What The Keto Diet Actually Does To Your Body | The Human Body
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- The ketogenic diet, or keto, has become a popular way to lose weight. The high-fat, low-carb diet is a drastic change from the diet that the USDA recommends for Americans. It’s also a huge change for your body’s metabolism.
And while keto is proven to help you shed the pounds, the diet can come with some side effects, like the notorious keto flu.The high-fat, low-carb ketogenic diet, or keto for short, has become a popular way to lose weight. And while keto is proven to help you shed the pounds, it’s a huge change for your body’s metabolism and can come with some serious side effects.
Following is a transcript of the video:
Step aside Atkins. There’s a new fad diet in town.
The ketogenic diet, or keto for short. Celebrities like Halle Berry, Kourtney Kardashian, and Vanessa Hudgens all swear by it.
And if losing weight is your goal, keto works! It’s proven to help you shed pounds fast. But there’s more to this diet than meets the eye.Keto basically replaces carbs with fat. A typical keto diet looks like this: 70% fat, 25% protein, 5% carbohydrates. It’s a drastic change from the diet that the USDA recommends for Americans: Less than 30% fat, 20-35% protein, at least 50% carbs, and it’s a significant change for your body’s metabolism too. Usually, when you eat carbs, like a starchy potato, enzymes in your mouth, stomach, and small intestine break them into a form of sugar energy, called glucose, which your brain and body use for fuel.
So, when you skip out on carbs, the first couple of days you might experience some strong sugar cravings. Because your body is switching gears, from burning carbs to the only energy it has left: fat.
Once you’re burning fat regularly, you’ll start to see the pounds melt away. Depending on your weight, you might lose up to 3.5 pounds within the first week. As you burn more fat, levels of insulin - the fat-storing hormone - will drop significantly. This triggers your kidneys to release large amounts of sodium into the blood.
Which can actually lead to a common side effect known as the “keto flu.” Many keto dieters report symptoms like: Nausea, Headaches, Dizziness, Muscle cramps, and low energy levels.
But most of these symptoms will only occur within the first couple weeks of starting the diet.
After the first month, the scales will look better. But some of that lost weight isn’t actually fat. It’s water.
Because some of the carbs you’ve metabolized include glycogen, which retains water and therefore helps keep you hydrated. As a result, you’ll likely pee more, which will lower your sodium levels even more, leading to: Dehydration, Constipation or diarrhea, and bad breath.
Once you’re a couple months in you might hit the notorious keto plateau. It’s a common term in the keto community and refers to when people find it harder to continue losing weight. One study, for example, found that overweight people lost an average of 15 pounds in the first month. Another 11 pounds over the next two months. But after that, they saw no change in body weight - despite sticking to the keto diet.
At this point, many people quit keto. That’s why researchers often find it hard to study the long-term effects of the diet. But, as it turns out, there is one group that typically sticks to keto.
It’s unclear why, but keto has been proven to reduce the symptoms of epilepsy. And studies show that epileptic children who stay on very restricted keto diets for several years can suffer from: Kidney stones, High cholesterol, and bone fractures.
But a typical keto diet won’t be nearly as strict and if you do want to try keto, you should talk to a doctor first. In the meantime, go ahead and enjoy that bread and remember, the best diet is a balanced one of fat, protein, and - yes, even - carbs.
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What The Keto Diet Actually Does To Your Body | The Human Body
After a stroke, I began following a keto diet without realizing it. Now I am reversing my diabetic condition and my blood sugar and blood preasure is well under control. Keto saved my damned life!
This is one of the best comment on yt
@@BlGM5 the comment isn't even accurate, you can't reverse heart disease or diabetes, only make the symptoms go into remission and slow or stop progression of them. (On ANY diet, drug, or treatment)
Never mind it basically being impossible to "accidently" keep carbs 5% or less and protein 30% or less unintentionally for at least 2 weeks where you start to go into ketosis.
Best comment? It ain't even a helpful info, it is just a testimony with false info from a guy that was likely just low carb not even keto.
Nevermind the fast that once you control for weight loss keto doesn't make a (positive) difference for heart disease and diabetes...
@@josephwilliams1459 Dude I know people that are rev-ing type 2 diabetes rn and all that crap, if you think your claims are so true then try keto for yr self and see how you feel
If the Kardashians said it
It's the truth!
God bless your life.
I've been depressed since I was a child, tried every diet/lifestyle change out there. Went low carb and the depression melted within 3 weeks. I'm so sick of these people calling it a fad, I believe it saved me from inevitable suicide.
Your depression comes from the foods, it alters moods and constant dopamine to your brain from the sugar. take it as a high, when you’re done eating that high goes down and then you feel depressed. When on keto, dopamine has to be triggered in some other way shape or form. Let’s say you start exercising, that’s how it would start being realized leading to a more filling lifestyle and goal
Mate, if you have depression then go see a therapist, keto isn’t the solution
Your depression is your issue. You can’t just stick that to most normal people’s live styles. Low carb isn’t bad I do a lot of low carb meals but keto literally cuts it down to an unhealthy level. It’s too new of a fad to no the real long term effects off. When everyone did the fish oil craze I didn’t do because I don’t know what taking fish oil every day for 10 years could do to my gut and overall health. I know people have been eating meats, veggies plus carbs for as long as history has been recorded. So I’m gonna stick to that until more long term studies come around. The buggiest problem is over processed foods. Pre packaged meals with 20 ingredients. If you stick to mostly Natural foods and do everything in moderation more than likely you’re gonna be healthy and not gain weight.
I also suffer from depression and it's helped immensely.
Glad you found some benefits, though it was more likely because you cut down on sugar, and added some anti-inflammatory foods to your diet.
When a mainstream sources like this tell you something is bad it’s definitely good for you
People never said a word when I ate cookies, candy, and other junk food, but suddenly they are worried about my diet. Go figure!
They did but u didn't listen. Skill issue
I rarely ate any cookies or dessert but I always got accused of it and scolded for it. They assumed I must do that because I'm overweight. 😂
@@MobileDecay no matter what u do there are ppl who are gonna accuse u for it ,but still carbs are essential . you eating alot of the simple type of them ≠ carbs are bad . it means u don't know how to eat correctly. Keto isn't going to kill u yah but we don't know it's effect if u take it as a life style , so why make urself an experiment while u can just continue eating carbs but this time eat the complicated ones and eat them in the limit of ur daily calories, this is 100% safe for most normal ppl in comparison with the kito that it's effects on the long term is unknown
@@nohaalnazeer3740 Being fat and struggling to climb stairs isn't gonna help me any.
@@MobileDecay being fat is a skill issue of yours it's not carbs it's you eating like an elephant
In my research , the thing I learned the most never take nutrition advice from the government.
You really mean big-business. Because that's who runs the government.
@@lenblack1462 well... They pay the politicians to write the recommendations. So I guess yeah. Still, it's the government that puts them out in the name of "public health" which is such a joke!
The most dangerous words ever said: I'm from the govt, and I'm here to help.
@@jtnoodle Indeed!!
Because there are no long term randomized controlled trials!
Basically doing Keto and/or Carnivore for life is a bunch of N=1 Clinical Trials!
I've been eating low carb for years to control my symptoms of anxiety, ADHD and chronic fatigue. I've never felt better, it's like a miracle
I've been eating low carb since the 60's. I tried the Atkins Diet and lost 55 lbs. in 3 months. The Atkins Diet was a rebranding of the Air Force Diet used by the Air Force to help pilots to reduce and maintain their weight. To clear up the misinformation out there, you don't have to eat a ton of steak. I ate mostly baked chicken, baked fish, pot roast occasionally and all green vegetables like green beans, asparagus, cabbage and collard greens. No bread, pasta, potatoes, starchy vegetables like corn, peas, beans, etc. Dr. Atkins died of a heart attack. Maybe he didn't practice what he preached. He made a lot of money and possibly ate a lot of steak, maybe drank alcohol, mabe he smoked, I don't know. I was a teenager at the time. My mother didn't work, so we couldn't afford expensive food. I ate what my parents ate, but I skipped the corn, peans, beans, bread, etc. My father and I got into it a lot because he wanted me to eat more and eat everything. That's probably the reason I was 60 pounds overweight. I persevered. I never heard of keto then, that was 60 years ago, and I'm not sold on it now. I think low carb is a lifestyle. I've never bought anything the FDA recommended and I've always known that the recommended food pyramid is exactly opposite of what we should be eating. We have to be our own advocates. We have the most to gain by making educated decisions for ourselves.
It's amazing how quickly and effortlessly health improves by simply eliminating processed carbohydrates. It's also amazing how much effort has been spent convincing the public that processed carbohydrates are healthy.
That's because processed carbs like sugar are literally poison to our bodies.
I was watching an old ad for Bagel Bites from the 90's and they actually said those little pizza bagels are "wholesome". No wonder my generation grew up to need a low carb diet.
Who says anything processed is healthy? God yall will twist anything as an argument.
@@ALA516 what do you think bread and cereal are? Your doctors and government want you eating plenty of it, along with lots of GMO corn
@@ALA516 nixtamalization is the one instance that processing is better than raw.
Sugar had no stigma. Drink can be loaded with 20 or 30gs of sugar in addition to the carbs and no warnings of health issues are present, not even the obvious can cause cavities effect.
For type 2 diabetics like me, keto has been a godsend. Before keto, I was on up to 120 units of Lantus insulin a day, I was seriously overweight, and my kidney function was declining, putting me on a path to be on dialysis in 18 months. After going on keto, I lost weight so that 3 years later, I'm down 65 lbs, back to a weight I hadn't seen since my 20s (I'm 75). My blood sugar also fell and I started coming off insulin. Now I haven't been on insulin for 2 years and my last a1c was 5.6. My kidney numbers also improved, and I'm no longer in danger of going on dialysis. For me, carbs are like nicotine from smoking - they're extremely addictive, but deadly. I had to quit "cold turkey" and commit to not being tempted to eat them any more. Fortunately, my wife is an excellent cook, and makes delicious keto meals every day, so it isn't difficult to stay on this diet.
