Thinking to try out Keto diet, but I heard it makes your mind foggy. Those who tried Keto, how did it affect your mental performance and job productivity? Also, how did it affect your excercise ability and sexual performance?
My energy level had improved a lot since Keto. I used to get sleepy and low energy after 12pm, now it’s at night. I feel my emotional state is more stable. But I didn’t lose weight though, which wasn’t my intent from the beginning.
- Mental performance and productivity ⬆️ - Energy levels (besides week 1 on Keto) ⬆️ - Sleep quality ⬆️ - Physical exercise intensity ⬆️ - Sexual performance ⬆️⬆️⬆️🍆 - Need for post-meal naps ⬇️ - Sugar cravings and hunger levels ⬇️ - Breath 😷🤐🤮 Also, I don’t know where you heard it makes your brain foggy (maybe you are talking about “Keto flu”, which is your body adapting to using your body fat as energy for the first week or so). Most people say quite the opposite long term. What personally makes my brain foggy is a huge insulin spike shortly followed by a blood sugar crash...haven’t had one of those since quitting refined carbs
Google 'keto flu' its temporary, keep ya electrolytes up and you'll be fine if not better.
It's not sustainable. Avoid it.
This.
Could you guys explain why you don’t think it’s sustainable?
Ketosis will give you sufficient energy, but your blood sugar is still lower. Your brain depends on blood sugar to perform optimally. So I wouldn’t do this diet if you’re a stock broker, prepping for interviews and studying for an important exam when you need to be extra sharp with mundane details.
Your brain can run on ketones not just glucose...
Yes I know. That’s not the point. The question is around performance. The brain has adapted to consume keytones out of survival when glucose levels are severely low. This does not mean the brain is operating optimally. It will be slower and foggier. You can’t be a competitive athlete consuming keytones just like you can’t perform mentally rigorous activities as well on keytones. You can function adequately at best for both but excel at neither. That’s the point. Not dissing the diet. I think it’s good to swap out normal diet with keytosis diets from time to time. But there is no free lunch.
If I interested in starting with keto where can I start. I'm really asking for good references that you read and found out pretty good after churning through tons of bad stuff. I'm primarily a vegetarian (eat eggs 15-20 a week and chicken 1-2x a week) - would it be easy doing keto with that.
Are you doing intermittent fasting with Keto?
I was planning to start by fasting for one or two days and then go full Keto. I read it's a good way to start.
Don’t start by fasting. You’ll collapse. IF works best for keto adapted people when you don’t feel hungry going long time without food and have a metabolism fully adapted to using fat as a source of energy. You need at least a few months of keto to pull that off successfully. If you start off by fasting you’re almost guaranteed nonstop headaches and hunger pangs. Keto is not a good short time diet, as beat up as it sounds, it only works if you’re committed to it long term.
On keto, you lose everything but energy. It’s like a constant flow since there’s no energy crash because you’re not depending on glucose. Eat healthy fat as much as you can. There’s no brain fog but the opposite can be harder to get sleepy. If you notice after eating a big plate of carb you tend to get sleepy.
Why don't we eat just real foods instead of all this shit?
Could you give some examples of “real food” and what exactly about Keto foods you think makes them “shit”?
Cut down all white food. White Rice, white bread, sugar etc. Eat lot of veggies , moderate fruits , no white sugar. Reduce quantity to 70% of current amount. Do Intermittent fasting sometimes. Switch to more plant based diet. I feel keto is towards one extreme. None of my grand parents did keto. They lived happily till 90+ . Why all of a sudden this shit came up? I don't understand.
The thing I noticed was that I slept less on Keto. Had same amount of energy in the day.
Which becomes a problem. Am sleepless at 2 and then wide awake at 7 am!