I got what sounds a stupid question but I’m wondering if there are any particular multi vitamins I should take or not take? Or can you recommend any vitamins etc I should be taking to help with the keto diet?
You can pry Keto from my cold dead hands. Been on Keto for 4 mos, I am down 50 lbs and have never felt better. I can cheat here and there with no consequences but I still come back to Keto every time. It is where my body wants to be. No inflammation, healthy gut, tons of energy and great mental focus. This should have been the Standard American Diet but unfortunately we were lied to. Glad I saw the light.
Yeeeesss!!!!!! I'm down 53 pounds since oct but I got the rona in between. All my issues I had before oct are gone. Hot flashes, no energy, inflammation gone.The covid stuff gave me lingering around stuff issues is a different. Lol! story
@Violett Fem yep! Cause God forbid we find ways of eating that helps our problems rather then prescription meds which isn't always oh its just one cause then you have side effects of that med and need another. I see them and what they're up to! Lol
The keto diet could cause low blood pressure, kidney stones, constipation, nutrient deficiencies and an increased risk of heart disease. Strict diets like keto could also cause social isolation or disordered eating. Keto is not safe for those with any conditions involving their pancreas, liver, thyroid or gallbladder.
@@rogersearcy8846 this is true. I have a friend who tried and got sick and felt miserable turns out she has a fatty liver and that just wasn't the right way to eat for issues. Every body is different thus everybody doesn't have the same results eating certain "ways". I wish people understood that!
I have been on keto three years and lost 132 pounds and I feel great and my fibromyalgia pain went away. I feel better now at 49 years old then I did at 28 years old! ❤️
418 pounds to 198 pounds. Thanks to keto!! You can put me in a room full of pizza, chips, donuts, Cookies, ice cream, and I will not be tempted.... I now adapted a mindset of.. EAT TO LiVE, NOT LIVE TO EAT.
That is so awesome! Happy for you! I hope I can start losing weight again. Mine stopped and I even gained. Even though I am so strict. Maybe it is menopause.. Who knows. But you inspire me! Thanks
Indeed, if I allow myself carbs, I'll subject myself to a junk food buffett. I'm an all or nothing kind of guy. So I'll stay in ketosis 95% of the time, unless it's someone's birthday.
I don't want tempt myself to going back to bad habits it's much like being an alcoholic for me that next doughnut would quite likely be my downfall , so keeping the habit every day is what I need to do
That is exactly what I fear! And the exact analogy I think of! I used to be severely addicted to sugar... you would never tell an alcoholic to cycle on and off of sobreity! So I really don't understand how cycling on and off of keto is supposed to work!!
You rack disciprine! XD but i get it, i feel the same way. I was extremely addicted to sugar. When i started the Keto i went cold sugar turkey and the first 2 weeks were hell! I continued on Keto for about 7months until i noticed it took longer for me to loose weight. I've been taking it easy with how implement more carbs however. I started off with cruciferous vegetables, then i added berries and melons to the mix, then i added legume, mainly lentils, black beans and canellini and then root veggies like sweet potatoes, yams, squash & pumpkins. I'm not so sure about adding cereals and grains, probably wont, but anyway, i feel no difference apart from it being a sorta relaxing break, i think i should be ready in about 2 weeks to get back into keto.
@@yehuiai8078 Sweet potatoes are highly addictive for me. And they inevitably act as a gateway to other sweets. Glad some people can taste "sweet" and not go crazy with it --I'm just not one of them. Low carb is the foundation of food-sobriety for me and it is so encouraging to know I'm not alone in that!
This ladder of metabolic efficiency has me thinking about the seasonal availability of food before the modern age. Forcing our ancestors to change their diet according to the seasons.
Ive been bangin that drum for years! Im an avid cook and know that fruits and veggies taste much better when eaten in season. My grandparents were immigrants to this country from Italy, and my grandmother never cooked out of season even though she was here. In Italy and elsewhere they usually only sell what’s available in season in their open air markets. Before supermarkets and refrigeration, your only option was to eat what you had stored that could be kept over or had canned in/for the winter months and the fresh things were eaten obviously when they were at their prime. I still shop that way but it is so tempting to get veg and fruit from out of the country in off months, I’m only human lol.
Exactly!!! This is how it is in most African countries, fruits and veggies in the summer and spring and meat and wheat and grains in the fall and winter. That’s why I laugh at most American diets even though I’m American myself . they’re eating everything and out of season and the excuse is for vitamins and minerals.
Been living in ketosis for over two years and now I know no other way to live. Way too many great things happened to my mind and body to change so I’m keto for life.
Been on Keto 7 weeks down 25lbs have always struggled with my weight. I wish I had known about this decades ago, I have never felt better and most importantly not hungry it’s amazing!!
I love keto/IF and by August 12 I will have completed 3 years. I do like to keep up with this channel as I want to tweak up what I’m doing or understanding. I can play “gotcha” with my PCP who still doesn’t get it how I safely came off my 17 meds after the first year. He now asks how did I become “so educated “ when I long windedly told him about the D3 & MK7 relationship AND my D25 level on testing was 117.3! Oh, I’m 66 in a month... “NOT your usual geriatric “ I proudly boasted to him!
