What irritates the f&*% out of me about keto

#21

I tried every darn low carb substitute out there. I spent big bucks which I now wish I had back!!

Subs of any kind never worked for me. Big biz wants your money and will do anything for it. That will never change. But some substitutes do work well for people. Many can not just eat meat/seafood like I do. Many will never give up some ways of how they want to eat…I say if a few products help you and you get results and love how you are eating, go for it.

We all won’t ever eat the same. Nope. Never mostly. But if we all cut carbs big time and make a meal plan that gives up health benefits we desire and we feel great with a few things in our lives, like a substitute product, and it helps you succeed…sure have at it.

But many fail on substitute products. I sure did. All the ‘products’ designed to help ya killed me. And they tasted like crap mostly :slight_smile:

I won’t go back to ever chatting diet with anyone anymore. I had my shares of fights online. My having to step away from the menu chat was the best thing that happened in my life!! I only like forums that are like minded eaters like me, then I chat and thrive. I ain’t debating vegan vs. carnivore ever again in my life…that kind of stuff will drive you insane, it did me til I chucked all that :slight_smile:

(Mike) #22

Not sure about the rest of you, but many of the “keto” products add to my weight, they don’t reduce it. Oftentimes they overuse sugar substitutes and, I think, my body just “thinks” its sugar and brings on the insulin. I have no way but the scale to prove this … but I am convinced it is true for me!

(Scott) #23

This gives me an idea “keto pills”. They don’t really do anything, they are just sugar pills. Oh crap they are keto sugar pills. Do you think anyone will notice?

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #24

What about bacon pills? Asking for a friend . . . :grin:

(Wendy) #25

Only if they’re chewables. :grin:

(Bunny) #26

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(Bunny) #27

You know what is strange, a lot of the products we talk about on the forum as of recent not specifically keto products but things like grass fed butter and things like monk fruit are ending up on the shelves at our local neighborhood Walmart, Smiths, Albertsons, Health Food Stores is that just a coincidence?

Makes me wonder if marketing researchers are secretly lurking on the forum?

(PJ) #28

This isn’t new, you know. “Low-carb” was pretty big at one point. Then the ubercorps released endless frankenfoods billed as lowcarb, which were unceremonious crap start to finish. And after one initial nibble, nobody bought it again, mostly because anybody eating legit lowcarb is generally eating “real food,” and the frankenfoods were just a curiousity. Then, when the market for that BS utterly failed to pan out, it was declared in media and online that low-carb was dead and was a fad that had passed and so on. Lowcarb never died. Only the market glut of crappy synthfoods did.

As an aside I’ve been delighted that grassfed butter, almond and coconut and flax meal, stevia etc. found its way even to my walmart in nowhere, oklahoma. That is the one nice thing about the market for those products growing.

(Jane) #29

Same here - can find them in BFE Arkansas whereas were nonexistent 2 years ago. Food companies are always looking for ways to sell new products and will jump on any bandwagon if they perceive a large enough market.

Your average keto’er is pretty savvy though, and crap frankenfood won’t cut it no matter how many keto labels they slap on the packaging.

(Jane) #30

I noticed Starbucks finally started carrying sone keto snacks. Their egg bites don’t count (terrible ingredients) but I’ve seems cheese crisps and packages of nuts that weren’t there even a year ago. Only pastries and carbage.

(Marianne) #31

Why not? Nothing surprises me anymore. Great place to find out what people are looking for.

(Murphy Kismet) #32

Ask and ye shall receive? lol

(Travis L. Bost) #33

Two different people, when my wife mentions doing keto, have responded with “are you taking those pills?” What pills?!? Apparently a lot of people have seen the fake shark tank product and that’s all they know; what corner of the internet are they stuck in?

(Murphy Kismet) #34

Mainstream Corner

(Diego Duque) #35

What an awesome body you have created. Good for you!!!.
What is your general routine?