Tue, Feb-06-24, 17:53
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Senior Member
Posts: 4,044
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Plan: Very LC, Higher Protein
Stats: 227/186/185
BF:
Progress: 98%
Location: Herndon, VA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by WereBear
I think of keto as simply being in ketosis, and I find I can vary my carb levels while still staying there in that state, burning fat for fuel. It's so good for my brain.
The power I feel with my decaf coffee with heavy cream and coconut oil is about running on fat. I keep my carb intake late in the day if I'm going to have some. And I get up fearsome early, so really don't get hungry until 7 AM or so. If anything, my version of bulletproof coffee wakes up only my brain, not my appetite.
But like so much else, keto is a good idea which fake foods and marketing ran into the ground. It does work! If we think of the science. Every system I try improves matters at this point, because I've come so far. It's maybe "luck" that classic keto works so well for me, but I'm still adjusting everything I come across.
It's also that the ketones in my brain makes my whole body run better. Care of my digestive system soothes this "second brain," and a big player in the immune system.
For instance, when I run out of the coconut wraps I use sushi wraps made of seaweed. They are great for salmon salad wraps, too. This is lots of micronutrient and a natural source of iodine. I sometimes feel like an Asian-Midwest fusion
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I wholeheartedly agree with you, WB. We adapt intelligently, so when I hear people marketing their ways-of-eating methods by claiming "keto lies," I'm disappointed, as I, too, have made it work. I am like many others who regularly benefit from producing endogenous ketones. I have reduced the fat component of my WOE to ensure I"m emphasizing protein and not fat energy, and guess what? Emphasizing protein and managing fat doesn't limit my ketone production because I do limit my carbs. As a low (not no) carber, if you consistently restrict your carbs, you experience no dynamic like the feared "kicking you out of ketosis" due to gluconeogenesis. Like you, Bob, and many, many others, I've found a way to be a healthy fat burner without over-consuming fat. I confirmed this a few years ago by verifying with a blood ketone meter. Despite all this, I still enjoy a cup of coffee with HWC every morning.
On a related note, I just listened to the following STEM Talk Podcast the other day with Mark Mattson. He starts by discussing Glutamate (topic of his new book), but his long discussion has many pearls of wisdom including the advantages bestowed on our brains from ketones, and how as we age, our metabolisms may lose efficiency at converting glucose to ATP, but not ketones, especially in the brain. Good stuff, hope you and others enjoy:
https://www.ihmc.us/stemtalk/episode-163/
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