Hi! Thank you so much for providing such amazing content. I’ve been doing Keto for four years, but my body needed to eat some foods higher in carbs along the journey. When I eat some carbs for some weeks, I always come back to Keto, because like you I love how I feel. Thanks again for your wonderful work.❤️
I've been doing keto and IF, especially exercising in a fasting state and it has transformed my life. I'm 63 and losing weight was impossible prior to that. I've lost 25 lbs since January and have gone from a size 12 to a 6. I have what I call cheat days where I bounce out of keto, but this is the way I want to live the rest of my life. I feel like I'm in my 40s again. Also any inflammatory issues are gone. Most likely because of the weight loss and change of diet. Thanks Tom for everything you do!
I'm with you Maria. I had no lasting success with anything but keto and IF.. I have been at goal weight for over a year now, I have a cheat meal every now and then (within reason) but generally feel at my 65 year old best on a ketogenic diet.
@@carolmiller5713 Have you seen Thomas' research on Allulose and eating fruit? I have tried it a couple of times this summer as peaches are my favorite fruit and was fine. Didn't use much Allulose either.
@@giselesmith7795 Thanks! I will look. I do a little cheat time with fruit cuz it's summer! It doesn't seem to have too much effect and I don't eat much, just a little to ease the desire.
I'm not a doctor (either) but I would suggest anyone doing keto (or considering doing keto) should stay on keto until they've achieved their initial health goals (weight loss, system repair, detox, etc.), then consider a healthy cycling regimen. Cycling too early (especially for long periods) can derail your progress, especially if you eat garbage during the 'break period'.
I would agree to some degree. I would say you to be strict keto for the first three to six months then maybe a cheat weekend once every month or two after that. My cheat weekend is eat keto food with a tiny bit of high carbs food
@@longtimelo three years and my body has not had any sugar or grains and my doctor was the one that told me to do it. I do a physical 2 time a year and doctor tells me what great shape I am in for 62
I really appreciate your videos Thomas. I was so insulin resistant that doing my same workout and diet for 12 weeks when I lost 34 pounds at 30; I only lost 6 pounds at 50. I am now doing healthy Keto and intermittent fasting and I have lost 20 pounds in 7 weeks. I feel great, my joints don't hurt and I can see results in my arms, legs, face and waist already. Starting tomorrow, I'm going to start working out again too. Thanks!
Agreed. When our ancestors had their meals, they would certainly not see it as starvation. Yet, they were in ketosis. They'd propably think we're idiots for even discussing whether they are starving themselves while literally eating what was available.
Well, not necessarily LCHF. Fat was precious and hard to come by. You better believe our ancestors ate the fat, but it's unlikely they got more fat than protein. LCMPMF is more probable lol
@@priestesslucy that is probably the most accurate take. Doesn’t sound as catchy though 😅
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@@neinbruderja7519 I agree that keto is a great way to live. One thing I am very skeptical about is whether our ancestors lived in ketosis most of the time. There just isn't massive amount of evidence that they would be eating the ratios required. The inuits may have lived in something similar but it could be that they lived in some kind of flexible state going between the two in a way much smoother than we do.
Seasonal keto - keto in the winter, carbs in the summer is in my opinion the evolutionary appropiate approach. We have specific genes that make us better at utilizing fats when it's cold and dark and utilizing carbs better when it's hot and sunny.
I started keto in 2020 and within 10 months, I had lost 103 pounds. I've just started my fifth year and my weight is still stable. I have also reversed prediabetes and got rid of my joint pain. So now I'm back at the gym aged 56 and I hike for 4 miles each day. For more than four years, I've intermittently fasted daily for 19 hours (including sleep) and I only consume two meals per day. For me, there is no such thing as taking a break from keto, because i see it as a proper human diet...and returning to the standard western diet will never be an option.
Eating Keto has become a way of life for me. I have been doing it for almost two years. I am healthier than I have ever been as an adult. I am afraid that if try changing things up I will end up gaining the 150 lbs I lost back. I just don’t think I can do it.
@@dreamingrightnow1174 In 1972 Dr. Robert Atkins published his first book; "Dr. Atkins' Diet Revolution". But, ketogenic diets have actually been around since William Banting in 1864 posted his "Letters of Corpulence". So you see; "Ignorance is obviously a bliss"
@@Isuri Hi Vidsi. All I can tell is that I will stay on a ketogenic diet combined with intermittent fasting for the rest of my life. I`ve felt absolutely fantastic for all these 27 years since curing my autoimmune disease Mb. Reiter. I got to a point where I told myself that I didn`t want to live anymore. For about 10 years I had suffered from my autoimmune disease and the only thing medical doctors offered me was antiinflammatory drugs and painkillers. The meds almost killed me, so what to do? I kind of rediscovered the Atkins diet at the age of 31 and within 3 weeks all my joint inflammations and pains were gone. If I deviate from the ketogenic diet and if I eat especially wheat the pains comes creeping back within 12-13 hours. I have no choice but to stay on this diet. My CRP and triglycerides was below the reference threshold, and I have every reason in this world to love and be grateful for "discovering" this diet.
I had ONE cheat day since restarting keto in Feb and gained 5 lbs! Took over a week to get it back off. I did keto all last year until Sept, gained 20 lbs back in 6 months. I've managed to get 15 of it back off, but no more carb cycling or cheat days for me except maybe just an occasional vegetable. My body just can't handle carbs, at least not for now.
