JAMA: The keto diet “could be game changing” for chronic disease
It seems like the tide is turning. The obsolete fear of saturated fat is on the way out, and the scientific interest in the keto diet, for weight loss and type 2 diabetes, is growing rapidly.
Look no further than this excellent new article in the Journal of the American Medical Association:
A diet that lets a person eat fat to satiety – even saturated fat – without relying on calorie counting and still lose substantial weight, treat diabetes into remission, raise HDL levels, and lower triglycerides and blood pressure? It could be game changing for the field of chronic disease…
The JAMA Network: Interest in the ketogenic diet grows for weight loss and type 2 diabetes
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I seem to be retaining fluid. Help..
Yes, read this:
https://www.dietdoctor.com/diabetes
Recommended reading:
https://www.dietdoctor.com/low-carb/alcohol
If not, or you haven't checked, you could be getting more carbs than you think.
Read labels. Food manufacturers put sugar in products you wouldn't expect to have it.
They make the serving size so small that the carbs round to zero which is misleading.
Also watch for too much protein. Your body will convert extra to carbs.
Exercising before breakfast helped me.
Ensure you're getting enough sleep and managing your stress.
If you're in menopause, you may have to take extra steps:
Eating less overall, eating dinner earlier and breakfast later, skipping meals, etc.
It will be slower
On a different note, I still have doubts when eating bacon and such. I'm APOE e4/e4, so keto doesn't offer me the same protective benefits.
I'm fortunate enough at 46 to never have been overweight, but as a personal trainer, Rena gave the best advice to those struggling with keto to lose weight. I'll just add try to eat within a 12 hour window, and not within a couple hours of going to bed.