Re:Study: Low Carb Diet May Prevent, Reverse Age-Related Eff...
by dhimes on Friday March 06, 2020 @10:56AM
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I lack the energy to be effective when working out
I found that I cramped, also. Eating 1/2 apple immediately before working out seemed to do the trick.
Re:Study: Low Carb Diet May Prevent, Reverse Age-Related Eff...
by lanternslight on Friday March 06, 2020 @11:55AM
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How many calories are you eating, and what is your fat/protein ratio? A higher fat rate might get you the energy you seem to be lacking.
As much as I think keto and carnivore are lightyears past the average American's diet, I've found them difficult to maintain because they're very restrictive and I lack the energy to be effective when working out, which is common. Fasting in combination with a low carb diet, even one that incorporates things like berries, has been much more effective and easy to maintain in my experience. Combining macronutrition with eating frequency reduces the penalty of eating carbs or lots of protein by making it much easier to get back into ketosis. When you force your body to burn through its glycogen stores, and you give it no choice but to use your fat store, ketosis will come back in no time.
So you are definitely correct that fatty cuts are better, most of the time, but with fasting the protein to fat ratio almost becomes a non-issue.