Diet

(Alex) #1

How long should I stay on the keto diet??

(Alex) #2

i believe most people who follow keto view it as more of a lifestyle change versus just a temporary diet. so, my answer would be: FOREVER!!! it will keep you much healthier than a SAD

(Running from stupidity) #3

#duellingalexes

(Allie) #4

It’s a lifestyle change not a diet.

(Zenjen) #5

Find out if it fits you, and than try to make it your lifestyle. That’s my opinion. But you need to stick to it more than a month if you want to see all the benefits. So try and see how your body will respond to this diet, but you have to expect to have keto flu in first few weeks, so don’t get discouraged by this.:slight_smile:

#6

I consider it to be my new way of eating. Not a temporary diet.

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #7

Only for as long as you wish to avoid developing diabetes, atherosclerosis, high blood pressure, coronary heart disease, fatty liver disease (possibly resulting in steatohepatitis or even cirrhosis), Alzheimer’s disease, chronic inflammation, dental cavities, gout, obesity, depression, arthritis, or certain types of cancers. No longer, than that, certainly.

(Running from stupidity) #8

So about a week, you’re saying?

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #9

:rofl::rofl::rofl:

(Michelle) #10

Until you no longer use this word!

(John) #11

So - honest answer here:

  • As long as it takes you to reach your weight-loss goal, plus one year.

The sad truth is that most people who lose weight on a “diet” regain that weight and sometimes more when they quit the “diet” - a.k.a, they stop the new way of eating that was working, and go back to their old way of eating which got them overweight in the first place.

There is also the issue of the body set-weight point, where your body “remembers” a preferred weight and will try to get back to that if you relax even a little.

However, there have been some good studies that show that if you can maintain a stable weight for a full year, that becomes the new set-weight point which becomes easier to maintain. You still have to work at it, but your body is not fighting you so hard.

If you don’t want to eat a ketogenic diet the rest of your life and plan to transition to something different, that’s fine - whatever works for you. But make sure you have something in mind.

Perhaps by then you will have incorporated enough exercise into your daily lifestyle, or will have permanently eliminated unhealthy foods like sugars, highly processed foods, starches, seed oils, and so you can go back to a more glucose-based metabolism where you are not constantly in ketosis and are maybe eating 100g of carbs which serve your daily energy needs and a little less fat to offset the overall calories.

When you get to your goal weight, though, do whatever it takes to maintain that (ideally not losing or gaining) for a full year. Reset your body’s “self image” as well as your own.

#12

How long you should remain on a ketogenic diet depends on your goals.

My goal is optimal health, to the extent under my control, by lifestyle choices, including (but not limited to) diet. One of my measurable goals is to have a A1c < 5 indefinately. I will not be in a constant state of ketosis for the rest of my life, like I have been for the past year. I will continue to eat whole foods and limit intake of processed foods for the rest of my life. I’ve never adhered to the 20g rule of thumb, but will eat within my carb tolerance, most of the time, but not always.

(Empress of the Unexpected) #13

After six months I just had blood drawn and have a stellar lipid panel. I am, however, able to maintain ketosis at around 40 grams of carbs, so it is not a totally restrictive diet for me. Do I eat off plan every once in a while? That’s a definite yes. But I will never go back to a steady diet of carbs, ever, having seen and felt the difference.