Sure lol get out of here with your BS like every comment on here haha
Get her to make a cookbook!!
@@waknart3559 I've tried. She's an instinctive cook who doesn't use recipes, so doesn't measure things, and doesn't want to be bothered. She's considered the best cook among our friends even though everything she does is keto. She specializes in international cuisine from quite a few countries/regions. I understand there are lots of keto recipes out there, so it certainly doesn't need to be restrictive.
@@nickjohnson811 lol she sounds like my type of chef, measuring takes the feeling out of cooking for me
How many grams of carbs are you eating. I started almost 2 weeks ago and feel nauseous
Been Keto two years, lost 140 lbs, off painkillers for my back, and no longer have hypertension... It is not a diet it is a way of life. I'm 67 years old...
Damn
"you losing only bodywater" ahaha yea 60kg of water
Motivating
Dont want to be an dush, but if you were 140 over the limit, any diet restricting calories would help you lose that. That doesnt make keto healthy.
Keto doesn't have any caloric restrictions. @@MichałManikowski-c3n
Yes, carbs are great!*
*In berries, broccoli, cauliflower, cucumber, peppers, bok choy, avocado, nuts, salad ... I love them!
Exactly. This is a lousy video.
Keto isn't about eliminating CARBS, but rather SUGAR.
Sugar is the enemy.
Eliminating processed foods is the most important. Using fresh ingredients might take a little longer to cook into a meal, but is so much healthier
That's the carbs I eat on keto
@@kentstallard6512 No, keto IS about eliminating carbs since the keto diet advocates for completely eliminating rice, pasta, bread, corn and potatoes. If you just wanted to eliminate refined sugar you could eliminate sugary drinks, candy and sweets and get 95% of the way there.
@@kentstallard6512 No, sugar is not the enemy. Overeating is the enemy.
I’m down 45lbs from 225lb from keto. I drink lots of water and salt all my foods. It’s been working great and I’ve never put on so much lean muscle
Whats your meal plan and your work outs? How long did it take to lose 45 pounds?
DefectiveSword I have been on and off keto since 2016. I always stop because of the keto flu. Now I told myself "NO MORE!!". Now I'm on my first week and I'm not giving up this time. I'm pass the flu now.
@@miguelrobb5719 i wonder what keto flu is?
Raul Emilian it's withdraw symptoms that makes you feel like you have a hangover. It's a horrible feeling
@@iwillrateyou9375 did you just go for two months all together or did you wait a week or something to do another month?
I started a week ago. The weight loss is nice (10 lbs. I know, mostly water). But the mental benefits are what keep me motivated to keep going!!!! My mind is clear. I have energy!! And my moods and energy levels are steady.
For anyone dealing with a sugar addiction this is an awesome way. It’s turning my life around. I usually give up after 2 days max, but this diet is very doable and it really does make you feel amazing.
Happy for you. Did you feel the mental benefits by day 7 or did it take longer?
@@ferasusifthe honey moon phase of going keto lasts between 2 to 3 weeks and then the hard part starts. The mental long game of fasting windows, consistent strength training, drinking enough water to combat sodium levels.
Doable is the right word. I'm a week in and it's one of the first diets I can see myself really sticking with for a long time.
It's the only diet that I' ve ever done longer than a week - to be exact, it's now almost 1 year. I now know it's not a "diet" but for me, it's a life style that I will be doing forever.
The water weight will show in the face though. Not a bad thing
As a 73 year old lady, it’s the best diet ever. I’ve lost 14lbs in 6 months and feel great since avoiding all the carbs. Wish I’d known about it 50 years ago!
That's exactly how I feel. I'm 59 and I wish I didn't grow up with all that low fat nonsense. My father-in-law still believes that stuff and stays away from butter. Turns out, butter is a good thing.
If you lost 141 pounds and think it's a good thing, it means you were morbidly obese before. I can only imagine what type of diet you had before keto to maintain morbid obesity. Did it contain up to 80% processed foods? If so, it's no wonder your health and weight drastically improved after going on a ketogenic diet. If you had gone on a dirty keto diet, nothing would've changed. Ask yourself, is not eating carbs actually what helped? Or was it eating a whole foods diet? Have you tried a whole foods high carb diet before? Because I guarantee, that would've worked as well, and is a much more sustainable diet.
If you avoid whole food carbs, you are harming your body. I imagine you ditched commercial bread and all your puddings and pastries and junk foods. That will make anyone healthier. I can promise if you go totally plant based, no oil, no processed food, your weight will drop off faster and the rest of your inflammation will improve dramatically. Long term, the keto diet will kill you faster.
@@maryeverett2266 They only lost 14 lbs, not 141.
Big pharma is real, and they didn't let you know that.
I’ve only had good results on keto. The worst thing that’s happened is the bad craving for carbs. My skin is bright and smooth. My eyes are brighter. My eye lashes and eyebrows are growing more. My energy levels are amazing! I have been waking up before 11am for the past month (which is huge. Considering I used to sleep in until 2pm -3pm. My depression is a lot better, I don’t feel down in the dumps all the time anymore. My periods are regular, nails are strong and healthy. Lost about 8lbs in the past month or so. It’s great.
This sounds really great! How have you been doing the last couple months, have you stayed on Keto? I'd be very grateful if you shared your experience since I'm also thinking about switching to Keto to reduce my depressive symptoms.
@@TheChurlishBoor Wow, thank you so much for this detailed answer! This is some really helpful information and it motivates me to try it out. Thanks for your efforts, I really appreciate it! :)
Been on keto for a year now and I have had nothing but good results. Each and every one of my blood markers have improved and are now at optimal to near optimal ranges. Yes I did lose weight faster in the beginning and the weight loss has slowed to a crawl. Which means that I lost weight faster when I was at 235 than I do now at 170. What I fail to see is how that equates to a bad diet.
That happens with any diet, it becomes harder to lose weight as you progress, problem is to stick to a very restrictive diet. The best diet is to eat less and move more
@@ricardocabrera8344 You are wrong!
@@ricardocabrera8344 not true. That's a common misconception based on the calorie theory which has been proven to be irrelevant for human nutrition
@@elpanderohabanero2915 why every keto man/women looks more powerful and helthier than vegan ? Please explani
@@time_lapse7907 Why mention vegan specifically? I didn't see that person mention veganism
I don't trust anyone who thinks the recommended diet 50% carbs is balanced.
Big fax
That’s definitely not balanced
I’m doing well when I have between 5 12% maximum potato’s and rice aren’t important even Less pasta or bananas
@@Sec_coach 👍🏽
50% carbs in your diet is insane unless you are a pro triatlon athlete
Look at Robert Atkins with his low carb Atkins diet.
He died at 72, he had history of high blood pressure, congestive heart failure and heart attack.
With his so-called "Low carb diet" he suffered from heart ailments
People who live the longest are in the blue zones, they don't eat keto, they eat a plant-based diet and live long lives without ailments.
9 months on keto and feeling energized, stopped my depression and anxiety medication. I didn't have much weight to shed but I have gained lean mass and dropped my fat percentage. Don't feel starved or limited. Love it
YuuyakeGunz
Let's keep this our secret.
Lettuce is double in price now :(
Keto crotch though....yuck. Is it worth it?
@@Making_Scammers_Wait This is a myth.
I think you should stop after 3 months
@@CatcherMorningstar Doctors say otherwise. You're dismissed.
Keto with Intermittent fasting is great.
No keto flu if you watch your electrolytes particularly potassium and magnesium.
I've gone from 335 to 205 in 16 months and feel great.
@Terry Whelan that’s fantastic, well done 👏👏👏
Terry Whelan where do u check those?
I got from 81 to 67 kilos with just fasting and skipping meals!
What about cholesterol levels.
@@cslewis1404 Cholesterol isn’t as bad as they tell you
I started keto in November of 2018 weighing around 500lbs and was already scheduled for gastric sleeve in April 2019. When April rolled around, I weighed around 420lbs. After the surgery I had ups and downs trying to get back on keto but was able to get back on it and right before the pandemic hit, I weighed around 330lbs. A couple months ago I weighed around 370lbs (pandemic hit me hard). I got back on keto since then and now I’m around 350lbs and my goal is to get under 300 by the end of the year. Keto is an invaluable tool for me when it comes to losing weight.
Keep going ! You will reach your goal :)
Good luck!
masive W
Have you hit any plateaus and what have you done to get over them?
keep that up mate, that's good weight loss, ups and downs are part of the process, even when you came off the rails you were still 130lb lighter than before you started,
I am a 15 year old dude who's been suffering from obesity, depression and diebetes for my entire life. In the first time of my life, I'm finally losing weight thanks to the Keto Diet! I've lost 50lb in 2 months.
Wow I know you feel awesome Congratulations
My granddaughter is trying but she has a hard time sticking to it I'm going to tell her how well you're doing She's 16 maybe it will help her to get healthy
Well done lad. Keep it up!
Good job man... Proud of you. I'm just starting, it's rough since I'm used to junk food and fountain drinks but I need it. I'm about 90lbs overweight. Hearing comments like yours motivates me.
Keep up the good work!
Amazing man..how are you getting on now?
First year I lost 140 lbs. still on keto and I got used to it. I love it my A1c is keep going down from 8.7 to 5.3. My doctor reduced my medication for diabetes. And I no longer take pills for my high blood pressure. I started to walk again got rid of my mobility wheelchair ♿️ and I started to drive car again after many years. I don’t use oxygen concentrator anymore. My foot swelling is long gone. Keto is the best thing that ever happened to me. Very happy and satisfied in Sacramento California 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
These are amazing results, great job! Keep it up!
quit your bullshit bro thats impossible
@@somethingkindawonderful3034 Thank you. 😎
WOW!!!! BRAVO!!! I swear by keto as well.
