Hi Rob, I read Peter's blog for a long time, before I realized the effect on ketosis on me. He's very thorough.
Seems he has changed his thinking about ketosis, according to the last paragraph of that post.
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Originally Posted by Aradasky
How do you do "short term ketosis"? Once I am out, eating too many carbs, it takes me four days of very diligent eating, VLC to get back in. I go through hunger and cravings again, much easier than the first time, but there. Does fasting for one or two days put a body into ketosis for those days? And then eating more than 75g of carbs on non-fasting days takes a body out?
I am really curious, is a body in ketosis when fasting short term?
The Carb UP/Carb Down way of eating has one day a week with high carbs and 6 of VLC. Just as a body is getting back into a good ketosis, it is bumped out again.
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Hi Arlene, how many carbs are too many for you? For me, much over 90 grams a day stops me losing for sure, especially if I just sit around... keeping active burns it up.
As for getting into "good ketosis," that's where I part ways. I don't ~want~ to be in long-term ketosis, and lose better without it, maybe because other things, it raises my cortisol which inhibits weight loss.
A year of IF and water fasting has cured hunger pangs and cravings for me. I don't get them anymore, and that's a miracle.
Short-term ketosis for me is a 2-3 day water or fat fast. Last summer I tried a 5-day fast and became quite depressed, though physically, I was fine with no hunger and plenty of energy. I cut back to a 2-3 day water or fat fast once or twice a week and 22-hour IF on the other days, with relatively lenient eating... and still lost very well last summer, better than I ever did on LC or KD.
BTW, more carbs doesn't mean high carbs. It means that I have climbed Atkins' Carb Ladder. My avg carb count is around 70g, mostly from yogurt, carby or starchy vegs at night, occasional fruit for dessert, a light sprinkle of sugar now and then instead of AS. Once or twice a month, a 2-oz bag of popcorn or chips for a treat. And I'm still losing, even with a more lenient IF (16-18 hrs) and more calories... and no depression.
Ketosis-depression happens a LOT, from all the comments here:
http://www.paleohacks.com/low-carb/...-low-carb-16375
Emily Dean's post is interesting... too bad she's stopped blogging:
http://evolutionarypsychiatry.blogs...tion-after.html
From both these posts and their comments, it's pretty clear that while a lot of people thrive on KD, perhaps just as many don't do well on long-term ketosis.