I hear about the water weight, but it's more than that. Water weight gain means water retention, unwanted bloat, and sodium retention. For those who are watching their blood pressure along with weight, this may not be a good thing. I can see cycling off keto for a short time in terms of calories and a judicious increase in carbs, but I can't see the need for high carbs during the times cycling off. I could never do it anyways given my metabolic condition. Anyway, you could have a cheat day, but not a BIG cheat. ;)
@@letitiawong5473 for every one gram of Carbohydrate there is approximatly 2-3 grams of water retaind. That is nothing to be scared of. it is something unavoidable when switching from keto to carohydrates and something eveyone should be aware of. You can not compare it to water retention or unwanted bloat. It is also the reason why someone would lose weight so rapedly when going on keto at first. BUT ultmately the goal should be fat loss not weight loss, so it should be nothing to worry about.
You are saving my life! So you are better than doctors. I suffer from several chronic illness, and despite starving I could loose weight. I discovered my reactive hypoglycemia because of you. I also discovered my meds were killing my keto. I changed the timing to post workout when my insulin is already spiked, and when I’m moving more instead of before bed which kicked me out if keto nightly. My GKi went from 10 every morning to 2.1, and during the day is 3.0. So weird guy I’m so glad you nerd out!
Going on week 7 on “keto”. Started at 232 lbs. Currently at 213. I’m sold. I’m never starving, have more energy, and wake up every morning around 4:45 am alert and ready to go. I love enjoying the hour just reflecting and occasionally just play TH-cam vids to learn about a topic of interest while resting. Sugar, soy, wheat, canola.
I went on keto for three months to lose some excess weight, came off gradually and really missed how great and healthy I felt eating keto. I missed not feeling hungry most of the time! The only downside of keto was trying to find things to eat when out and about, and having to say no to people offering food to eat or try. I'm back on again now. 😊
Thank you for covering this subject, Thomas! After a 1 1/2 yrs. on Keto, my energy level has recently dropped from great to “slug”... and so I’ll take your educated advice and cycle off for a few weeks with Paleo to see what happens. I love Keto, as it’s so easy to cook for, and I plan to stick with it. But, adding a few more healthy carbs for a few weeks, before returning to Keto makes a lot of sense. Again, thanks!
Btw, sometimes people are having a drop in their electrolytes. You might consider that if you're taking a multi, maybe have a swig of pickle juice now and then.
How often do you cycle off keto? Can you make a video about when you cycle off, how long you cycle off, and what you eat when you do cycle off? Thanks!
@Violett Fem if you are hungry adding apple cider vinegar should help is not your hungry but is your blood sugar going down, Add protein and fat with apple cider it helps with blood sugar.
Love this kind of broader, deeper, wider analysis. Even tho it appears annoyingly contradictory, complex, & challenging, this is because the various pathways to optimum health ARE inherently complex. If it were simple & straightforward, we could just take one tiny, cheap pill per month.
Mmm I don't believe good nutrition and health should be complex at all, humans are the only species who have to make eating difficult. Animals eat what they know they need and that's it.
After doing keto and OMAD for 1 1/2 years I started putting on weight no matter I was eating less than 20 g of carbs a day ad exercising daily. While out camping in a national park and with a higher carb content due to lack of alternatives, I actually lost weight. Still did OMAD but with more carbs. I started back on Keto a couple days ago and I am so tired I slept 11 straight hours last night. Looking forward to feeling great and energetic on Keto as before.
The only reason I’ve been able to stick to keto beyond 4 months now is because I’ve never felt starved. I’ve never felt constantly hungry or craving foods. That’s the whole point. It’s sustainable long term. As a result less cortisol is produced. Less stress. Less thinking about food. Total liberation. Why can’t I stay on this as long as possible?
I've been doing Keto and IF since Jan. 1, 2020, and I can't imagine doing anything else. I think that if I came off of Keto and did something else, I would balloon back up to my original weight, and I don't want to do that. I allow myself a cheat day every 2 weeks, and I always gain weight from it. As a side note, I wish people would learn that the word "moot" is NOT pronounced the same as "mute." There is no such thing as a "mute" point. It's a "moot" point.
Adaptation is the key to survival, but once adapted and surviving, the "edge" is lost as the body gets in a rut, like it's idling, looking for something to do to fulfill its mandate to survive. Keep it guessing and it'll stay sharp.
I trying to understand the "starving" part- I always feel pretty satisfied and less starved than I ever did on carbs. But I do think your spot on with the changing things up-It's like doing the same work out over and over again, at some point it becomes unproductive and functions as maintenance only-(At least that's been my experience)
Carbs mess me up, now. If I eat anything with a moderate amount of sugar, my energy crashes and by body gets sore. I constantly test my blood sugar. No signs of diabetes. Sugar levels are great. I don’t know what could be happening.
The PROCESSED sugars are UNATURAL. You won't feel this way from eating fruits, or natural food. As soon as we eat some packed b.s. it triggers a UNATURAL response. But we will be ok
@@Isuri I would say that I do not have a gluten intolerance, but I cannot completely rule it out. However, the symptoms appear with and without gluten, and many of the common gluten intolerance symptoms are absent when I do eat it. My diet already avoids most gluten, if not completely. But, I appreciate the reminder to check that more closely.
@@danielthalion Yea. I thought that was the case, as well. We removed sugar, fructose, and artificial sweeteners. I log everything I eat and my smart watch prompts me to log hunger, energy level, mood, GI comfort, productivity, and any symptoms I may notice. Certain fruits and vegetables trigger my “sleepy-time” response. Tomatoes tend to be one of the worst offenders. Strawberries and cantaloupe are my favorite fruits, and I’m ok eating them in small quantities. However, eating a moderate amount crashes my energy and sometimes makes me throw up. I miss my salty McDonald’s breakfast hash browns, but potatoes in any form are the devil. The DEVIL. My stomach can’t handle peppers anymore, spicy or not.
