I’ve been low carb for almost 5 years. At some point, I read Jimmy Moore’s Keto Clarity, so my wife and I started adding fat to everything, add butter to steak, having fat bombs, all keto (high fat) meals. We even had bulletproof coffee for a while. (By the way, Jimmy Moore has a cognitive dissonance on this subject: adding butter to steak is good, but having a bullet proof coffee is bad. What’s the difference?)
Then I went on Twitter and found Ted Naiman. He’s the “eat protein!” guy. I bought a continuous glucose monitor to test if eating higher protein had an effect on my blood sugar. I ate meals with well over 100 grams of protein and low fat in a single meal. I could not find any blood sugar rise, except a very quick one if I ate protein with carbs in it (shrimp, mussels, etc.; not a lot of carbs in these, but when you’re eating a pound of it, it adds up). The only detriment I found was too much protein and too little fat give me a strange, “I don’t feel good” feeling. For instance, I ate about 1 3/4 pounds (single meal, after 36 hours fasting, weight lifting, HIIT) of “london broil” beef, which is very high protein and very low fat, and that was too much. Keeping the protein more reasonable (or adding any fat) helps with this.
So, I’ve gone from bulletproof coffees, fat bombs, and adding butter to my steak, to have meat naturally (no added fats, most times), eating ham a lot (advertised as “90+% fat free!”), and eating shrimp and mussels for lunch. If I eat something that’s very low in fat, like london broil, I’ll add fat to it (though oddly not for shrimp and mussels, which are very low in fat). Otherwise, I eat low fat primarily.
I still eat keto meals, as often these are easier to make for the family. But for myself, I tend to eat lower fat, higher protein. Thus, I’ll often have a lower in fat, higher in protein lunch and then a keto dinner. But if I’m still hungry, I’ll eat ham instead of say pepperoni or salami.
Anyone else done this?
