Fat-fueled brain: unnatural or advantageous?

Re:Fat-fueled brain: unnatural or advantageous? by serg_chernata on Wednesday September 28, 2016 @01:13PM (#12599424)

I went through about 2 months of pure keto earlier this year. Small disclaimer, I generally follow a "warrior" diet and intermittent fasting. I think keto gave me a similar "sharp" awareness and energy. For whatever reason, not eating, while difficult at first, provided me with even more energy and clarity in the same way keto did. Even though I continued doing fairly intense workouts 3 days a week.

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Re:Fat-fueled brain: unnatural or advantageous? by rudolf0 on Wednesday September 28, 2016 @02:19PM (#12599958)

I also get a lot of mental clarity and alertness after extended periods of not eating, followed by tiredness and fogginess after a meal. This might be one reason why I'm underweight.

Unfortunately, a keto diet isn't really an option for me (vegetarian, and allergic to many vegetarian protein sources).

I wonder what the underlying science behind it is.

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Re:Fat-fueled brain: unnatural or advantageous? by serg_chernata on Wednesday September 28, 2016 @03:47PM (#12600706)

Science behind keto? This article explains it pretty well.

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Re:Fat-fueled brain: unnatural or advantageous? by rudolf0 on Wednesday September 28, 2016 @04:46PM (#12601226)

No, the science behind feeling mental clarity after extended fasting.

Unfortunately, everything I could think to Google just returned a bunch of grandiose pseudoscience.

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Re:Fat-fueled brain: unnatural or advantageous? by serg_chernata on Thursday September 29, 2016 @07:50AM (#12604545)

Yeah I'm not a scientist either but I would equate this to the opposite of feeling sleepy after a big dish of pasta. Food does have a certain effect on the body especially if it's full of carbs. What I get out of fasting and keto is the opposite.

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Re:Fat-fueled brain: unnatural or advantageous? by antisocial on Wednesday September 28, 2016 @02:43PM (#12600163)

Can you please share your warrior diet experience? I am also on a warrior diet for the past 2-3 months (should have tracked better) and I like it so far. I am concerned about any long-term negative side effects.

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Re:Fat-fueled brain: unnatural or advantageous? by serg_chernata on Wednesday September 28, 2016 @03:46PM (#12600692)

I've never had any issues at all while on warrior diet. On the flip side, because I didn't do enough research, my first keto experience was rough.

IMO, warrior is like intermittent fasting. This is just me personally but I often use coffee to quiet down any feelings of hunger. Though for the most part once you get over the initial discomfort associated with diet change I don't even get hungry until evening hours.

With all of these, supplementing with vitamins is key. I don't think my body misses the calories but it probably does miss some vitamins so I would recommend taking a multivitamin even if every other day.

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