When I eat sugar I have pain. Wonʻt be going on your on-again off-again idea. For me, as a carb-aholic, I have gotten off carbs and itʻs like being an alcoholic -- BAD idea for an alcoholic to start drinking for a while after quitting.
I'm fascinated by people talking about having a direct reaction to certain foods with pain/inflamation. Enough people say it that I figure it's group think or they're really onto something. I have a lot of joint pain, so I'm hoping it's the latter.
I get that about feeling like an alcoholic. Everytime I go of keto I start having some sweet stuff like fruit but it quickly turns into piling more and more high glycemic carbs and sugar into my diet, it's like I can't stop. When I take breaks from keto now I avoid all sugar and eat Mediterranean and it's helped a lot.
Keto Is the ultimate health secret elisir dude, on so many aspects. Way beyond just Weight. Inflammation. Mind and body health. Energy. Sleep, performance ...the lot.
@Andy Man Fasting and zero to little carbs i'd say, + high quality animal nutrition ( total grass fed ruminant animals and their organs/ total pasture chicken and eggs and pork/wild caught fish and shellfish/full fat raw unpasteurised ) and low glycemic fruit when seasonal and for hidration ( berries/cucumber/watermelon in summer) and same for veggies when in season, organic and local ( asparagus, fermented cabbage -sauerkraut ) Worked for me, and i'm from "pizza/pasta" land, but am half from "fish and chips" land:)) and...stop calling me Shirley ! ;)
I know someone who did that too. Also another who was severely type 2 diabetic, maxed out on meds, he went on low carb and in 2 years isn't even considered diabetic anymore. His cardiologist actually uses him at medical conferences and such to prove the claims that its true
I believe this is true. It's amazing that a lot of MD's are stuck on old information and just can't get over the fact that carbohydrates, especially processed, are toxic for most of us. They tend to be very knee jerk about animal protein/fat and mine told me she was concerned I would develop fatty liver and diabetes and encouraged me to have BARIACTIC SURGERY. I came back a year later and all my numbers had improved to normal range and I was 27 lbs lighter on low carb.
@@dreamingrightnow1174 dont you love that?! Eating proteins, veggies and other things that grow in nature is not good but have your organs rearranged cause that will work! My God father had gastric bypass, years ago when it first came out. He had to travel to Fl from NJ cause that was the only doc at the time doing it. I dont advise anyone to have that surgery. I saw what he went through! I actually had someone tell me yesterday ohhhh eating like that will kill you. Stop. I said well my blood work is coming back beautiful and I feel amazing but thanks for the concern! I stopped telling ppl anything but "I eat nothing prepackaged or from a box or bag. Just proteins veggies and fruit. And they say "omg thats wonderful!!!!" 🙊🤦♀️ 💙
Struggle to think how eating eggs meat lettuce healthy oils and berries is somehow triggering anything near starvation responses...appreciate the interesting dialogue tho...plus a 10% increase in your lifespan ie 20% of back half...is a good trade off...
@@kentuckyburbon1777 I bet she does. Diabetes professionals would all go outta business if you stopped eating carbs.😉 You'll get lightheaded if you're low on electrolytes... calcium, potassium, sodium. So find a Ketorade recipe and drink up. Redmonds+NoSalt+ACV+water+lemon
@@KJB0001 yeah, i’ve been on the keto diet for six weeks and my sugars are pretty damn good. If I ate all the carbs they recommended 250-300 per day I’d probably end up in insulin before long. It’s a sin.
@@kentuckyburbon1777 Recommending 300g/day of Carbs is criminal and any doctor, RN, practitioner, organization who tells you to eat that much should be sued for negligence.... and arrested on attempted effin' murder. Might as well prescribe two packs of ciggies a day.
I always wondered about this. I have to live a keto lifestyle due to reactive hypoglycemia. My body cannot process sugar and carbs. I am on a continuous glucose monitor. The only way I can have any quality of life is being on the keto diet. I don’t want to lose too much weight down the road. I just started a few weeks ago.
Hello, this is my situation too, I end up worrying that I should take a break from the keto diet, but then my health will suffer. I don’t feel I have a choice, I wish there was a video on keto and diabetes and how we have no choice but stay on keto for life., and the benefits of life long keto for diabetes! I like Thomas but after watching videos like this I feel like I am doing damage to my body by trying to control my diabetes through my diet.
Someone in your comment already said this (and mentioned dr berg) and I think if you add more fat when you want to shift slightly up in healthy carbs periodically your blood sugar may not spike. Everyone's different so you'll have to see what works. I watch Serious Keto channel on YT and he eats things as checks his blood sugar and ketones at set times to see the effect and saw a much small increase when he added a fat. He's not diabetic but it was interesting. You might want to check him out and Dr Berg if you haven't yet. Good luck.. I understand wanting to eat a tomato now and then, lol.
Consistency is the main goal for me. Because whenever I eat high carb foods even just for a day, I'm having anxiety. Lol. But when I'm consistent to keto and IF, I never have anxiety attacks. I feel more relaxed. Even if I feel hungry, I just don't think about it, and it goes aways after half an hour..
