Re:People Took Some Potassium and Lost Some Weight
by alwayslikethis on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @10:28PM
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Ketogenic or low carbohydrate diets greatly reduce the feeling of hunger and allows you to be burning fat directly most of the times. I assume this accounts for its effect on weight loss: even without counting calories directly, you are eating fewer calories.
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Re:People Took Some Potassium and Lost Some Weight
by scottlamb on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @11:22PM
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I've been doing low carb myself and think this makes sense. Less insulin spiking => more manageable hunger. It's not magic, though. If you're trying to lose significant weight, you still have to make peace with hunger. And low carb—particularly strict keto—can lead to accidental micro nutrient deficiencies, so I track nutrition anyway, even after reading my fitness goal.