Yeah, I have basically 0 formal knowledge about it beyond a vague impression and some pop-science stuff. I also know a woman who did an intense low-carb diet to lose weight and really enfeebled herself by sticking to it. When she first told me about it, I was alarmed and tried to tell her not to do it, and her response was more or less “Well I don’t really care about any of that, I want to be skinny.” So that’s hard to argue with I guess… she did achieve the goal to some extent, but she messed up her health also.
I’m fine with anyone doing whatever they feel is right for their own situation of course. Even if I was basing this on knowing the full science, which I don’t, I probably wouldn’t try to tell anyone they’re not allowed to learn about it or talk about it and so on, just because I didn’t agree with it.
Enjoy the RSS for it! Let me know if anything seems amiss or needs changes.
Yeah, I think people jumping into a diet without a good guide are setting themselves up for failure, no matter what the diet is. i.e. no matter what people are doing, they should map out their food in something like cronometer which shows them the breakout of the nutrition of what they are eating. If anything is deficient they need to satisfy themselves its ok, or to cover it.
Thank you for the heads up! I know its a divisive intervention, but I’ve done as much research as I can and my data is very much in favor.
I’m happy to discuss it, here or in !ketogenic@dubvee.org if you want to have the discussion.
Here is my default reference, a guide for doctors, written by doctors covering many of the reactions to Keto. https://www.dietdoctor.com/low-carb/skeptical-doctors
How did your friend mess themselves up?
Yeah, I have basically 0 formal knowledge about it beyond a vague impression and some pop-science stuff. I also know a woman who did an intense low-carb diet to lose weight and really enfeebled herself by sticking to it. When she first told me about it, I was alarmed and tried to tell her not to do it, and her response was more or less “Well I don’t really care about any of that, I want to be skinny.” So that’s hard to argue with I guess… she did achieve the goal to some extent, but she messed up her health also.
I’m fine with anyone doing whatever they feel is right for their own situation of course. Even if I was basing this on knowing the full science, which I don’t, I probably wouldn’t try to tell anyone they’re not allowed to learn about it or talk about it and so on, just because I didn’t agree with it.
Enjoy the RSS for it! Let me know if anything seems amiss or needs changes.
Thanks for the RSS tools
Yeah, I think people jumping into a diet without a good guide are setting themselves up for failure, no matter what the diet is. i.e. no matter what people are doing, they should map out their food in something like cronometer which shows them the breakout of the nutrition of what they are eating. If anything is deficient they need to satisfy themselves its ok, or to cover it.
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