Been keto for around a year. On my way to a four stone loss. What I would like to know is. Does keto effect your PSA levels. As mine have rocketed to 14 this year. But Docs after prostate biopsies and blood tests can find no trace of cancer.
Crazy that you have made this video when i have just literally found the perfect balance of keto/carbs in my diet. Ive been doing strict keto on/off (mostly on) for past 2 years and loved how i feel and look. As an extremely bad sugar addict this is the only diet that works for me to lose weight and stay in shape so i am fully committed to making this diet work long term. However, i found with my job being very active and going the gym 6x per week, the stress was too great on my body and my sleep and performance suffered as a result. I would hold alot of water around my mid section aswell and could not carry on even though i looked great it was too taxing on my body (i test my ketones and am always between 0.8 - 2.5) So i started experimenting with refeed days and found once every week to have a carb refeed and it worked wonders for my sleep stress and physique, but after a couple of days back into ketosis i would be back in a stress out state poor sleep poor performance low energy. (It only takes me a day to get back into ketosis) So after 2 years of trying to find the right balance of keto/carbs, i decided ontop of my keto diet to do 5-7 rice cakes of a night to help with the sleep, with a protein yoghurt (no fat in this meal/snack) as a pre bed snack.... and wow!!!!!! my sleep is deep and consistent, the water weight from stress has completely gone, i feel full of energy the next day (my sex drive has gone thru the roof) and best of all i test my ketones and they are where they are usually at midday! My muscles are sooo full and my strength is great and i feel euphoric all the time as i did when i first started keto. My carbs usually end up about 50-70gs per day but its not effecting my ketons much atall! I cant believe its took me 2 years of blood sweat and tears to figure this out i thought maybe it was depression or whatever but no, ive been doing this for the past 3 weeks now and i literally cannot fault it, im so happy. And ill be happy if i can help anyone else suffering with fatigue on the keto diet that has tried literally everything else by reading my experience!
That's great! I'm just a few weeks into keto again. In the past, i always stopped it because of crap sleep it caused. Lately I have been thinking of adapting to the keto then slowly figure my carb limits. I really want to have flexibilty metabolically. I want my body to learn to burn carbs well. I just need to find that balance.
Thanks for that. I have been doing clean strict keto for over 4 years . Recently I began to gain fat again. I fasted every day 16/8 sometimes 20 or 22 hours. Nothing, I wouldn't loose, even gained weight and inches. After research and listening to Thomas. I realise our bodies adjust to the way we eat over time, so we have to shock it sometimes. I am busy doing a fruit and veg, avocado, fast for three days. Then I will go back into ketosis after that to see if that helps.
So, you mention taking a break from the Keto diet. I've tried doing that and all of the issues I had before going on the diet came back almost in the same day. I remember back during the holidays I took time off because it's impossible to do Keto during this time so I took 4 days off. Awful 4 days. Yeah I got to eat a huge variety of food I hadn't eaten in 3 months but I also got back GERD, gas, bloating, inconsistent sleep patterns, brain fog, etc. I feel 3 times better on Keto than off so why would we want to take a break? And for how long? I can still do IF but being off Keto means it's much more difficult to fast 18 hours. I did IF this time last year for 4 months and ended it in June for no reason but I remember having to really force my will to wait until noon before eating and when I did, it was a Whataburger meal. I maintained my 185 lbs then but now I'm closer to 160. I would think eating that now would cause me to gain back my weight which I don't want to do. So I'm asking instead of taking an extended break, what about the occasional cheat day? Like the holidays, there are times when I am faced with eating out with no options. Like for Mother's Day today. My wife wants to go our favorite Pho restaurant and we haven't been in 7 months because of me. So I'm going to take off today and resume tomorrow. Yeah it'll kick me out of Ketosis but so what? I'll be right back into Ketosis by Tuesday. It's not like I'm going to gain back my 30 lbs over one day. Because I've been on this for so long, it won't take me long to be full any way. Taking Keto off for a day doesn't mean I can't continue to do IF.
During the holidays I managed to find keto recipes for all my favorite holiday treats/foods. Fudge, pecan pie, cookies, even egg nog. I made the traditional versions for people who were not keto and everyone was happy. At parties I would stick to foods I knew (or thought) would be low carb, sipped a single glass of red wine for the duration of the party/get together, or just drank water. Like you, I feel awful if I go off keto so I found ways to enjoy holiday foods and stay keto. I did gain a couple of pounds during the holidays due to eating too many calories but I still felt great. Those few pounds were easy to get rid of once I was back in my normal routine.
@Patrick Dezenzio I went too quickly from the Standard American Diet (SAD) to a limit of 20 grams of carbs per day with a fasting period of 20 hours and a feeding period of 4 hours, and languished for weeks with the keto flu. I eventually learned about dirty keto vs clean keto and more specifically what foods and drinks work better. Mildly suffering the keto flu for way longer than many folks, I was keenly interested in this concept of cheat days. However, I'm too timid to cheat much at all for fear of backsliding. I'm actually down 50 pounds in 4 months, and am just about at my target weight, so it's not the weight I'm concerned with. I'm more concerned with my pre-diabetes (diagnosed by two different M.D.s), my insulin resistance (assumed since I have pre-diabetes), my fatty liver (self-diagnosed), and maintaining my energy. Thomas DeLauer's suggestion is that one could and maybe should cycle back and forth between keto/IF for 3 months followed by a diet with considerably more carbs for 3 weeks. I'm too timid to go with more than between 20 and 45 grams of daily carbs. I'll have a fairly tame cheat day once a week followed by a 24 to 40 hour fast, and then it's back to the daily keto/IF. (My eating strategy keeps evolving.) Another prominent TH-camr, Dr. Eric Berg (DC), states that to reverse a fatty liver it could take up to (as I recall) 8 months of uninterrupted ketogenic eating. I'm not sure I've got the intestinal fortitude to do that (pardon the pun).
