Are they good, bad, ugly?

Paleo, Keto, Atkins etc. what's the deal? my instinct is they're all scams but i ain't no expert

  • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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    2 years ago

    For anyone who doesn't know; Ketosis is the survival process that kicks in when your body is starving to death.

    • Ithorian [comrade/them, he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Yeah, so in this case you're tricking your body into burning it's "emergency" fat stores while still giving it enough protein that it doesn't start to burn muscle too. And enough calories from fat that rest of your systems still function. One reason you don't want to do it long term is you can permanently fuck your metabolism and change the way you break down and store fat.

    • puff [comrade/them]
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      2 years ago

      Nope, sorry but you are objectively completely wrong. Ketoacidosis is a different phenomenon and occurs when your ketone levels are an ORDER OF MAGNITUDE higher than in ordinary ketosis. Ketoacidosis is starving to death. Ketosis is perfectly healthy, works for weight loss, is good for mental tasks because ketones are great brain fuel, and so on. It's possible to be in ketosis for years and years and NEVER enter ketoacidosis. Ketoacidosis occurs when you go into ketosis and then don't eat for like six days straight, which no keto diet EVER recommends anyone do.