsight I probably did better than I should have expected.
A bit different to a marathon but I do obstacle courses and found a bowl of oats before I go gives me a massive boost - maybe as I dont train on crabs so it kicks in harder??? Anyway, I now have 30g oats and 30g whey 2 hours before any race of 10k or above and hitting some PB's at 46!Tiggsy said:
A bit different to a marathon but I do obstacle courses and found a bowl of oats before I go gives me a massive boost - maybe as I dont train on crabs so it kicks in harder??? Anyway, I now have 30g oats and 30g whey 2 hours before any race of 10k or above and hitting some PB's at 46!
I have considered this. Worried about what the shock would do to my digestive system halfway through the race...grumbledoak said:
Tiggsy said:
A bit different to a marathon but I do obstacle courses and found a bowl of oats before I go gives me a massive boost - maybe as I dont train on crabs so it kicks in harder??? Anyway, I now have 30g oats and 30g whey 2 hours before any race of 10k or above and hitting some PB's at 46!
I have considered this. Worried about what the shock would do to my digestive system halfway through the race...Some obstacle stuff (spartan etc) has some pretty heavy going lifting half way through and I was struggling getting to those lifts at an hour in and being explosive - the bit of carby food seems to help.
Keto diet is exceptionally bad for people with kidney issues.
As nutritionist poster said above, the keto diet works like any other diet. It makes you pay attention to what you’re eating, and therefore probably the amounts you’re consuming.
If you do the keto diet but continue to eat too many calories, you will still gain weight. It’s not a magic cure.
As nutritionist poster said above, the keto diet works like any other diet. It makes you pay attention to what you’re eating, and therefore probably the amounts you’re consuming.
If you do the keto diet but continue to eat too many calories, you will still gain weight. It’s not a magic cure.
bulldong said:
Keto diet is exceptionally bad for people with kidney issues.
As nutritionist poster said above, the keto diet works like any other diet. It makes you pay attention to what you’re eating, and therefore probably the amounts you’re consuming.
If you do the keto diet but continue to eat too many calories, you will still gain weight. It’s not a magic cure.
Any evidence for the first?As nutritionist poster said above, the keto diet works like any other diet. It makes you pay attention to what you’re eating, and therefore probably the amounts you’re consuming.
If you do the keto diet but continue to eat too many calories, you will still gain weight. It’s not a magic cure.
Or the second?
I must have missed all the claims that it works by magic, but thanks for correcting whoever it was that claimed that.
grumbledoak said:
bulldong said:
Keto diet is exceptionally bad for people with kidney issues.
As nutritionist poster said above, the keto diet works like any other diet. It makes you pay attention to what you’re eating, and therefore probably the amounts you’re consuming.
If you do the keto diet but continue to eat too many calories, you will still gain weight. It’s not a magic cure.
Any evidence for the first?As nutritionist poster said above, the keto diet works like any other diet. It makes you pay attention to what you’re eating, and therefore probably the amounts you’re consuming.
If you do the keto diet but continue to eat too many calories, you will still gain weight. It’s not a magic cure.
Or the second?
I must have missed all the claims that it works by magic, but thanks for correcting whoever it was that claimed that.
Lemming Train said:
grumbledoak said:
bulldong said:
Keto diet is exceptionally bad for people with kidney issues.
As nutritionist poster said above, the keto diet works like any other diet. It makes you pay attention to what you’re eating, and therefore probably the amounts you’re consuming.
If you do the keto diet but continue to eat too many calories, you will still gain weight. It’s not a magic cure.
Any evidence for the first?As nutritionist poster said above, the keto diet works like any other diet. It makes you pay attention to what you’re eating, and therefore probably the amounts you’re consuming.
If you do the keto diet but continue to eat too many calories, you will still gain weight. It’s not a magic cure.
Or the second?
I must have missed all the claims that it works by magic, but thanks for correcting whoever it was that claimed that.
Eating protein makes the kidneys work harder. That’s a simple fact which you don’t even need to research hard to find. It’s common knowledge. If you have kidney issues (diagnosed or undiagnosed) you should avoid increasing the levels of protein you’re eating because your body can’t process it and you can end up with a build up of waste in your blood that can’t be filtered by your already struggling kidneys.
I didn’t say anything about it being bad for kidneys if you have normal function. There’s no evidence for that anyway. However, kidney problems are often not obvious until it’s too late and so you should be careful before massively increasing your protein intake and cutting carbs out.
The magic cure reference was not supposed to refer just to keto. That was poorly written, I’ll give you that. Whatever diet you choose, it’s just a way of paying attention to what you eat and restricting calories. Show me a diet that says “eat 5000 calories a day and lose weight” and you can shut me up about diets just being a way to control calorie intake.
If you still eat too much, you’ll get fat. Fact.
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