They can't help themselves, aye? My neighbour, 10 years older than me and sick with so many issues, tells me I need to eat, lol. I'm a healthy weight and no issues and she refuses to admit I'm healthier and eat enough for me!
I've been Keto since 2011 (as Atkins Induction) and started I.F. in November 2016. The people who used to give me crap about what/when I eat are now asking if I get Botox or Laser resurfacing. I just say, "low insulin spiking diet and autophagy", which just pacifies them 'til they can go Google it to find out they're synonymous with Keto and Fasting. 🙄 All my labs are better that average. My dad started Atkins in the 70's as a professional cyclist looking for his top performance. He is 77 and looks nearly 50. People think we're on a date. 😅 Hang in there. Those bitches will come back wanting to know what eye cream you recommend. 😏💃
Julie, your coworkers are probably just jealous, because you look hotter than them. I'm liking this way of eating, even though I only have 20 lbs of weight to lose. Was it hard to make keto a long term lifestyle like you did?
Cycling on and off is good advice. I did a metabolism diet that was very effective just before I started nursing school and one of the things it did was 2 weeks at a certain number of calories and and then increased (or decreased - I don't remember) for one week.... it also called for 30 min of exercise 30 minutes after a meal twice daily. Best *diet* I've ever done. I'm doing keto lifestyle and working in fasting. I think I might incorporate the scheduled exercise too.
I’ve lost too much weight. I’ve added carbs but still have keto breath. I can’t find any info on why. How often do you need to eat carbs and fruits to get out of keto?
I love reading the comments from the keto family- personally been doing it for over 3 years never felt better. Have had some high carb eat days here and there and noticed an all over aches that sold me- so when someone asks me what they should do to start i always say get as much sugar out of your life.
I started Keto because I'm a type 2 diabetic. I had a stroke in January and had to make a change. My question is, how long or how will I know when I've been on keto long enough to make my insulin resistance drop and be safe to cycle off for a while? I'll never go back to crap food like doughnuts but I'd love a bowl of spaghetti or a couple rounds of sushi. My blood sugar initially on keto dropped to about 120 (off meds) from 170 on meds. It's been going back up slightly the last couple weeks (about 135 off meds) so I think the insulin resistance is fighting keto and tapping my protein for glucose. Oddly enough, I started back at the gym at about the same time my glucose went up also.
@@deborahlockwood9035 When people go on a low carb diet they usually or should increase their vegetable intake. This results in a higher potassium intake that results in faster cognitive function. Most people who don't calculate their macros don't have half the potassium they need and are underfunctioning. It is a fact. And people who have a high carb and fat diet have sluggish bowels. As my mother used to say, "sluggish bowel, sluggish brain." That is also a fact.
Going keto corrected my 10 year medicated hypertension. Had a pizza and bread day recently, prob 250g carbs that day, bp next day was 147/94 at rest. I will stay around 40g carb, no more. Still looking for a pizza crust recipe that isn’t fathead. My idea of cycling is pure protein day, fast day, OMAD day, 2mad days.
As you are so trim and fit, what foods do you now eat that a keto beginner would absolutely not? Like tomatoes? Popcorn? Do you ever plan ahead for a day or a vacation period off of keto?
Not as fit and trim as Thomas is, but I can say after doing OMAD and reducing carbs for 1.5 years and losing 30kg being normal weight, I can basicly eat anything I want in moderation and not gain weight. Take a break around christmas and eat tons of food, good easter dinners, ice cream maybe once a month, and no problems at all. If I go to a party and eat unhealthy and drink beers on a friday, I just make sure the next few days are healthy.
I cycle on, and off of the keto every day with small doses of carbs till after taekowndo on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. That's when I increase my carbs for muscle performance before I lift on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.
I am 51 about to turn 52 and I have been doing the 16/8 fasting for about 6 months. I have lost 30 lbs and my wife keeps telling me that fasting is for young people. Do you have any worries about my age and fasting. I like it, I typically fast Monday thru Thursday and Fridays are full cheat days, I eat anything and everything. Sat-Sunday I watch what I eat but much cleaner than Fridays.
Why is it considered a 'starvation state' when humans ate very low carb diets as hunters and gatherers, and some people even today live only on meat and milk
4-HNE is a linoleic acid metabolite. Since you should not eat more than 1% of your daily caloric intake from linoleic acid., it should not be a stressor on a species appropriate diet.
over 2 years on a clean keto life style. However once I hit my target weight I loosened up on the quantity I could eat of cetrain macros...but still kept to only eating clean ingredients. So while on a cut I wouldn't grab macadamia nuts here and there and only a rare treat...once at my target weight id allow it in a larger amount. It has served me well ... basically I cycle strict and lose macros but never between clean and dirty keto. For myself this has worked and is the only thing that I have been able to stick to :)
As someone who’s taken and passed Dr Berg’s kept coaching course, I find myself liking his advice less and less as time goes on. Ken Berry and Rob Cywes are actual medical doctors who are more up to date on topics like gluconeogenesis and vegetable consumption, and Dr berg is completely wrong on topics like muscle building. He’s stuck in some pretty old ways and his advice only goes so far for most people, I’ve found
Do you suggest switching to Paleo/Whole30 if you still have weight to lose though? I've lost 30 so far. I went from Whole30 to Keto/IF and I haven't had the urge to switch back to W30 yet. I still have about 30-40 more pounds to lose.
