Why do we do this!

(paul ) #1

So that’s the question.
Been Keto for 7 months. 50lbs plus down. Bp major drop. IF Glucose LOW TO MID 70s feel good
No blood work yet (little scared). But if I follow what the forum does I am probably high with very low TG.

I ask this really to understand.
Why don’t we just follow conventional “wisdom” (notice the quotes) and eat salad grilled chicken veggies and fruit? Is there something someone has seen that makes this better other than satiation? I ask this as heart patient and also as an aid in conversation

(Andrew Anderson) #2

The short answer is insulin response. Insulin is a storage hormone that tells the body to not burn fat but store it. Some folks in the world may do fine with fruits and such if there is no insulin resistance. Sugar = sugar, carbs become = sugar, even protein eventually = sugar. But good fats… heavenly for my condition. Grilled chicken is great for me when it is skin on and fried in bacon grease😊.

(Keto in Katy) #3

Maybe I don’t understand this post. You describe some of the common benefits that you have experienced and then ask why we do it?

(Clare) #4

At the back end of last year I felt truly awful. Despite living on a ‘healthy’ diet and exercising 5/6 days a week, I was getting sicker and bigger. Looking back, I had classic symptoms of metabolic syndrome/pre-diabetes. I curbed my sweet tooth decades ago, but had a serious bread and savory snack addiction.

I have an active lifestyle, growing all my own veg on a plot the size of a tennis court & when I used to finish tending that, I would head to my gym to either swim a mile or participate in Aqua Aerobics. I have had some success on the 5.2 diet (losing 21lbs) in the past, but this time round my husband did not feel up to returning to the 5.2

Somehow I stumbled upon Keto/LCHF and we both started on this new WOE before Christmas. It has been a revelation. I am losing weight without being hungry. Even if I miss breakfast and have a really busy morning, I can put off lunch until 3pm to get my tasks finished without having that nagging hunger. It’s so liberating to be in control of food, instead of it controlling me.

I like a glass, or two, of red wine with my meals so my weight loss has not been that dramatic (only 27lbs so far), but my joint pain has gone, I have more energy & for the first time in years I’m enjoying my food without guilt. In my 20’s I was terrified of cheese, red meat and fats.

You ask ‘why don’t we just eat salad, grilled chicken, veggies & fruit?’ Well, I tried that for years and it made me depressed. The food that I am eating now, including my home grown veg & berries makes me smile every day:grin:

(A ham loving ham! - VA6KD) #5

Amen to that!

(Griffin Mekelburg) #6

Because this “wisdom” is based of lies and falsities, science was falsified to support sugars and degrade fats, thus that lean meal you said used to be the “healthy diet” and yet no one thrived (some are successful, but on keto we THRIVE lol :stuck_out_tongue:)

Here is the JAMA article outing these findings

(James storie) #7

We as humans store fat for energy, doesn’t it just make sense to eat more fat? It is obviously our body’s best fuel source.

(Griffin Mekelburg) #8

facts! I use the comparison of gas and nitro. Fat is like gas and carbs are like nitro. Can go on forever if you keep giving us fat, try running off nitro you will burn out your engine real quick and when you havnt had nitro in a short time you need more (hunger). Our body loves to go fast so itll take the nitro any day without thinking about the longevity, that engine will last much longer just burning clean gas, no nitro at all!

#9

I eat this way because it makes me feel better than I ever did following conventional wisdom. My skin is better. My eyesight is better. I have more energy and feel more alert. I’m no longer ruled by food and mealtimes. My gammy shoulder barely hurts most days. My IBS is gone. My PMS is gone. And, for the first time since I was 10, maintaining a healthy weight is effortless.

(Dustin Cade) #10

if the traditional diet worked we wouldn’t be on this forum and the state of health around the world wouldn’t be circling the drain…

(Christina Cundiff) #11

I just agree so much with this statement. I finally feel free from thinking about food or being a slave to it. This is why I am enjoying keto so much. To hear the people that have decided to give my “crazy” ways a try say the same thing makes my heart leap for joy. I have always eaten healthfully and “efforted” at being “good” and now it is so easy and I feel so fantastic all of the time.

(Mike Keathley) #12

The thing I don’t understand about fruit is this whole “The sugar is locked in a fibrous matrix thing with fruit.” If I chew my fruit, it releases the juice, and I have trouble understanding how the macerated pulp locks all that juice in a fibrous matrix.

(KCKO, KCFO 🥥) #13

I’m eating this way because as a foodie, I like thinks like lamb, butter sauces, wine sauces, wine, thick juicy steaks, you know all that stuff that is so delicious. AND I am losing weight. In less than a year, I am down more than 30 lbs. And I get to eat all that great stuff I listed above.

#14

I do this because it works! Science backs it up. It’s yummy. And BACON!