[A_perfect_lady]

I’d been trying to cut down on carbs and to that end I ate 2 sausage burritos from McDonalds this morning for breakfast. After I finished the 2nd one, I started kind of... shaking a little, and my heart was racing. I thought “this feels like a sugar rush.” I just googled around and sure enough, there’s sugar in their egg mixture. If I’m going to avoid carbs, I’ll pretty much have to make all my own meals because you never know what restaurants are putting in the food.

[PA Engineer]

I began low carb 16 years ago. I finally went strictly Keto a little under two years ago.

It is interesting how much I've cut. My braking point was lunch meat. Angus beef off the bone. I was checking the carbs and there were two per serving. Why did they have to add sugar to it? The last time I checked they switched from sugar to corn sweetener.

Eating now is pretty simple. Unprocessed foods, no starch and no seed oils. Eight hour eating window and really only one major sit down meal a day. Snacks are cheese, nuts, sardines etc. I don't count calories.

The amazing thing is no cravings. It took sometime, however they're all gone. I've also been able to learn the difference between hunger and cravings.

On the standard American diet (SAD) recommended by "credentialed" health professionals, my triglycerides were 660. On Keto they are 50. The most important lipid predictor is not LDL but the ratio of triglycerides and HDL. Mine now is "one."

Findings are pretty conclusive with this simple ratio. If you can get it under two, A1C levels will fall into a healthy range.

Good luck with your diet. It is hard at first, however you'll feel much better and it will become easier as you go.