Before I began Keto (Now carnivore) I might have called you a liar. Government officials have helped make me believe once you have something, you don’t get rid of it.
Now I know better, having gone through my own “miracles”, I know you’re telling the truth. So, congratulations on getting your life back! A life deliberately taken from you through the food industry, via addictive foods and meds that treat the symptoms not the cause. So pleased to read your story.
It’s been a year, how are you now?
Former insulin dependent type 2 diabetic here. The FDA recommendation kept me on meds that still led to my demise. Because I could still expect amputations, blindness, etc. Keto took me off my meds and my vision improved. You want a group to carry your study. Get diabetics on keto, because the other diet options only benefits big pharma.
Exactly! My pre-diabetic symptoms left with the so-called balanced diet when I started keto.
Lol going to a website rather than consulting with a doctor is your first stupid mistake. Every doctor will always tell you to cut sugar intake if you suffer any kind of diabetes. 🤦♂️
@@Centrioless sugar are carbohydrates lol
@@Anna-tc6rz yes i knw abt that. I was just pointing out that on top of drugs, every doctor will always tell you to cut sugar/carbs intake. I swear, everyone here seem to think that every doctor is some kind of evil that only benefits big pharma.
Centrioless yet those same dr will tell you it’s okay to eat carbs and other things that spike your blood sugar.
The fact that at 0:51 USDA recommended food diet is even mentioned in this video makes this video untrustworthy and now I wonder if Science Insider no longer has the consumers interests at heart. The USDA recommended diet is the reason our country is in the health crisis we were in.
It's actually not. If you look at the data of what Americans actually eat compared to the guidelines then you see a huge discrepancy. What happened is that companies took the guidelines and made their products fit within them while still filling them with crap. This is how you get low-fat Oreos and everything else.
Amy - Are you seriously trying to say that eating 200g+ of Carbs, mostly from wheat/potato/corn/rice or some equivalent, is good for you? You do know that they used to say something like 6-11 servings of pure carbs while only 3-5 serving of vegetables? Don't even get me started on their baseless dairy recommendations. And that fats are in general bad, basically equating olive oil to hydrogenated oils? All the while, scientists were warning that it was unethical to recommended such things without proper scientific experiments? That is the USDA recommended food diet from the 80's. Cmon now.
@@natevanderw If you have a highly active lifestyle, yes.
@@natevanderw you have to remember some people will agree with any b.s. they're taught. We were taught that in school and that the only two reasons someone can be obese is not exercising or eating too many calories. The gov benefits if we die before we reach retirement
Nathan V
But that is really what usda recommend. This video is just a messenger. It is comparing keto diet against usda recommendation which is the food pyramid.
I’ve been keto for going on 8 years and I’m in the best shape of my life. I’ve lost right at 200 lbs and feel Amazing!
High fat, medium protein, low carb and low sugar is great
That's amazing! How do you prevent nutrient deficiency though? do you notice any negative side effects? Am a little scared to go longterm.
I did the Keto diet and intermittent fasting and it worked a charm! It's actually a really good diet.
Fasting is a good way to tell your body to hold onto more nutrients. Consistent diets work best.
I did that too and ended up crash craving, regaining my water weight, and gaining back 10+ pounds. While internment fasting is actually really good for you, keto is not sustainable long term. Even my doctor confirmed that it is something to be used sparingly. Instead I now have chosen to just have a healthy lifestyle and not worry about my carb intake. Instead, I just practice mindful eating. That's so far been more effective than keto for me. I also think with those who have eating disorders or binge eating disorders shouldn't follow the keto diet, and instead look to proper and mindful eating, learning which carbs are healthy carbs and which carbs will crash your diet.
I did any experiment where I did the keto diet with fast and without fast counting calories the one with fast sheds way more pound I think it's the fast component
MrPotato YT it was both. IF works well with keto because keto does well to suppress hunger. Once you’re doing Keto, then you fast, you are essentially only using fats as energy during the fast. Not carbs because there isn’t any present in your body. IF and Keto makes burning fat even faster
@@inthediamondsky hey you either didn't do it for long enough for your body to get used to less than 20g of carbs and using fat as fuel (about a week or two), or the biggest mistake normally is you're not eating enough fat. Normally people have very little of fat, in this case it needs to be at least 100g per day preferably more like 150-200g per day of fat (there are calculators online).
I've been on keto for one year now, always have energy and don't feel hungry. It's also much easier to fast on keto because of that if that's your thing!
3 years ago I was on 3 prescription drugs daily & another 3 OTC pills. Within 6 months of starting keto, I was drug free remain so to this day. I used to be sick several times a year. Pneumonia almost every year... eating keto, I haven't had so much as a cold or flu in 3 years. Nothing you could say will make me go back.... I'm truly healthy for the first time in my life.
Not healthy shut that clam
Congratulations
Keep it up 💪
Hi obrein
I have asthma, sinus, there is no medicine for this diseases it's always triggering in my body, i want to go with keto diet is it really helps you, while reading your comment u write u have flus after following ketto diet you are ok now
Please tell deeply your health conditions before and after
@@JOYOUS2003 There is an ignorant moron in every crowd. You're it.
@@Rajkumar-uu1iv *Keto
Any keto doctor worth his salt (hehe) will tell you to lower the fat once you have become fat adapted and restored insulin sensitivity. That will help overcome the weight loss plateau. That and the combination of keto and intermittent fasting.
The keto flu can be avoided with plenty of electrolytes like magnesium, potassium and especially salt.
Also retaining excess water is not the same as being hydrated.
Cyclical ketosis will further stave off any negativ side effects of prolonged ketosis.
Those epileptic kids were fed a ketogenic diet consisting of very low quality foods like refined vegetable oils. That’s why developed those symptoms.
And the term balanced diet is a meaningless expression designed to make people think they can eat whatever they want just as long as they eat something of everything.
If you still think that ketosis is dangerous, remember that breast-fed babies are in ketosis the whole time.
Stop trying to dissuade people from trying keto! It works!
Exactly. A lot of people don’t even adjust their caloric/fat intake after losing a significant amount of weight. Like wtf do you think will happen? Your body will need less calories to function from being lighter and healthier/more efficient, but you can keep eating the same amount of food and continue to lose weight?? 🙄
All that excess water = inflammation.
I wonder where all these Keto naysayers (who seem to think 50% carbs is “balanced”) think the early man got all these carbs they say we’re supposed to be eating??
Breastmilk is a balanced composition of fat, protein and carbohydrates. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/392766/
Ben Mühlbower, I’ve tried this with 3-4 times of intense exercise per week and lost 40lbs in 1.5 months...
Ariana Khan
In your other thread you basically regurgitated things from this very biased video as your evidence against the Keto diet. You cited a few doctor quotes. But mounting new evidence from better clinical trials is beginning to show otherwise. wheat(even whole)/sugar/alchohol/potatoes are not good for you). Your body can make glucose whenever it needs it.
This video is clearly biased. It is very clear this channel does not report actual science, just research from biased sources that are funded by people with agendas.
@@pleasedontlookforme8036 Keto has loads of green stuff. Broccoli, chard, collards, asparagus, avocados, tomatos etc. Do you think we just eat bacon and cheese? Lol
I've been on Keto with 19:5 Intermittent Fasting for three years. In the first ten months, I lost 103 pounds and reversed prediabetes. My recent A1C blood glucose test showed at 37 and is a really good place, while my HDL and LDL cholesterol levels were right on the money. I also got my joints back, as all of my inflammation has disappeared. BTW, Keto is not a fad diet - it's a lifestyle change and way of eating. Everyone should check out the links between sugar/carbs and cancer.
I don't trust anything a Kardashian swears by
I am a simple man. I see "kardashian" i block
that's why they added it. so you could become immediately distrusting of the diet before learning anything about it.
@@Peczhie are you also fat?
U r wise
@@chefy13 hes probably not.
Hahaha. I love KETO. It's a lifestyle!! It's about getting healthy and feeling good. I'm a type 1 diabetic and I'm so happy now that I don't need to inject insulin 5 times a day. I'm 21yrs old. And I wasn't overweight. But I stick to keto because I can now feel good.
Dude, that's amazing to hear!
So, no insulin at all as a T1D? 🤔
Yeah, I have type 1 diabetes as well. The doctors don’t seem to approve of the low carb thing but I do it anyway
I say as a vegetarian myself, our bodies are projected to eat high ammounts of meat, barks, seeds, leafs and fruits, carbohydrates are only bad for you because your body doesn't have a good working mechanism to handle sugar, isn't obvious? Keto might be a good treatment, but everything suggests that it has bad side effects
@@zaraiwzara oh yeah? Bad side effects? What, because you didn't get your minerals? Right...
Umm i do keto every beginning of the year and manage to lose about 30-35lbs in about 4 months. I experienced no side effects....my sleep was better and thinking was better too...once i am off it and go back to carbs and having sugar in my foods again....i get lethargic and lazy.
Also carbs makes me crave more carbs.
People hate on keto because they cant fathom the fact that they have to give up carbs....our body evolved by eating mostly fats and protein...once carbs were overproduced we started becoming obese.
Not necessarily true. In fact its entirely false.
Once we swapped from hunting and gathering to farming our bodies evolved to take carbs as well. This was because carbs were a readily available food source. Why do you think we produce insulin? It's so we can handle carbs.
We didn't really have an obesity epidemic until after the industrial revolution. What changed was the amount of exercise we got.
Our bodies can easily handle protein, carbs, and fats. But it's not evolved for a sedentary lifestyle
As for lathargy that's probably because you swapped to unhealthy processed food ;).
@@peacefulinvasion684 You'd be right if it wasn't for the fact that there's no such thing as a useful carbohydrate. It's filler calories and unfortunately our body requires more then just a fuel source in order to keep the body well maintained.
Also the way we handle insulin is to stick it in the bodys cells like the muscle or fat... Which then get bigger and bigger as your body becomes more resistent to insulin as it's constantly taking it in, drinking coffee, etc...