@@kellymckay5874 whole30 is an elimination diet that removes dairy, added sugar, all grains, soy products, processed food from your diet. it was a good transition for me to get onto keto b/c it was more slow & steady of a process.
@@frostygal i started whole30 in the middle of january 2021 and did that for 45 days and then transitioned slowly back onto dairy about once a day. so it's been about 3 1/2 months :)
Another thing to note here; long term keto dieting does raise Sex Hormone binding globulin which will lower your free testosterone but after taking a 1-3 months break your free testosterone should go back to normal and potentially skyrocket (mine skyrocketed)
@@smallpaulfitnesstm2576 fair point but from my understanding the use of boron long term could be toxic the same way mercury is, and the spike I saw from cyclical carb use was off the charts, my free test was slightly above the reference range
@@smallpaulfitnesstm2576 carbs have their place but don’t get me wrong, keto is by far the healthiest diet in my opinion and our ancestors were probably in Ketosis at least half of the year. Makes a lot of sense from a physiological perspective to cycle between them through seasons.
Awesome video. Confirmed my thinking on the process. To properly maintain sensitivity to both glucose and ketones, switch back and forth from time to time. One very minor correction to your talk. At 10:27 you say the word Mute, when it is actually Moot. As I said, very minor, but I thought you might appreciate the difference. :D On a personal note, after 4 months on Keto, I had a complete metabolic work up done. Previously, my fasting glucose was 106. Now it is 89. All my other metabolic markers improved, and I'm waiting on my lipid profile with HDL and LDL particulates. My doctor is amazed at the results, tells me what I'm doing is working, and to keep it up. I've even convinced him to look into Keto further for himself. He told me "you look different from the last time I saw you" (4 months ago). I'm 65, I went from 237 to 173, and I still have some visceral fat to get rid of, but making amazing progress. My Total cholesterol was 275 before I started. looking forward to seeing what that current results are... Keto for the win baby!
Years ago I went on a commercial keto diet. I've forgotten what they called it. You cut out all carbs until you went into ketosis, then you added back carbs a bit at a time. They had you check urine while you dieted. I wound up adding back 80 grams of carbs and still remained in ketosis and still lost weight slowly. My friend, who was on the same diet could not go above 20-30 grams. I guess that means I'm a pretty decent fat burner, but you wouldn't know it from looking at me. 😀
I dont think so. Keto and IF is not something to on and off. U will start inflamation and etc when off and decrease it when on again. No need. Once ur on keto, find other things to make urself happy other than eating crap food or carbo. Keto is not a diet, its a healthy life style proven in thousands of years. In last 100 years or so with development of food "industry" of satanists, we were forced to forget or never know real food and healthy life style. Once u get on keto, never leave it. The brain fog that disappears and clear mental state and the feeling of trust it gives u alone should suffice u to stick to Keto and IF. Believe me, Ive experienced it and know what Im talking about. Yes Thomas is a good presenter with a lot of knowledge, thanks to him, but promotes go on and off and do paleo and others time to time because he's selling products for different diets so u can buy them and he can make more money. Watch out!
I have a good question for you If I take small amount of carbs after working out everyday do I get the same benefits from going out of keto for like 3 weeks and have bilingual as u said sugar burning and fat burning
was hardcore carnivore for a year, lost 40 pounds the first three months. I have added some vegs back in but at least 6 days a week, I am under 20 carbs. Sunday's I cheat a little more but bet I am still under 100 carbs The thing is what do you ad back in on a regular basis ? Pasta, bread, bagels, fried chicken, frappes, cake ?
Honestly, I think Thomas has got the right idea about diet shifting. I know a lot of people have mental and emotional challenges around eating (probably all of us with weight issues, including me), so I understand not wanting to let go of the thing that works. I also think that each human has a completely different psychological and metabolic and health situation, so I also believe that there is no "one size fits all" approach. That said, considering the incredible span of human history and the variety of food sources available to our ancestors(or unavailable as the case may be), I think that most human bodies were not meant to eat one restrictive diet in life. Many of our ancestors were probably the best adapted to shifting diets, and fasting as their dietary environment changed. I will say what the scientist says: I could be wrong. Either way, I look forward to hearing more science about the effects of changing between discrete diets.
All of this talk about not staying on Keto is worrying. I just started and have 200 lbs to lose and out of control diabetes. Does this mean that it’s not ok for me to stay on it for a long time? I don’t need any more medical issues. 😞
Ok, question: how do you eat veggies and stay low carb? I track my meals, love big old salads, but there are enough carbs in salads to blow my daily carb limits. How do I resolve this?
When I cheat I usually go for small portions and never go over two days -putting Keto on hold but sticking it IF. Some of the things I cheat with are cheese pop corn, a pint of Mitchell's Butter Pecan ice cream, a serving of mash potatoes, or a Chipotle bowl with rice. FYI -I also decrease my eating window, keeping with IF, eating only within 4 hours from start to finish. So far this has sustained me and I cheat once about every 4 or 5 weeks out.
