Fat-fueled brain: unnatural or advantageous?

Re:Fat-fueled brain: unnatural or advantageous? by coldtea on Wednesday September 28, 2016 @11:44AM (#12598583)

I started 3 weeks ago, and have been losing weight steadily (10 pounds in 3 weeks), have no real appetite (can go for half a day without eating something, but force myself not too), and am more alert during the day at work, without the "sleepy" low period in the afternoon anymore.

I eat mostly what's allowed on "Atkins 2.0, stage 1", plus some small stuff that's not like watermelon). Scientifically the calorie intake is more important than the what (for losing weight), but this diet helped me reduce that too.

>Why stop? Bread is delicious and it make social eating event difficult / less engaging. You can take a meal off from the diet and be fine, but it's a slippery slope of will power.

Can try with some extra rules, like "only on weekends", "only when having dinner at friends house" and also limit it to specific "light" items, not full-on refined-sugary/starchy stuff.

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Re:Fat-fueled brain: unnatural or advantageous? by no_flags on Wednesday September 28, 2016 @12:08PM (#12598836)

> Scientifically the calorie intake is more important than the what (for losing weight)

This has been the assumption but there's reason to believe it might be more complicated than that. Gary Taubes addresses the subject here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKuDamgGkZQ

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Re:Fat-fueled brain: unnatural or advantageous? by epalmer on Wednesday September 28, 2016 @12:34PM (#12599049)

I've been on this diet for a little more than a year. I lost 35 lbs but have an appetite. I would love to lose 35 more.

My doctor says all evidence of pre-diabetes is gone. I used to get ear infections or bronchitis a few times a year. None since starting. She (my Dr.) says that is likely from the fact that keto dieters have less internal inflammation, though we have not measured that.

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