I can tell you now I'd been eating sandwiches and wraps for 10 years and... it's definitely had a negative effect on my health, I exercisded for a whole year but the weight only dropped so much, and it couldn't be from calorie intake alone because I was counting around the 2000 calorie mark RECCOMENDED for daily consumption of an adult male. Couple weeks on keto, weight's dropped, continued dropping and I now fit some old clothes I had grown out of.
You know, it might be a good idea to take a page from the rest of the animal kingdoms omnivores diets, because, if they can help it, they stick to fatty meats and vegetables >_>... Just cause we're human doesn't mean we're built for carbs, just dealing with them in certain quantities.
@@peacefulinvasion684 you're a hack and a liar.
George Washington she not
@Biobasher carbs are not really bad for you!! You should really study the importance of carbs. I’m not saying Keto is bad, not in the slightest (I have used keto to loose a lot of weight). Don’t just go look up articles on “why carbs are absolutely the worst and how they negatively affect the body”. Go open up a textbook find some scientific studies and get some knowledge on what carbs provide for the body and their importance. Why do you think all professional athletes eat carbs? Yes I said all, it is very very very hard to find professional athletes that used keto or little to none carb intake as their main dietary function. At best right now you sound like another person following a trend, don’t put misinformation out their just based off half-assed research because what you say really does affect the people in the real world. Thank you and have a good night.
The USDA recommendations have worked so well, I can't believe anyone would doubt them.
Yeah, so many people got fat like cattle. Works fine.
2:15 the bad breath actually results from your body making fat into chemicals called ketone bodies that can be shipped to the brain for energy since you're not getting enough glucose. This process creates small amounts of acetone that are exhaled and cause the bad smell.
talsola aceton actually IS a ketone body
Is that why my throat really soar when I don’t brush my teeth at night?
my Farther has the worst breath ever, it is so bad you cannot stand in front of him when he is talking to you, I now sit side on when talking to him, I wish he could do something about it, but when I ask him he just looks offended & sad.
@@moorshound3243 Too much sugar and refined carbs produces Candida causes really bad breath.
To cure Keto breath drink a glass of water with one freshly squeezed non waxed organic lemon add one tablespoon of Bragg’s apple cider vinegar
I'm experiencing the same positive results as a lot of people here on the keto diet. I normally eat meat daily so the biggest change was ramping up the veggies and nuts to replace the missing bread and sugary snacks. As I started feeling better I increased the intensity of exercise, and that is what stops you from hitting a plateau.
I found that eating a good portion during the meals curbed a lot of my snacking desires, the more time went on the more they faded away
meat is the healthiest nutrient we can eat. So, eat lots of fatty meat and less of the veggies.
Keto completely changed my life! I lost 33 pounds the first 2 months and whenever people who haven’t seen me in weeks see me again they always tell me I look thinner.
Im still a teenager and I couldn't convince my mom that keto is a good diet so I just fasted(drank a shit ton of water) and skipped meals and I managed to lose 14 kilos in the summer
@@sandsgrainofsand5320 it will harm you.
You people need to know that fasting is not the solution and just for the sake of looking good you are harming yourself.
@@akshatchobdar3038 fasting is the solution it reversed my insulin resistance I feel like you don’t know what you are talking about
@@akshatchobdar3038 Fasting is a great tool for fat loss, the problem is, most people don't know how to fast properly which can damage your health in the long run!
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I started keto with exercise 5 months ago and I never felt happier and lighter in my life! All of my lab tests turned normal!
I've been doing keto for 8 months down 85 lbs and feel amazing I'm 48. My blood pressure dropped alot I was prediabetic but no more. Eating mostly beef then lamb and pork. I'm not going back to carbs they were killing me just had blood work done and my doctor cant believe the positive results she thinks I'm joking about being keto. No more medication and even my testosterone went from 88 to 325 and i still have room to improve 25 lbs more to go maybe its not for everyone but I love it so many benefits for me I feel like I'm 20 again
Great, stick to it it worked for you
That's amazing and well done!
Lol the USDA recommended diet is a joke, it’s been proved to be factually incorrect. USDA is in the interest of the big companies who make all these carb garb. (I.E. obesity being the #1 health concern in the U.S.)
Small farmers make carbs not some big company LMAO. Big companies would be making fat sources too
Daniel A God damn those potato companies bribing politicians
Please cite sources for such big claims
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Whole carbs don't make you fat, the research only shows that they make you slim
Last year, my sister used Keto and exercise to get fit and lose 60 excess pounds. This helped reduce symptoms of her PCOS and Endometriosis. My grandma decided to also try keto and lost 35 lbs. They've both mostly stuck to it and kept the weight off. So I decided to start trying it. In 18 days, I have lost 15 lbs and I feel a lot less sluggish, more focused, and I can eat 3-4 small protein/fat rich meals per day without getting tired. I'm able to exercise more and feel more confident already. I would like to lose another 15-20 lbs, and then maintain that weight but recomp my body, lowering body fat % and increasing muscle mass.
15 lbs in 18 days is incredible! Congrats! I've lost 40 pounds so far with exercising and cutting back on my portions, but I've plateaued. I still have a high carb intake, but I'm hoping that cutting back on this will help me get rid of these final 50 pounds I've got left to drop.
@@Rose0004 Update, I've only lost another three pounds since my comment, which is fine, because I'm still getting leaner looking all the while, so I think this diet plus being more active is starting my recomping process for me. If I continue to lose slowly and get fit, I'll be ok with it.
@@Rose0004 reduce your carbs to 20g or under in a day for a few weeks and the weight will fall off
15 lbs in 18 days is way to much. You know nothing about nutrition, rapid weight loss is terrible because you lose a lot of muscle, become nutrient deficient and affect metabolism. Out of the 15lbs you lost, at most 7-8 were fat. The rest was muscle and water. If you want to become a stick, go for it. if you want to become even remotely athletic, keto is terrible. Go for a balanced high protein diet, not this keto bullshit.
@@stephsteph4503 the first 15lbs is mostly water, as carbs suck up water like no other. Keto will produce steady fat loss. Just keep going.
I am doing Keto because I had daily migraines for years that I could not control with medication or other life style changes like plenty of sleep , low stress, etc. I was on a super healthy diet but I was eating carbs. Keto is the only thing that gave me back my health, pain free finally.
I'm trying keto as well for my migraines. I read that it might help.
Ive been getting such an uptick in migraines I’m assuming because im perimenopausal…. Im desperate. Just started keto after Thanksgiving but i keep hearing it’s not a great diet for a woman my age. I’m 51
My friend and I started in the low 300's. He followed the food pyramid, I follow keto and intermittent fasting. I'm 238 and he's 360 with diabetes. I can only say it's worked for me.
So he ate over 60 pounds of food more than you in a year, checks out
@@rodiona8781 sugar makes you eat more
Here is a better way to attain a healthy weight. A whole food plant based diet is sustainable and has many other benefits besides attaining a healthy weight. Vegans have lower rates of ischemic heart disease, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and multiple types of cancer. That was the finding of the Adventist Studies. Those studies also found that the only dietary group studied with an average BMI in the recommended range was the vegan group.
Link to the Adventist Studies at my channel under "About."
@@burpie3258 losing weight is almost entirely based on calories in and calories out. Keto diet won't magically make you lose weight
@@lorenzobianchi3286 in theory it's this simple but we're talking about human biology here, metabolism, endocrine system, etc. Keto is way more advantageous to lose weight than simply counting calories
What I've found after years of trying different things is, it really is just about finding something that works for you. If it's keto or whatever, do what you have to do to get into better shape. After losing 40+ lbs it's super important to be in at least good enough shape to feel good about yourself. The confidence and positive feeling you get from looking and feeling good far outweighs the temptations of food, at least for me. If you're addicted to food you need to realize it and deal with it.
Find something that woks for you and get yourself into a body that you can feel good about. The sooner you do it the better you'll feel and it might just save your life.
I lost 75 lbs on it. Keto literally saved my life. If not for physical reasons, but for mental.
Woww ! glad to know :)
I’ve had the same experience! I’ve lost all the weight I wanted to but am sticking to the diet just for the mental health benefits.
@@thecarnivorept i’ve lost 92 now :)
@@ianbarber2937 that’s amazing! I’m very happy for you :)
Accepting Jesus as lord and Saviour exists because you become sealed with the Holy Spirit. That void you try to fill with drugs, sex, alcohol, etc, is the lack of that presence. I know because I spent a decade as an atheist trying to fill it. Your soul becomes saved, and you can feel that love and peace. You become held in God's hand, and it’s so true. When I died, I didn’t go down to hell. God was holding me up; that’s why I preach so much because I used to be suicidal, and I would have been in hell right now if I had done it. Also, God saved me and Jesus, the Holy Spirit, so I have them to thank for even breathing. Satan wanted to take me out because before I was saved, I was suicidal and depressed. After I accepted Jesus, it went away. I believe Satan is trying to harm you, and I’m like, hell no, I’m here to try to tell you what’s up. That sounds insane, but our reality is not the only one. There is a real battle for souls we can’t see
Been at keto for over 5 months now. Originally did so in order to stop my mother's descent into full blown diabetes and of course like everyone else lose weight, which we have!
Lost the weight pairing keto w/ calorie counting and fasting (OMAD). No more stomach pain. Turns out either it is all the potatoes I used to eat or starch entirely that was the cause. Large amounts of certain fibrous vegetables like asparagus, which I still enjoy in moderation, can also aggravate my intestines. Cleared up my sinuses as well! I haven't been able to breathe through my nose or stop the mucus flow down my throat since I could even remember, without antibiotic use anyway.
Mother's blood sugar is in the normal ranges and triglycerides have steeply fallen.
