Food and Nutrition Class While on Keto

(Ty ) #1

Hello all! Happy New Year!

I’ve been in the Keto lifestyle since I was 16 (I am now 19). Before I was Keto I had issues with mood and hypoglycemia, I often had trouble focusing in school and had at least one glycemic event per week. My running was good, but it could of been better. I’ve decided to go Keto after seeing my mother benefit both mentally and physically from the diet, and ever since I’ve been living a even better life. My mood has gotten significantly better, my hypoglycemia is non-existent, and I’ve had many improvements to my endurance sports.

I love the diet religiously, but next week I’m going to be facing a sentimental challenge. One of the classes I’m taking this semester for collage is Food and Nutrition, and it doesn’t look good at all… I just got the textbook (which conforms to the 2015-2016 American Nutrition Guidelines) and already am annoyed on how anti-fat it is. Heck, it’s also anti-sodium as though hyponatremia isn’t a thing anymore.

Even though I disagree with the text and probably will be disagreeing with the professor, I still need to take the class in order to boost my chances in getting into my college’s nursing program (though the “boost” isn’t explosive at all). So I’m going to have to learn the material in order to score better on the exams which includes “conforming” to the text. My question to you all is, how can I tolerate the BS without sacrificing my grade or dropping out of the class while at the same time not mixing the “facts” from the text with what I’ve learned over the years from Keto? Take the material to understand what the current governmental system on nutrition is (learn its flaws inside and out)?

#2

Form what I have seen in videos on youtube from the professionals (doctors, nurses, nutritionists) who have adopted LCHF treatments is they are still swimming upstream in a downstream of LFHC doctrine. I think you are going to run into this at least through the beginning of your career. I would say, learn it, know it, because you need it to play the game, but keep your mind on the end game of when you establish yourself in your career get hooked up with a clinic or a doctor or whatever you are going to do that understands the benefits of keto. I don’t know what your plans are for your career, but I hope its somewhere where you can help make a difference in the common beliefs in the medical world!

Edit:
Oh and totally talk to the professor about keto and see what they say! Get that discourse going! Don’t challenge or argue, necessarily, but educate about your mom and your experiences.

(Karen) #3

We all suffer through foolishness to get through. “End game” that’s the ticket. Some gentle discussion, convinces better, than religious zealotry. Good luck. Hope you have a strong stomach. The tide is turning, just slowly.

K

(Chan Cleland) #4

“know your enemy”. The scientific method would say you need to understand the competing arguments as completely as you can to clarify your understanding. Listen to what is presented, make your own determinations of the information and then regurgitate what they want to hear for the grade. Then you can move on to be a positive force in the world.

(CharleyD) #5

Eyes on the prize.
KCKO

(KCKO, KCFO 🥥) #6

Ditto on this!

College is a lot about learning to play the game. Know what they are going to be saying, give it back to them. A wise person knows when to not speak, but just observe the insanity going on around them.
You know the Truth. Keto worked for you and your Mom and is working for thousands of people on the forum and listening to the podcasts. There are a few people that Keto doesn’t work for, so good to understand the alternatives.

Congats on the changes you have made possible in your life. Good luck moving forwards in your career path.

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

Just remember that, on the exams, the correct answers are the ones your professor considers correct!

Gary Taubes and Nina Teicholz have written extensively about the “science” behind the current nutritional guidelines, and have described some of the competing scientific studies. If nothing else, they might help you cope, as well as perhaps providing useful references to provide to your professor. The books in question are Good Calories, Bad Calories (Taubes) and The Big Fat Surprise (Teicholz).

Oh—and eat plenty of bacon! :bacon::bacon:

(Cristian Lopez) #8

trust me bro ,In my biology class its ear rape hearing that ketosis will eventaully kill you from the acidity of your body and banter on how bad fats are and that veggy oils and lean protiens and “healthy carbs” omg KMS KMS KMS!!!

(John) #9

They are testing your ability to understand the text and that’s it, nobody said you have to believe it. I went to a christian college as an atheist and had to take 3 religious courses. Aced them without a problem, nobody is asking you to but in to it.

#10

The good news is you know this is not gospel. I was helping my D pick out classes last semester and although she is not a nutrition major I thought there might be some nice options there. As soon as I read the descriptions there was no way I wanted her in the class because you had to track your diet against the my plate and talk about how it conforms. She already has some weight issues and there was no way I wanted her picking up more bad habits. She is not educated about keto. In your case you are so do what you have to do to get through the class