Reducing carbs is not the answer to diabetes. A balanced diet in exchange for burning the carbs you need to live your life is the answer. I mentioned the Harris Benedict formula which has been in existance since 1918 and points out the problem with blind keto actions.
In the formula it recognizes the need for more or less carbs based upon your lifestyle. If you take a person that is ill and can’t exercise, should they require the same amount of carbs as a ditch digger?
I was using a doctor years ago that went on a keto diet and within a couple of weeks he was unable to finish his run due to exhaustion and ended up thumbing a ride back to the hospital. He needed more carbs. Ever watch a worker for UPS? They need more carbs. I was a sports official and active military for many years and during those years I had to increase my carbs.
They two you mentiomned even differ between themselves.
Standard ketogenic diet:
Overall, 70% of a person’s intake is fat, 20% is protein, and 10% is carbs.
Cyclical ketogenic diet:
There is a cycle of 5 low carb days and 2 high carb days.
I mentioned the Harris Benedict as it is the main source for many of the diets out there to include weigh watchers and nutrisystem. I am a former military trainer being schooled at
Cooper Institute in Dallas, TX in training and dietary. I trained military and civilian staff in exercise physiology, use of weight lifting and cardio machines, and recommended people for dietary couselling at medical facilities. From my experience the one size fits all weight loss idea is not consistent with the needs of the audience. And the two diets you mentioned are examples of over the top efforts to accomplish a goal using questionable processes in that they create a misnomer of what they are trying to accomplish. No one should make an effort to lose more than 5 to 10 pounds a minth. They didn’t put it all on the first month. And trying to cut back on the main source for energy is like cutting the octane to almost zero in an auto. It won’t run and could blow a cylinder. Same with a human.
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