Not going to say everyone should be doing keto, but dammit the guidelines we were told to follow in the past got us nowhere! No one we knew gave a damn what we ate till we went keto, then suddenly we were "killing ourselves" ignoring entirely the way we ate prior. You can keto and eat plenty of vegetables! It doesn't have to be meat and cheese only! Fruit is even fine in low glycemic moderation. Drink more water each day then old me would in a month. Have more energy then I know what to do with some days. Hitting the gym and loving it!
Edit: The replies gave me quite the chuckle. Refuse to go vegan. I eat plants alongside my meat and some days I don't even consume meat. Dairy doesn't bother me as long as I stay away away from milk itself and that only gives me a light tummy ache. Quite enjoy my daily cup or two of almond milk instead! Only started eating cheese and butter again after jumping into Keto. All my intestinal issues have cleared up as long as I stay away from the listed above known aggravators. Even the keratosis pilaris on my arms is shrinking!
You might just have SIBO
@@loreskcanada8402 Thanks for the heads up. Never heard/read about SIBO before! I've just learned to accept certain foods don't get along well with me. I've recently begun to enjoy kimchi on the regular!
gut microbiome is probably greatly altered. which isn't necessarily a good thing. Also how are the cholesterol tests and blood pressure. A good diet lowers both.
Have you stopped dairy in a keto diet? Diary is main culprit for symptoms which you are mentioning. Also, think of the -FIBER, VITAMINS, MINERAL- which you are missing on a keto diet. Try vegan and see how you feel.
@@marley7659 I could gloat about the lowered blood pressure, but most would turn around and say, "That is because you lost the weight." If you read above you'd see the mention of lowered triglycerides (fat in the blood) and if you want numbers it went from 112 -> 71. HDL stayed the same in the good ranges. LDL of course went up, but that is to be expected losing weight as it is produced by your liver to help transport the fat out of the cell and back to the liver for energy processing. Once maintenance weight is hit it'll likely go down. My mother's doctor was impressed and even said to lower the statins. (Had her stop taking them entirely though as the side effects left her muscles hurting and thus prevented the ability to exercise. We both now are regular gym attendees. Safe roads and weather willing!)
Keto saved my life. Saved my mind and my body. This is not just a fad, and a growing body of medical research emphasizes the benefits of this lifestyle. Im looking forward to more and more research proving the efficacy of this diet.
High fat, medium protein, low carb and low sugar is great
Bingo, just as our ancestors consumed.
Exactly. But there's no money in it for the big corporations which is why it's getting attacked constantly.
There is no pharma that will do honest research on the Keto or Carnivore diet. Why should they? They have nothing to gain and every thing to lose.
I've been doing keto for a little over two months and I feel really good.
I tried plant based diets and higher carb diets and at some point I plateaued. It doesn't matter what diet you're on, your body will adjust and not shed weight as quickly as in those first couple of months. That's why any healthy eating plan should be long term or the rest of your life.
Keto has been great and I feel good. I've done a lot of research to make sure I'm doing it right, getting enough electrolytes, eating the right kinds of fat and making sure to eat the right veggies.
Recently I had some lab work done and all my results come back great except my LDL levels...which is to be expected so I'm not worried.
Personally, I think keto is great, it's not for everyone, but neither is a high carb diet either, especially for those who are over 50, like myself.
Always do your research and get with your doctor, but he/she will probably tell you to eat a higher carb diet, which, in the end will only hurt.
LDL almost always goes up on Keto because you are eating higher amounts of healthy fat...what matters is LDL pattern size, not total LDL...if you eat natural fats, your safe Pattern A LDL will go up, not the dangerous Pattern B LDL, which is perfectly OK...of course most doctors don't understand this and will try to prescribe you a statin drug to lower it...bad advice. Your LDL is fine...
Keto diet saved my LIFE. I got my period back after a year of extremely irregular periods. I haven’t had a single diabetic episode since going keto. I’ve never felt like this in my life - it reminds me of how I felt as a little kid. I reintroduced a little bit of carbs back into my diet and like CLOCK WORK MY DIABETES SYMPTOMS HIT ME LIKE A BRICK WALL.
Be careful, you might react even more to carbs after not having any. Your body does not know how to deal with that garbage. I noticed that once and since then, NO carbs for me. I eat mostly carnivore.
This video was brought to you by Jillian Michaels! I’m in my 4th month of keto 18/6 intermittent fasting and I’m in love with it. This video is super mis leading. I was at 300lbs now I’m at 260lbs. First two months are a struggle but once you rid your body of all that toxic toxic Sugar and carbs then boom the magic really happens.
I quit sugary soft drinks and lost 20 pounds alone doing that. Lost another 40 reducing carbs. Since I lift weights and row I need some carbs. But yeah Keto works.
@@user-or6yn8pm3c Yep. I started moderately by cutting sweet drinks with the exception of morning coffee with sugar and sometimes fruit juice for breakfast and I went low carb only on evening meals. Then I started leaving out bread for breakfast. After seeing an effect just days after on the scale (probably initially mostly water lost due to depleted glycogen), I went all in. Now I'm 3 weeks into proper low carb / keto and I'm about 14 pounds down.
The best part: zero Keto flu (maybe due to easing into it at first), no hunger and I still eat lots of stuff I like - I just replace the filler carbs like rice, noodles and potatoes etc with salads, non starchy veggies etc.
Never felt that much in control of my bodyweight. I wish I knew of Keto earlier.
Agree 💯%! 👍
Carbs constitute about 50% of the food in grocery stores. No wonder they want you to keep eating them.
@@debrah8110 I thought its more like 80 percent. Also refined carbs in the form of foods made from flour and processed sugar.
Keto was the only thing that helped me feel great and changed my perspective on food as fuel. I never had so much energy and so much less brain fog. It is not a fad, it helps people. Government studies benefit their pockets not the health of Americans. Look at who pays for the study.
EXACTLY!
Ask my doctor? The guy who doesn’t care about diets and is working on med school knowledge from 20 years ago. Yup. Good Advice.
Funny thing is it was my doctor who recommended it for insulin resistance and it actually works as seen on blood tests. He's a pretty reputable doctor tho and I'm not American. If I didn't fix my insulin resistance it was a road to diabetes just like my mother.
This is like "ask my doctor about vaccines? They're brainwashed by the big pharma."
time to change doctors lol. A lot of things have changed in 20 years.
I was talking to my doctor (surgeon actually) about my diet and she looked at me like I was crazy. These doctors aren't even educated on health, they just do their book work to get their degree in their field and that's it
@@ifergot vaccines =/= diet advice.
After a couple years on keto I couldn't be happier. 55 lbs came off quickly and maintaining my new weight has been effortless. Yes, keto flu is a real thing and I had it for two days at the beginning. At 70 years old, I'm a competitive athlete. Training and competing in a fasted state has worked incredibly effectively. Not saying it works for everyone, but for me it's been life changing.
I think a low-carb diet is fantastic for losing weight and preventing diabetes.
And getting a stroke.
@Yuusha-MOBA-GAMING So far you are lucky, or your low carb is is not very extreme.
@@johnsnow5264 yea no my father has been on a keto diet for 12 years
@@jaahuj Why, does it help for any diseases that he has?
@@johnsnow5264 i dont remember everything that he had but he atleast had asthma and that went away once he started keto. He had something else too but i cant remember right now
Keto flu is sugar abstinece. The real problem is the in and out, the yoyo dieting. Keto is not a diet, its a lifestyle.
Keto ia a diet created for sick children with really bad epilepsy. That's all.
Veronica G. That is true but the diet that is keto now and what it was created for children with epilepsy is slightly different. They have more protein in their diet while keto now has a lot more fat
It actually makes you more diabetic (ironic I know!) Keto increases risk of artery disease and cancer If you want to stay diabetic Keto is a good idea. ua-cam.com/video/CT8K6NcAigo/v-deo.html
@@TB1M1 yeah just listen to a guy "nutritionist and longevity researcher" comiting suicide because of leukemia complications at 69 years old....
@@Anaxarete He had Leukemia diagnosed in 1958 after a radiation scan. The diet kept him alive for nearly 30 more years!
Would be nice to see more studies done on long term effects, but I've been struggling to lose stubborn menopause weight gain following the USDA guidelines and only gained more weight. Since getting on KETO/IF I've lost most of the weight and have only 4 more lbs to get to my goal and premenopausal weight. Also, not all KETO diets go by 70% fat. I eat high protein, moderate fat and low carb. I don't count calories or fat, just carbs and keep them under 30 grams per day. I am steadily losing just over 1 lb a week and have never felt better. The USDA guidelines are not healthy and have only contributed to the increasing obesity and diabetes in our country. The USDA guidelines are heavily influenced by lobbyists for processed food companies that want us to keep eating their garbage.
The long term effects are that you get to keep your liver and kidneys and pancreas! There are more people in need of organ transplants than there are organs available! The keto/low carb diet is the natural diet of humans!
We know the long term results of non keto and low carb. Obesity, diabetes and cancer.
USDA guidelines always bothered me as a nutrition advice. It's department of agriculture after all, not health & medicine. They do it to promote food sales that help farmers (and themselves who are employed by the department).
I was always bothered that the "healthy" diet by amount seems to be in a perfect pyramid shape. Surely the natural amounts are more varied than that.
It sounds seriously hard to impossible to keep a normal weight in the US, outside of New York '-'. No transit, no public health molicies, car centric culture and no social enjoyment of meals does take its toll '-'. Good luck up there. Still, it wounds a bit insane to have to force yourself not to eat certain foods to lose weight on the long term '-'
long-term studies? how about this, until roughly 130 years ago, for all of human history, we rarely ate carbs or sugars and obesity/diabetes were some of the most rare health conditions the world over.
This is my third round of keto.
I started way back when it was called the Atkins diet (I suffered a long life of PCOS , had to take fertility drugs to have my first child, and I was never able to conceive again after that.)
Fast forward 19 years I decided to do the Atkins diet for three months. I promptly lost 30 pounds and got pregnant right away.
