People never ate diets with no saturated fats and vegetable oil in everything.
Veganism is also extremely unnatural and is only sustainable with a Post-industrial society that allows people to take massive amounts of supplements to prevent nutrient deficiencies.
I think those of us who grew up very fat have a different need than those who never gained much weight. Once your hormone system gets way out of normal and you become insulin-resistant, you CAN use diet to regain the proper insulin response - but you will probably need to watch your diet careful for the rest of your life.
If bread starts to creep back into my life, weight starts to appear on my belly. I know a lot of folks who have no issue provided they eat bread in moderation. I’m not one - and that is a pity because I love bread!
Yeah full-Keto is great for short term weight loss but for longterm its better to wean off. The mistake ppl make is they lose the weight they wanna lose on keto, lose 50 lbs whatever then they go back to regular eating and balloon right back up. I’ve done it myself lol.
I’ve modified my own version of semi-keto when I wanna drop 20-30 lbs to get leaner for the summer, beach here in FL n pickup the hotties. lol. Basically a 12-week plan... First 4 weeks 100 carbs a day, next 4 weeks 75 carbs, then last 4 weeks 50 carbs. Then when I get to the weight I wanna be I slowly add carbs back in over the next 12 weeks so I dont pile the weight back on. While lifting weights and upping the cardio gradually of course. Also remember during an hour weightlifting/cardio session you burn like 30+ grams of carbs so this puts you at borderline ketosis anyways depending on ur bodyweight
Everybody is different. If you have a genetic predisposition to type 2 diabetes, I think low carb or keto is the way to go. On the other hand, there are people like my mother—in-law who eats a standard American diet and she is 90 and going strong.