[livius]

Fat is good, I’m small and thin, but I eat a lot of butter, high fat cheeses and , of course, bacon,

[real saxophonist]

Citalopram (Celexa) and bacon.

[Mercat]

I was on a Keto diet for several months. Lost lots of weight and broke out in a horrible rash all over my body. Still have some rash and gained the weight back. If your pregnant do NOT us this diet.

[tflabo]

I’m 61 and never have been overweight by more than 5 lbs ever. Just eat my balanced meals and include desserts too. if I overeat on one meal I cut back some on the next meal. Just never developed a habit of consistently overeating or being too sedentary. Works for me and its not too complicated.

[tiki]

A 40 year old with insulin-dependent type II Diabetes, nearly uncontrollable, went on the diet. She is now insulin-free. She was taking 2 diabetic medications and they just took her off of one of them.

[Husker24]

I tried it for about 3 weeks. I lost about 15 to 20lbs but was tired, irritable, and when it was finally time for a bm, it was like passing a Masonry block.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Thanks for posting. I’ve had digestive problems for decades and my daughter finally got me on an “elimination diet” on Dec 27 last year. Zero dairy and zero wheat foods together with very low carbs (which my doc has been recommending for years together with fermented vegetables - he walks the talk). Eggs and bacon for breakfast 2-3 days per week. Lots
of fresh fruit and vegetables. I have some rice and a slice of gluten free bread each day. Zero processed foods. Hardly any potatoes. A little white wine. It is close ketagenic.

As a lifelong lover of milk, cakes, pancakes, wonderful breads, sweet rolls and milk chocolate, this has been surprisingly easy to do. The benefits have been great so far. Pounds are coming off, stomach upset is gone, and sense of well-being improved with reduced anxiety, blood sugar is down and BP is down. Of course, retiring seven months ago helped a lot as does getting outdoors a LOT more and doing more things I enjoy. I’m headed home right now from four days wildlife watching in Northern California Wildlife Refuges (the 19th Snowgoose Festival in Chico, CA).

I’m very interested personally as to where I go with this. Would like to hear from others trying similar changes.

[Viking2002]

I'm Type Two (hereditary) and after I got laid up from some nasty infections, I ballooned up to 287. Got down to 266 on my own, then started on a low carb diet in June '17 with the help of my doctor. I've lost over 30 pounds since then. I had to buy new jeans in October because the old ones were sliding off my butt. Now these are, too. My A1C went from 9.2 to 6.0 in six months. My next goal is 225 when I see my oncologist in March. I actually don't miss all the starch and processed flour in my diet. Like my general practitioner said, you've got three sources of energy intake: protein, fat, and carbs. Cut the carbs, you body will start processing the fat for energy. Two rules: with a few exceptions, if it grows below the dirt, it's bad for you (potatoes and the like). If it grows above the dirt (exceptions like corn), it's good for you. Just this morning, I'd gone to church for the first time in several months, and my wife's relatives were commenting on how much weight I'd lost. Carbs are definitely the key.

What sucks about it all right now is that we have a grove of apples, peaches, and pears that are just now starting to fruit, and I can't touch any of it unless it's a nibble. We had a decent little crop of potatoes come in last fall after I started this diet, and all I could do is watch my wife eat them and feel jealous. *chuckle* It's all good, though. We're planting some crops this year that are conducive to a good diet. I make her suffer with me. LOL!

[peggybac]

Keto is great, so is low carb. The best I felt physically and mentally was when I ate meat only. Thanks for posting.

[Yaelle]

I keep track of my food intake and every day it is 50+% fat. Healthy fats from healthy animals or organic plants. Sometimes I might be in keto but I don’t care, don’t need keto. But I have proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that fat does not make you fat.

Healthy fat tastes good, fills you up, gives you pleasure. Don’t skimp. Just avoid processed carbs and most sugars and you will be fine.

[outofsalt]

ping for morning reading

[montag813]

the Medical Industrial Complex sentenced tens of millions to Alzheimers, Parkinsons, MS and dementia due to their disastrous recommendations — for nearly 40 years — that eggs, butter, coconuts, avocados and other “fats” and “cholesterols” were evil.

[castlebrew]

they had me at “bacon”

[redinIllinois]

Thanks for posting

[Island Girl]

Back in The Day, the first low carb book came out “Martinis and Whipped Cream”. Great title, someone should revisit that. Anyway, after two weeks of staring at broiled chicken my sister and I were ready to take each other out. Maybe if we’d been old enough for martinis it wouldn’t have been so tragic...

[kelly4c]

Booky marky ty

[PA Engineer]

Interesting. Have been LCHF for almost 14 years. A few slips along the way during the holidays. Went full keto last April and introduced cyclical fasting in September. Easily stuck to it during the holidays. I eat only in an eight hour window.

I use MCT powder (60% caprylic and 40% capric) in morning coffee for added ketones and improvement in gut microbiome. Quest MCTs have a nice creamy complimentary taste with coffee. No problems with constipation or regularity. MCTs have zero impact on insulin and convert rapidly to ketones in the liver. They suppress hunger and provide a nice wake up with coffee. I do not put butter (long chain fatty acid) in my coffee. That would break the cyclical fast.

I am down to college pants size. Just had to order up 32-32. Wife was commenting about my pants being too baggy. I have also noticed growth in lean muscle mass (muscle gain, not loss). I really have not begun serious training (swimming) again (yet).

Carbs are also under 20grams a day. No problem. I have no cravings and hunger. The regiment is easy to adapt to with the helps of MCT powder if anyone is thinking of it.

N=1

[huldah1776]

Bump4L8R

Love all the advice. I had epilepsy for 15 yrs because I didn’t eat. Found out about the diet and refuse to starve the brain. I also have low blood sugar and slow thyroid so that played a big part or was a result or not eating. Peanut butter stops the headache immediately but I love bacon.

[aquila48]

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