Then about four years ago, I did keto I had a goal of fitting into my wedding dress for our 20th wedding anniversary in July so I started in January. I ended up losing 56 pounds by May!! . (And I looked fabulous in my wedding dress by the way. Ha ha) -but this past year I’ve gone through a divorce and I’ve let myself go and I’ve been treating my body like a bag of assholes so it’s time to change.
I just did a 61 hour fast to kickstart and now I’m going back on the keto and intermittent fasting and my goal is to hit OMAD,
just as a sidenote I’ve spent some time reading the “eat right for your type” book and since I am “O” blood type the keto diet is exactly what my ancestors ate, so why wouldn’t it work for me. I deserve to be healthy and happy and pain-free. Here’s to 2023. !!
Good to hear you're taking action. I've always said "diet" is not temporary. Diet is how we live day in and day out. Put your mind in control. I wish you well.
@@miblvd431 someone want to spoil the end for this person?
@@scarofmars4567 how dare you
@@miblvd431 nobody makes it out of this alive my dude
I started the keto diet on Wednesday February 1st of this year. I'm at 260lbs when I should be at around 175. I was drinking a 44oz fountain drink every day and junk food. It's a rough transition, but I'm going to stick with it. Cheers to being healthy.
is that what people think. that all we eat is avocados and fried salmon?
Who are you?......
*yes, and egg*
We also eat rocks and chairs.
Everyone who wants people to stay away from Keto that is....or who follow people who are doing it wrong.
The food tastes delish!
About the Keto plateau. You can overcome it by introducing Intermittent Fasting into your life style.
The point of a Ketosis is forcing your body to burn fat reserves. While a Keto Diet will help at first, your body will eventually adapt to run on the fat you consume. Decreasing weight loss.
The key is making sure that your body keeps fuelling itself on fat reserves. And the answer is fasting 16 to 20 or so hours.
Your not eating less or starving yourself. You just get your fuels in one or two servings rather then 3 servings+snacks. Eat nothing for 16h minimum (not even a snack) and your body is forced to fuel itself on fat reserves.
Combining a Keto Diet and intermittent fasting is the key to success.
Here is my suggestion:
First start a Keto Diet only. This will be enough to deal with the first few pounds and your body will crave less food.
Then start eating only two generous Keto meal a day at 4 hours or less interval. Your body will quickly adapt to this.
Do this and there will be no plateau standing in the way of your perfect body.
jm somville Agreed. IF and keto are just a power house.
Intermittent fasting by itself can lead to weight loss. If a person is up to it, I'd suggest fasting to kickstart ketosis from the get go. I wish I had. Even blows pass the dreaded keto flu.
Did Keto and IF for a year and I think I'm going to move on to something else. Keto food is just dreadful and I miss my fruits. My weight loss plateaued and honestly, I don't think Keto actually will help me reach the real goal weight that I want to be. And the food tastes awful. Unless you're dying of diabetes, cancer or something else, I don't see how anyone could stick to this long term.
Agree 👍
@@waters129 Many people love keto foods. Bacon, avocados, cheeses and creams, crispy chicken skin, poached eggs with a creamy sauce over it, vegetable roasted in salted butter. A dream diet that is freeing because you are no longer a slave to frequent hunger pangs and lethargy after any meal. This is the type of diet humans evolved with. The food is not conventionally dreadful - anyone who hates fatty foods or loves carbs too much will of course hate the keto diet.
I started the ketogenic diet in April 2021 at 420lbs (also almost 7 feet tall). I lost about 25 lbs in the first month, but I also have been supplementing a quality multivitamin and extra vitamin d3 whilst dieting hard. My blood has been checked throughout and doctors have no concerns perfect levels of cholesterol, I’m currently 6 months in and down nearly 80lbs. I also never got any of the symptoms of the keto flu, thankfully, but it might also be helpful that I’m young, and I’m also consuming 5-6L of water a day, which albeit isn’t always fun, and I pee a lot, but I noticed if I’m short on water it’s super easy to feel the effects of dehydration, paired with a heavy dairy and meat diet. So I do what I can within the realm of what my body will allow me to do.
How are you drinking 5-6 liters of water a day
@@jacobbolle1376 I’m not really sure how to answer that, drinking 6L of water isn’t unattainable, it’s now been a year and I’m down 115lbs but I’m also doing a lazy keto instead of hardcore keto. I have a 1 gallon water bottle that I have actually finished a few times, but 5-6 litres is a normal day for me, 8L if I’m hot or working hard
Wow! That's awesome! How are you now?
Too much water will flush out your vitamins and minerals. Our body has this wonderful mechanism of letting us know when we need to drink water - thirst.
@@Gesundheit888 to be fair the vast majority of the water im drinking is in the afternoon, vitamins are taken fairly early in the morning. My blood has been tested regularly, my vitamin levels are well within target limits, only downside to the excess water is frequent urination and I haven’t had any acne for a fairly long time. It might not work for everyone but seems to working well for me.
50lbs lost in 4 months. If you try it make sure you do it correctly. Just avoid all processed foods, anything with a long ingredients list that comes in a packet, the fat you eat should be healthy fat like from avocadoes, eggs, grass fed beef, extra virgin olive oil. Up your intake of fermented food like kimchi, and supplement with fibre such as psyllium husk to make sure the food going through you slows down to absorb the nutrients. If you take these measures the inflammation in your body will disappear, your skin and hair will look great, your face will be less puffy people will say you look healthier, and the fat on your body will drop dramatically. Make sure you avoid all trans fats, and processed oils like canola oil, rapeseed oil, these are inflammatory, will trigger cortisol , then unwanted insulin release which can make you store the fat you eat. Eating the correct types of fat is criticial if you want success in this diet.
""Recommended for the American Diet" - Yea I will definitely take advice from recommendations of the fattest nation in the world.
America has fucked the health of 1/2 of the entire world, spreading soft drinks and seed oils globally. Horrible food culture.
Yeah, and people still don't realize, even though there's plenty of documentaries and evidence out there that big grain like Kelloggs and other cereal companies lobbied for the 3 meal a day mostly grain diet. The fact they used to actually play commercials on TV that said cinnamon toast crunch was healthy for kids in the 80s tells you enough.
@@elijahizere dude how tf Is that our fault, people buy and consume the products. That’s on them. Eating what you want in moderation isn’t horrible, people just take it to the extremes. America didn’t force Saudi Arabia to eat monstrous amounts of burgers lmao.
The USA isn't the fastest nation on earth though; it's about tenth.
It’s not even close to being the fattest nation of the world
Keto for 4.5 years. Going great!
Not epileptic. No bone fractures. Cheat with carbs 1x/week. Most important, haven't gained weight back
Great job. It looks like it's a sustainable lifestyle for you.
kavan andersen Cholesterol levels?
Jack Hagar probably awesome. Mine are. Carbs cause cholesterol problems. Not our natural diet (low carb high fat)
Li'l Al Where did you hear that carbs cause cholesterol problems?
@@SilverSixpence888 I know this is an old thread but Dr. Eric Berg talks about the cholesterol thing as his wife's numbers reflected a higher cholesterol. He goes though this and explains it all. It is not what people may think (automatically bad) as he explains, it is not. He tells us step by step why this happens, why not to freak out and what to do about it.
I went from a size 38 to 30. No plateau here. And high cholesterol doesn’t mean bad vascular health or heart health. People with familial (or genetic) hypercholesterolemia don’t experience any variance in heart disease when compared to those born with conventional cholesterol levels. The problem is high triglycerides, high LDL-P, and low HDL, which are not problems people get on a proper Ketogenic diet. Plus, long term clinical studies (3-year), has shown an average net loss of 250 calories per day merely by switching from a high carbohydrate intake to a high fat intake. We also need to make sure the types of fat we are getting are good, like grass-fed meats, pasture-raised eggs, and organic avocado and coconut oils.
And a good keto dieter will know that many good veggies are encouraged on the ketogenic diet, as well as healthy fasting for autophagy. Do your research, people.
When you do plateau, you’ll probably be at your ideal weight for you.
I dropped 52 pounds quickly and effortlessly with keto. My skin cleared up, my PMS and ADHD are gone, my memory and concentration have improved, I sleep about one hour less a night but feel more rested, but best of all I no longer feel anxiety around food. I'm never going back to my old life.
I wonder if it would have been harder for you if you were over 30 lol.
@@joecamel6835 I’m turning 42 in a few days….
Can you tell me what your diet was and Whether your worked out if so how long?
@@Enhafun I did very high fat keto, about an 80/15/5 ratio of calories from fat/protein/carbs.
I didn’t do much exercise, just some very leisurely walking and a dance class once a week. Now I still walk every day and take two dance classes a week. :)
@@juliesaadwellness ohh that's great! Thanks for telling
I have been using HyperKeto for around 4 months now. I'm happy with the product, but I'm not sure if it's for me. For one, I don't know how much of a difference this is making in my weight loss and I am still struggling with my diet, so it might just be a waste of money.
Keto doesn't come in a pill, plan, or potion. Just cut the carbs.
How's it going now?
The USDA (dept of Agriculture) also made the food pyramid recommending 6 to 10 servings of grains a day ! "Buy our crap "
Wake up !
I had a very poor diet to begin, wanted to lose 15 lbs, tried Keto. Lost 1-2 pounds per day, and noticed a drastic increase in my energy levels (after the first week was done). No hunger ever again, no cravings, and constant high energy levels. Once I hit my target weight I stopped keto. I noticed a decrease in my cholesterol and blood pressure on Keto, even with eating higher cholesterol in my diet.
Don't ever stop Keto way of eating! it's so easy to manage the weight. It's a lifestyle that works for everyone.
1.5 years ago I started keto because my health was horrible. I was overweight at 190 lbs, I had stage 3 hypertension (Extremely high blood pressure), and I was becoming insulin resistant and fast becoming a diabetic. My doctor told me if I didn't change something fast I would suffer the consequences sooner or later. My doctor recommended that I start taking blood pressure medication, exercise, and eat a "healthy" diet. I knew blood pressure medication had horrible side effects, I didn't like excessive exercise, and these so called "healthy diets" are always changing with every new study.
