Banting vs Keto
Both diets are basically the same. My South African Dr. said buy this book ‘The Real Meal Revolution’ (outstanding book btw) because you are going on the Banting diet, I’ll see you in 2 months! Well I enjoyed the book so much I read it twice and also bought The Real Meal 2.0, another good book. My wife and I both jumped into Banting hard, man we were so sick from the keto flu but stuck it out with no cheat days at all. All we had to go by was the Real Meal books and the green list. If anyone new is having a hard time with portion sizes or just doesn’t know what to eat, take a look at the Banting method and lists of acceptable foods. Basically, eat from the green list and dip into the orange list when fat adapted and stay away from the red list. I was told protein portion should be the size of your palm and if eating nuts you should have a closed fist of nuts. We also tracked every piece of food through the Lose it app for 2 months keeping well under 20 carbs a day with great success.
For daily inspiration I checked out the South African Banting Facebook page. It’s fun to see before and after pictures and what funky foods they are eating. They have 1 ½ million Facebook members on Banting 7 Day Meal Plans FB. Caulimash was so big in S.A. that there was a shortage on cauliflower… lol
Here is the Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/Banting7DayMealPlans/
These days we say we eat Keto as no one really knows what Banting is. I personally have reversed a dozen health related problems through diet alone eating on the LCHF lifestyle. Eating this way has saved my life and I will never go back to eating carbbage. Now if I can only get my siblings, other family members and friends to see the light.
Anyone else get their start on Banting?
