Blog post: The fat-fueled brain: unnatural or advantageous?

(Felicia) #1

Hi everyone, thanks for having me in the forum.
Here is a blog post for those who like a little science with their bacon:

(John) #2

Really good article in my opinion, doesn’t even mention the side effect of eliminating obesity and reversing diabetes.
I would like an article this in depth on insulin, but I don’t see that happening.

(John) #3

I will add that I derived a bit of pleasure from reading that while drinking my butter coffee. People think i’m crazy for doing it, and I did at first too, but then I remember looking up my preferred morning beverage from my fattest period. If the link works Venti Iced Mocha which has 22 grams of fat on top of 56 carbs, a tablespoon of butter only has 12 grams, so I am actually consuming almost half as much fat in my coffee using butter directly.

(I want abs... olutely all the bacon) #4

I didn’t take it seriously after “In essence, a ketogenic diet mimics starvation”

(Guardian of the bacon) #5

I found it to be very serious and informative. There were a couple little phrases that I thought the “wording” was awkward but overall I thought it was well done.

(I want abs... olutely all the bacon) #6

You convinced me to read on, and I agree below some poor wording is a good article.

#7

From what I’ve read and heard previously, this is an unfortunate, but in the field usual, statement, as ‘starvation’ in some contexts is not defined simply by lack of food, but by other measurable conditions which ketosis really does look similar to.

As a loose reference, this paper discusses in some places briefly what is similar about the two states, but also makes an argument for how they are distinct:
Low-carbohydrate nutrition and metabolism

“The metabolic state experienced by a person who is following an LCKD is often compared with the condition of starvation. The main similarities in metabolism between LCDs and starvation are that there is no (or little) intake of exogenous carbohydrate and that there is a shift from the use of glucose as fuel toward the use of fatty acids and ketones as fuel. Under conditions of starvation, endogenous sources (eg, muscle protein, glycogen, and fat stores) are used as energy supplies (10).”

(I want abs... olutely all the bacon) #8

They may be often compared, doesn’t mean I or the keto community need to accept it or perpetuate it. I rarely see/hear a comparison to starvation when reading or listening to what I would consider serious keto practioners or researchers.

#9

I have, from time to time, though they make a point to explain why the term is used usually. But, the article I linked was certainly written by some of the most serious keto researchers.

The deal is ‘starvation’ does not mean ‘lack of food’ necessarily in medicine. If you want to make a big deal out of it, I guess that’s your call, but I don’t think it was meant to be a slight against keto and there are contextual reasons for it.

(I want abs... olutely all the bacon) #10

I don’t believe I made a big deal of it following my 2nd comment when I took @jfricke input on the article and read further.

#11

I had your third comment in mind as well, but ok. If you got over it and don’t actually think it’s a big deal, great!

(I want abs... olutely all the bacon) #12

My 3rd comment was in response to your lecture

#13

I know it was in response to my comment, and I don’t know, it seems like you are continuing to make a big deal out of it. Maybe some people mean different things in context than others interpret, I guess. But, that’s ok.