After doing my own research I discovered the keto lifestyle, intermittent fasting, and how carbs are destroying my organs. I immediately went on Keto and started intermittent fasting, eating only 1 healthy meal a day. After 1.5 years here are my results: My weight dropped from 190 pounds to 142 pounds. My Blood pressure went from stage three hypertension of 185/115 to normal 121/80. I no longer have insulin resistance, my body feels great and my mind feels sharper and more youthful than ever. My family and friends are shocked at how much I've changed and they ask me what special diet I was following. I tell them, it's called Keto and it works like this: stop poisoning your body with carbs and your body will heal on it's own.
Almost exactly my experience 5.5 yrs ago. Still at 140 lbs. Keto is easily sustainable.
Keto doesn't disallow Carbs, it still allows the veggies carbs which are the good and nutritional carbs packed with fiber
I’m subscribed to a channel ‘What I’ve Learned’ and it has many science based videos about the keto diet and its benefits. I’ve not tried the diet myself but it sounds very intriguing. One of the last videos was about keto and Alzheimer’s. When the body transfers from carbs to ketones - the brain changes from glucose to another type of nutrition too, and it helps with Alzheimer’s.
Big part of why I started keto was to try to avoid Alzheimer's. (Common among my family) And I've never felt better. "What I've learned" is really good info.
subscribed there too, facts and science based explanation unlike this shit video. Btw, lost 121 lbs, blood sugar normalized and B.P. is very okay because of Keto
Alzheimer's and dementia runs on both sides of my family. My grandfather just passed away from the disease. For most of his life, he was put on statins to lower his cholesterol. I wonder that if Ancel Keys didn't demonize saturated fat in the 1950s, how many more lives like my grandfather could've been saved. My father and I have made it our lifestyle goal to eat this way and exercise so that we hopefully don't go through what he did. Speaking from experience, low carb has cured my insomnia, eliminated my sugar cravings, improved my mood and energy levels, all while eating things I enjoy and are natural. Everybody should try the diet for at least a month to see the benefits.
Also, I'm a university student trying to spread the word to other students who don't believe me, a shame really.
@@LahvUs ""What I've learned" is really good info."
Realy BAD. Bad research. Totally biased. That channel is an embarrassment. Have you not watched the response videos?
@@GaryHighFruit Spotted the carb trog
There are essential aminoacids and fats, there's not a single essential carb
Nothing is essential, people.can eat anything and live to reproductive age
@@Dan16673 Ehmm... In fact there are essential aminoacids and lipids... And you can't live without them, literally
@@ignacioandresadasme8553 nope. Human can survive on horrific diets till age of reproduction. What your referring is for potential optimal health
Well you don't technically need gas to build a car and you could probably make it run it by burning the tyres or something but that doesn't mean it isn't useful to put gas in your car.
@@92Pyromaniac You need gas to run it, carbs can do the trick with long term problems, but there are a lot better fuels
Got a Mini Wheats commercial immediately after this
Anyway, keto is awesome. I lost 21 pounds in three months and have never felt better. Even my hair is growing back which is something I gave up on some time ago. Try it folks
Worked for me. At 360 lbs when I finally was dx diabetic and already hypertensive, I started keto. My sugars were stabilized immediately. Within a year I dropped 100 lbs and no longer needed anti hypertensives. Also, joint pain gone, pulmonary function radically improved, gum disease resolved, skin tags falling off. I’m an RN and I’ve seldom see a patient turn around like this. 9 months now on low carb instead of strict keto, continuing to improve health, great labs, no meds.
Keto is fabulous.
Needed to lose ten pounds to be at my goal weight, so tried keto. Honestly, never thought it would work for me. I was taught to stay away from fat. I lost eight pounds in the first month, but started to miss fruits. Went back to eating regular, healthy foods with carbs and gained it all back in two weeks. My body swelled all over and quickly. I am back on keto now to stay. It works for me.
Same here I lost 5 kg in one month easily
At first you need to really stick to very low carb, then after about 3 months you can incorporate a few more carbs. But the reality long term you have to find a balance that works for you, yet still low carb.
A friend of mine started with keto and did very low carb for 3 months, then he now eats keto Monday through Friday and he eats normal on Saturday and Sunday.
That was water weight you lost.
You can still eat berries but you can't eat a lot of fruit you can have an apple once in awhile you can't do it everyday
I'm not on a keto diet, but i don't eat processed grains and sugar, and i'm pretty sure that that's the key. Don't eat garbige with no nutritional value and you'll feel great.
What you describe is compatible with a WFPB diet. A whole food plant based diet is sustainable and has many other benefits besides attaining a healthy weight. Vegans have lower rates of ischemic heart disease, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and multiple types of cancer. That was the finding of the Adventist Studies. Those studies also found that the only dietary group studied with an average BMI in the recommended range was the vegan group.
Link to the Adventist Studies at my channel under "About."
I grew up around my grandparents a lot. My grandfather had type 2 diabetes and my Grandmother, the warrior saint that she is, kept him on a very strict diet that wouldn’t spike his blood sugar. I remember him eating lots of cheese, meats, high fiber foods, eggs. Years later I realize my grandfather basically eats a ketogenic diet, and only takes insulin when he eats above his carb threshold (I’m not sure what it is but he goes in for regular check ups and blood checks, he isn’t mismanaging his diabetes). I think grains just cause a lot of inflammation to our bodies along with disruption to our endocrinology. It’s SUCKS BECAUSE BREAD IS SO YUMMY!!!! But being healthy is much more important than bread. Plus you still get to have a lot of yummy fat foods!!!( obviously non processed ones haha)
Go watch reverse type 2 with sugar and carbs , you’re welcome
@@Innerlight320 another hit and the sequel to how to put out fire with gasoline.
@@vanko325 fat burns better than sugar , type 2 the result of high fat diet
Don't care, I'll still eat bread and carbs.
@@alessandroofthemediterranean
Which is fine if you are not insulin resistent.
Some really nice dishes consist of carbs.
By following these methods, I have already lost 32 pounds since January 27, 2020 ... starting with 270. Leto is not just a diet, for me it is a life-saving lifestyle! I'm going for the next 30 pounds!
If most everyone goes keto the US medical industry and pharmaceutical industry will be out of business
Kyle D
I stopped all their drugs
Thank goodness
Keto can cause serious health implications in the long run like coronary illnesses, increased risk of cancers, type 2 diabetes, reduced testosterone levels and much more
Vegan4ever depends what you eat. If you eat lots of bacon and eggs then sure. If you have a bit of smoked salmon, avocado and olive oil with salad, it’s very healthy.
@@Rationality4Life None of that is true. You are a vegan cultist, who is likely suffering adverse health effects, and deficiencies due to your religious adherence to veganism. Stop spreading bullshit.
@@davidg7583 I'm doing better than ever. Been vegan for 5 years and recently got my nutrient levels checked. I'm not deficient in anything. As long as you eat a balanced whole foods vegan diet, you shouldn't be deficient. Veganism is also not a cult. It's about doing as reasonably less harm as possible to the environment and the animals and a keto diet does the complete opposite of that. I also support cultured/lab meat. I'm not extreme, I just want to reduce my environmental footprint and contribution to needless suffering and I do that through my actions.
I've lost 107 lbs. Keto saved my life. Keto isn't a fad diet, keto is a proper human diet.
I’ve been doing keto for a long time now and my number #1 tip is ALWAYS have a sugar free powerade or gatorade (gatorade has a couple carbs in the zero version but whatever) on hand. If you get weak feeling because you forgot to hydrate they will get you feeling well quickly.
Thanks!
hell yeah, or sugar free electrolyte powder added into water
helps for me working outside all summer
I take a salt tablet daily along with potassium and other vitamins.
Yes, there really is more to the keto diet "than meets the eye" - aside from losing weight:
My IBS is gone
My constipation is gone
My snoring is gone
My lethargy is gone
My bloating is gone
My insulin resistance is gone
My inflammation isn't gone but greatly reduced
Keto is about so much more than just weight loss, so it's important not to think of it as a "fad diet", but rather a permanent dietary change. Then, even when the weight loss inevitably slows down, you will continue to understand and appreciate the benefits of keto.
Science Insider can make ANYTHING look bad
I've been on the keto diet for over a year and a half and I don't see myself getting off of it anytime soon. I was working a ton of hours, skipping the gym and exercise and my weight didn't change. Whereas normally I'd gain weight. I love it.
I’ve only been on the diet for 2 weeks and down 10 lbs. I’m so surprised it works. Feel good, full, and have more energy for exercise.
This video was recommended. I've got epilepsy and have being eating ketogenic since I was 12 I'm now 42 and perfectly fine my seizures still happen but not as often as they would I'd I ate carbohydrates. I don't use it for weight loss. I eat enough to maintain my weight. This is not a diet. This is a lifestyle.
Michael Russell Awesome! I’m so glad your health is managed.
Try lions mane and nAC 💗
As an adult with epilepsy I tried my version of keto, an introductory course to my body if you will. It was good, I did 3 months and was happy. I wasn’t strict on the diet but was actually more aware and concerned with what I was eating. The sugar intake, water levels, how it would fuel me for the day and read nitro on labels. I tried alternatives for breads, pastas and found things I use regularly instead of the usual high carb/sugar stuff. What helped me the most was protein drinks/smoothies. I like Ka’Chava.
Keto is not a fad. It's been used as a proven therapy since the early 1900s.
Nice cherry picking there too bad you can't eat cherries on a keto diet.
For epeleptics, not healthy people.
It’s been around for several hundred thousand years.
For epileptic children. And many had to be taken off cos they got very ill from keto diet. Also ll parents had to sign that they know all the dangers that keto cuases and that they still want their children to do the diet. These children had their blood tasted three times a day! You have no clue about reseach and biology i see.
@@SilverSixpence888 so was the bleeding of sick people. Whats your point?
