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Old Sun, Jul-09-17, 06:39
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Plan: mostly milkfat
Stats: 190/152.4/154 Male 67inches
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Progress: 104%
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A problem with the gut-bug approach, though, is the same as a lot of things, it's hard to isolate for. I'm not sure there's much that can be done that couldn't arguably have an effect on gut bugs.

I get some obvious, repeatable benefits from eating ketogenically. Is it the ketones? Maybe I just don't get up to a therapeutic dose of palmitic acid until I'm eating butter and cream at ketogenic ratios. Or I could have intolerances to some low carb foods that get forced out on a stricter carbohydrate intake. Or lower intake of certain amino acids affects brain metabolism, or it's Bernstein's law of small numbers, my body's just better at finding equilibrium if the amino acids and carbohydrate that pose a greater challenge to homeostasis--a greater change to fasting metabolism in general, compared to fat--are minimized. Causation is tricky.
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