@Jimmy_the_Lock To highlight Paul’s assertions, here is my complete Dexascans from start to now. I will have another March 7th just before heading out to Feldman’s COSCI fundraiser.
Interesting highlights, the first dip and then increase of bodyfat was just after Ketofest 2018. On the flight home after hearing so many inspirational stories and people telling me that “mine” was just as powerful I said “I can do better” and I threw away my tin of chew. That loss of nicotine caused a change in insulin sensitivity and I wrote about that here: Nicotine aids lipolysis. What to do when you quit nicotine?
The second great increase in body fat was dual in nature. Covid restrictions which forced me into lfting at home and 11 pulmonary embolisms in 4 of 5 lobes. Oops. Still Keep calm and carry on.
What I did was alternate from Carniove Animal Fats ( Carny AF) to fasting , whether ADF or EF. Both work well for me. Adding more fat to my diet after 6 years went no where for me. But that makes since if fat cells have a 10% annual turnover rate then at least 60% of my body fat had never experienced insulin resitance. Indeed, these days I seem to enjoy the occaisional bread or potato. I get a big kick of energy, my ketones sky rocket via blood ( because I am not using them) and the next day everything is back to normal, BG, BHB, BRace ( acetone in the breath)
Finally let’s consider the BHB, BG daily readings, averaged monthly and then averaged annually. Keep in mind I do resistance weight training and last year lifted over 11 million poounds and that was with a major rotator cuff surgery ( as an aside, I am 3 months ahead of rehab and have been lifting HEAVY since the fisrt of the year). You can see my overall bodyweight went up but that is lean mass. My body fat percentage came down and my GKI slowly rises, in part I beleive that my body knows how much BHB I need daily and that my red blood cells live longer than 90 days.