38 year old, healthy all my life, tried keto for hell of it. 6 weeks in now. Never felt and looked better. Even my voice changed and I've never felt so calm.
I started keto May 1, 2019, proud to say, it’s been a lifestyle now for 4 years Thank you Dr. Eric Berg for teaching me about the Ketogenic Plan
USDA because the US never lied to anyone ever
It’s the best decision I’ve made, never eating cooking oil and processed starches and sugars again, it amazes me how good I feel now, how many health issues had been reduced or completely healed and generally I feel and look better.
I did keto for approximately 12 months. Lost 120lbs from 360. After 12 months I hit the keto plateau. I took a pause from keto but now i'm back on keto. Hoping for the best.
Very little science here
There's barely any science as to what a keto diet does to your health long term. All that saturated fat and cholesterol is going to clog your arteries for sure. Not worth it. Just eat a (well studied) whole food plant-based diet, lose weight and live longer instead.
Sanne that’s not true at all,the Keto diet boosts your HDL levels which in turn helps prevents your LDL fats from oxidizing and clogging your arteries and the fact that Ketosis is when you’re using fat as your primary source of energy , you’d be burning up the fat youre eating.
Actually keto is more scientific than you think. And it works
@@amir-lp2mx Sources? lol. It only works for weightloss.
@@amir-lp2mx The evidence only strongly supports it for juvenile epilepsy, weakly for adult epilepsy, and downhill from there for everything else.
I started keto (I prefer to call it low carb) already 3 months ago, I eat no carbs at all but a lot of vegetables and salads (65% of my plate) with moderated protein (20% of my plate) and fill the rest with healthy fats (~15% of my plate). I never had sugar craving, I never experienced anything from what this video says except one thing which is low level of salt which led to my blood pressure to drope which led to my heart freq. to rise which I could easily fix by adding extra salt to my meals. I never had nausea, nor low energy. In fact I am a professional triathlete and I train around 14 hours a week of intensive swimming, running, biking and fitness workouts (this week i fasted for 2 days of no food, i had an intensive running training and short after it I had to do 1 hour 15 minutes workout and i didnt eat until next day afternoon because i didnt really feel hungry until then) , I am also a biomedical student and currently doing research about the right balanced healthy diet. I find this video very discriminatory because it is only showing every single side effect ever happened to people who switched to keto diet and started keto diet without the proper knowledge without showing the good side effects of keto which are scientifically proved good side effects. I find this video so ridiculous recommending the USDA recommendations which is based on lobbied science, also the logic in this video is so ridiculous he is basically saying something like "ok guys if you gonna live your life here is what will happen to you, you will get in an airplane crash, your house will be robbed, you will cross the road and get hit by a car, you will get cancer..etc" just because it happened to someone does not necessary mean it will happen to you, the question should be - am i doing it right? that's why i am doing my research about healthy balanced diet because there are so many counterparts in science and scientists with mistaking logic. I will start a youtube channel once my research is ready and published but i can already share my advice out of what i already know, healthy diet = No no to any processed food this includes food out of cans and sweets = no no to any food with added sugar = everything (vegetables) that can be eaten fresh should be eaten fresh or slightly heated = if you want to eat carbs then eat starchy vegetables which means no bread, no pasta, no white rice because these are processed = dont eat if you are not hungry = fasting (not eating for a day or 2) can boost your metabolism and it is very healthy!! many research done about fasting, ultra athletes fast so why don't you? If you would like to read my scientific article or watch me explaining things about diet on video's, although i dont have any content yet you can subscribe already or save my profile link and check my channel later when I start it.)
Vegetables are carbs …They’re just healthier than breads or starches
"I eat no carbs, just vegetables"
Lord, give me strength
@@Starfish2145 u r right
@@dylanwilliams7868 god does not exist
Add intermittent fasting to keto diet and voilá.
Bruh i did that for 3 to 4 days straight and lost 4 kgs
@@amankumar-fr7no fr? How long did you fast for?
@@ohaze_ i fasted for like 20 hours a day and ate only in the morning, like a breakfast and a early brunch thats it, and try to eat Protein and at least some fiber like spouts and workout out at night before going to sleep
Its my 7th day today and i now lost like 6 kgs
@@amankumar-fr7no lost 4kg of water, you mean
@@andrepegoraro first of all its 4 litres of water, not kgs
secondly i drink about 3 litres of water a day,
And lastly if you can't even read and interpret english properly (and don't even know the metric system apparently) then go back to grade school.
I lost 43lbs in 2& a half months doing keto and fasting. I’m drinking lots of water and break the diet 4times a month. Notably on sundays. It just worked well for me.
Yup. In 3 weeks on keto, I lost 19lb - with no cheat days / breaking. It's really effective for some people - I don't get all the hate in the comments tbh. It's an effective diet / lifestyle (obviously not for everyone, but still?
Yep I’ve been doing the keto/low carb diet.. I stay on it like a month or over a month then I go off for a few days and go back on .. it tricks your body into losing more weight.. that’s how I like doing.. and it works.. 😊
I have been living a ketogenic lifestyle for about half a year now and at first I was not happy with the results. I was always feeling tired, it turned out that I was eating the wrong things. By following mealplans (in my case DynamicKeto) I started to to understand what I needed to eat. The thing that currently really gets me going is that my hair started to look better to!
What things were you eating that were wrong? Having the same issue.
"Go ahead, get that high fructose corn syrup Mr. Tingle toes.
Who needs feet anyway?
Nah, you’re right. Keto is crap. The 95 pounds I’ve lost and the fact that I’m no longer depressed or need to take medications for blood pressure, gout, or gastric reflux-all must be a figment of my imagination. I’m also hallucinating about dropping my BMI from 43 to 29 in just over a year. Never mind the 20+ inches of belly fat I’ve lost. Keto is terrible, because this channel said so.
I mean, losing weight is really just calories in calories out. You can eat a ketogenic diet at a surplus and see if it still works lol
The important thing is how your body feels than it looks, you need to balance the sugar, protien, carb, magnessium, potassium, dont starve yourself eat right!
Keto has been the most successful diet I've ever done. I lost 140lbs on it four years ago. I gained some of it back when the pandemic began, but It took a full two years for me to gain 50lbs after I stopped the diet. I think a key thing is that when I started eating carbs again, I decided against consuming sugared beverages. Otherwise, I think that my weight would have shot right back up to 300lbs!
All diets essentially boil down to the same thing - caloric deficit. Whether it's keto or something else, if you burn more calories than you consume, you will lose weight. This is true no matter which diet you choose. You might it find it easier to stick to keto than some other diet and this is fine, use whatever works for you, but you could have lost the same amount of weight by simply counting calories (many apps exist that make it pretty easy to do) and eating anything you want as long as you don't go over the daily limit.
@@nexxogen Indeed indeed. Being on keto made the food cravings less intense, but at the end of the day, it's a low calorie diet that I lost weight on. I personally would not have been able to cut the calories on a standard diet because the hunger gets me. But being low-carb allows me to do intermittent fasting several times a week, which is super helpful in creating that calorie deficit.
@@jmlloyd521 Interesting how that works, I'm the polar opposite of that. My cravings got a lot worse every time I tried a low carb diet and when I tried intermittent fasting for a month I didn't lose any weight and was constantly hungry. Everyone works differently.
@@nexxogen Wrong. You don't understand the science of ketosis. When in ketosis, your body does not have the ability to store fat. Did you get that? Read it again. Your body does not have the ability to store fat. If you are in nutritional ketosis (which is the goal of the keto diet), you are using ketones for energy and your insulin levels are very low. Without insulin, the body does not have a mechanism for storing fat. You can eat all the calories and fat you want but you will not gain weight or store fat. In the first Atkins book, he devotes an entire chapter to this subject. While it is true that people in ketosis have less of an appetite and this facilitates weight loss, that is not the determining factor in their weight loss. It is the fact they are in ketosis. People in ketosis should not count calories or care about them.
I lost 60 pounds on Atkins and have been in ketosis for over ten years. Very happy, satiated, and I no longer take cholesterol meds. I had to argue with my doctor in the beginning but now he never mentions it to me other than, "Keep doing what you're doing." The medical community needs to get their 'stuff' together if they want to be credible again.
@tomdavis3125 Sorry, but that is the most pseudoscientific nonsense I've ever heard. You ABSOLUTELY can and DO store fat when in ketosis. In fact, you store MORE fat that way, but you also burn more fat, which is what happens on EVERY high fat low carb diet, and it all boils down to energy balance in the end, which is what every research that ever compared diets has ultimately concluded. And btw, if you spent only 10 seconds researching, you'd know that your body indeed CAN store fat without insulin. And it does so through a protein called ASP.
What do you think your body is? An oven that just burns all of that excess energy and turns it into heat? You do understand that the excess has to go somewhere, right? You can only burn so much during the day, so if you have excess, it will be stored in the adipose tissue, of course! What else would happen to it? Energy can not be destroyed. It can only change shape, remember? The first law of thermodynamics? Or will you tell me that physics is wrong too?
Just think about what you said for a moment. If your body lost its ability to store fat, you would inevitably burn off all of your body fat reserves and die, wouldn't you? Unless you were somehow able to eat exactly as much as you need every day, without ever making a mistake. But if it's a one-way street as you're suggesting, and you can only burn body fat but not ever store it, then whenever you accidentally eat less than you needed to burn that day (which MUST happen at least occasionally), then you will end up burning body fat reserves which you can never replace (according to you), and end up dying. But you didn't really think this through, did you?
Please, point me to the source that told you that on keto, you lose the ability to store fat so that I can laugh at it. I hope it's not someone like Dr Berg or Thomas Delauer.
I’ve done keto 2 different times and loved how I felt. My back and knee pain was starting to change, my workouts felt better, and I was waking up feeling great! Eliminate the garbage food and eat fats and proteins
Fats and protein is all we need. There are no essential carbs. NONE!