Would you continue to eat rat poison?

[Rgbigun]

Go ahead. But be prepared for a few detractors that will misrepresent what I wrote. I clearly stated that OF someone was in “maintenance” or “NOT metabolically damaged” then having carbs is probably not an issue but some choose to ignore what I said and infer that I said that ALL carbs are poison which is something else that I didn’t say. I said that carbs for the metabolically damaged or the diabetic “much like rat poison” kills the body but that also went over some people’s head. While frustrating it goes with the territory . Just wanted you to be prepared . Be blessed

[buffy]

Thank you, and no probs! I’m a T1D of 45 years and read your post and understood your sentiment immediately. Sometimes we read into things which were never there… Best wishes
Ali

[Matamoros]

I instagrammed mine too! https://instagram.com/p/Bh4FlanhWSH/

I want to walk the CP next for my 60th birthday.

[Felix]

Woo hoo! How nice to meet another pilgrim
I did the Portugues for my 50th… and the Frances for my 40th… more to come.

[Matamoros]

I loved the Tarte de Santiago so much that I found a recipe and tried it until I got it right. My husband and I ate the experiments of course. Yesterday we finished the almond cake phase. So whilst I never gorged on carbs I found I needed them during the Camino because I got painfully thin. I was scoffing all the food I could eat. I finished on 26 April this year, so it is high time to get back to straight keto.

I am on a fast today. First fast in 2-1/2 months.

I may try a Stevia version of the Tarte de Santiago.

Thanks for your Insta link. I could not work out how to share the direct link to my profile but shared one post.

Buen Camino.

[Felix]

Followed! The camino was amazing for me, the first time food and exercise aligned, in terms of “eat enough good stuff to keep going, you’ll need it.” I really don’t need much to support a body in a desk job. Overeating in our feast-every-day environment messes with metabolism. I can’t imagine my ancestors ever had much chance to sit all day long. Carbs would have been used up, not stored and causing damage.

I loved tarte de Santiago - almonds and eggs, can’t go wrong there. But too sweet now, I’d love a version that was sugar free.

[Rgbigun]

Changing the subject for just a sec. By the way everyone. My new interview on The Keto Savage podcast is out as of this morning and is also available on ITunes. http://theketosavagepodcast.libsyn.com/ron-garrett-is-using-the-ketogenic-diet-as-a-way-to-pay-it-forward

[theseanteam]

Hey Rob!

Where did you get the 30% figure? The Wikipedia article you linked says they ate 30% of the sugar–which is 70% less and 15% of the grains, which would be 85% less.

Although they ate a ton of sweet potatoes which would balance some of that out, it sounds like they ate a great deal less carbs than 30%.

Thanks!

[Rgbigun]

I didn’t post that one. It was someone else who commented on the thread.

[RobC]

Hi @theseanteam,

I think because my comment is embedded within @jmbundy’s comment that you have miss-attributed his “30% few carbs” statement to me.

My comment about them being high carb comes from the middle of the “Okinawa diet” link:

In short, the Okinawans circa 1950 ate sweet potatoes for 849 grams of the 1262 grams of food that they consumed, which constituted 69% of their total calories.

Sweet potato is 93% carb so, just on their sweet potato consumption alone (forget 150+ grams of rice per day) they were already very high carb.

They lived to very old ages on carbs - and started dying younger when more rice and bread took the place of sweet potato on their dinner tables.

I am just trying to avoid the message that all carbs are bad - maybe processed white carbs like bread and rice reduce lifespan and boiled sweet potato with a little coconut milk and spice (how the Okinawans made it - not heavily processed) will extend your life.

[FreddyV]

Great interview on Keto Savage Ron!

[Rgbigun]

Thank you!!!