So just because they went back to their old ways of eating, after being on Keto, doesn’t make Keto the problem.
And Keto is not high protein, it’s high fat. I don’t believe a high-protein is healthy, and truly is not maintainable in the long run.
But based on what I’ve experience so far on Keto, there is no reason for me to believe that I could not keep this lifestyle for the rest of my life.
Good to see that we agree on something, and I admit then that I do not have much or any real understanding of the differences between Keto and Atkins type diets. The emphasis that I have heard from my pals has usually been on high protein and they just have not cared much about whether they were eating lean protein or protein with a lot of fat.
My concern however has been that they are obsessed with cutting out nearly all carbohydrates which I believe contributes to a lack of healthy variety in their diet. Everything we grow in our garden is a carbohydrate and I know that I feel better and have more energy when I have been eating fresh produce. I grew up with horses, cows, pigs, chickens, geese, goats, bunnies and just about every other farm animals you can think of. We usually knew the name of the animal we were eating.
I am not sure how that affects the mental health of a child, but it certainly is good when you know the exact ingredients of what you are eating. So many foods these days have a list of ingredients that are difficult to pronounce, let alone understand what they do inside of your body. I am not afraid of chemicals and know that many can be beneficial, but I am more comfortable reading ingredients like, apple, plum, carrot, chicken, beef, pork, radish, lettuce, corn, and wheat, or even, salt, sugar, and yeast, than Metatartaric acid, Magnesium diglutamate, and Ammonium ferric citrate.