I think Thomas does Meditranean..Maybe paleo a little cheat but gets back into it..he stl tries to readclabels and makes healthy choices..I just miss the odd toast and fruits..but I'm pretty happy..need to exercise still need to drink more water..Tge restaurants and grocery stores need more healthier foods
ive been doing KETO for over a year and ive "cycled out of KETO" 3 times during that time. twice to reset my metabolism and once because we went on vacation and i just felt like cheating. I think just to enjoy life you should cycle out of any diet you might be on....
@@stacymata2327 you'll gain weight but most of it will be water weight, so once you get back into keto you'll drop it in a couple days. I recently took 2 weeks off keto and gained 6 lbs. i lost all of it in 1 week. mostly just put on water weight. felt gross most of the 2 weeks and actually couldnt wait to get back on KETO, but wanted to reset my metabolism so i took the 2 weeks. like i said, gained almost all water weight and it dropped fast
I’m not sure if I understand this video well, but I’m thinking this is what’s happening to me right now. If anyone has any tips or advise. I’ve been on Leto for almost 7 years. Always feeling great, controlling my weight. I went back home for three weeks last summer, went off keto then got into it right back. And my body seems not to respond to it at all, except that I feel good not eating carbs. I fast, I eat as I always shave and I gained almost 25 lbs, all in my stomach, love hadles area etc. I tried IF but it’s has been a struggle this time, although I had no problem with fasting up to 50 hrs before. Would this be a case? My body is just used to kept too much. I’m running out of ideas and I’m of eating carbs cuz I can’t control myself in the long run.
I’m not starving, I don’t think anyone living in today’s western world knows what starving is. I just have a mild hunger every now and then, no big deal.
I don't have the cojones to switch off of keto after all this time but I've definitely plateaued. Been two day fasting each week to get weight loss going again. I do think it's healthy to go Paleo once in awhile with fat burning as the primary state. I miss nuts and fruits sometimes, but I'm thankful for cravings to be under control.
We're all different. As soon as I upped my carbs over 20, I gained weight. I even experimented with carbs over 20 plus longer intermittent fasting (more than 18 hours in my case) and I still gained weight. For me, I will forever be paying attention to what I eat and monitoring how it reacts. I've been keeping a food diary and I weigh myself once a week on the same day. With the food diary, I can always look back at the previous week to figure out what might have affected my weight to go up. While I'm my own experiment, I appreciate you sharing what works for you. It is a great reminder for me that we're all different.
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I got what sounds a stupid question but I’m wondering if there are any particular multi vitamins I should take or not take? Or can you recommend any vitamins etc I should be taking to help with the keto diet?
Thomas, I hear your not supposed to fast after you get covid shot. Could we get a video about this.
Darren N Experimental jab for emergency use...
@@desultorilypanacea don't get the jab.dont be a guinea pig
As far as cycling On & OFF the Keto DIet what type of time span are we talking here? Weeks on, Weeks off? Months on, Months off?
You can pry Keto from my cold dead hands. Been on Keto for 4 mos, I am down 50 lbs and have never felt better. I can cheat here and there with no consequences but I still come back to Keto every time. It is where my body wants to be. No inflammation, healthy gut, tons of energy and great mental focus. This should have been the Standard American Diet but unfortunately we were lied to. Glad I saw the light.
Yeeeesss!!!!!! I'm down 53 pounds since oct but I got the rona in between. All my issues I had before oct are gone. Hot flashes, no energy, inflammation gone.The covid stuff gave me lingering around stuff issues is a different. Lol! story
@Violett Fem yep! Cause God forbid we find ways of eating that helps our problems rather then prescription meds which isn't always oh its just one cause then you have side effects of that med and need another. I see them and what they're up to! Lol
The keto diet could cause low blood pressure, kidney stones, constipation, nutrient deficiencies and an increased risk of heart disease. Strict diets like keto could also cause social isolation or disordered eating. Keto is not safe for those with any conditions involving their pancreas, liver, thyroid or gallbladder.
@Violett Fem I now say "I eat nothing prepackaged, boxed or processed." They say ohhhhhh thats wonderful! Good job!!! Lmao 🤦♀️
@@rogersearcy8846 this is true. I have a friend who tried and got sick and felt miserable turns out she has a fatty liver and that just wasn't the right way to eat for issues. Every body is different thus everybody doesn't have the same results eating certain "ways". I wish people understood that!
I have been on keto three years and lost 132 pounds and I feel great and my fibromyalgia pain went away. I feel better now at 49 years old then I did at 28 years old! ❤️
Wow great job! Congrats that's inspiring
418 pounds to 198 pounds. Thanks to keto!!
You can put me in a room full of pizza, chips, donuts, Cookies, ice cream, and I will not be tempted.... I now adapted a mindset of.. EAT TO LiVE, NOT LIVE TO EAT.
Well done you! Keto is a lifestyle I believe, not a diet.
That is wonderful.
@chris evans yep, me too! I just consider sugar to be poison now, so I'm not even tempted.
That is so awesome! Happy for you! I hope I can start losing weight again. Mine stopped and I even gained. Even though I am so strict. Maybe it is menopause.. Who knows. But you inspire me! Thanks
great job!
When I am out of keto I cannot control my food. But when I am in keto I am always focusing on eating healthy.
Same with me....and energy levels are great even in big deficit
Same here
Me too
Same here. I eat the chocolate bars from my kids if i not in ketosis 😅
Indeed, if I allow myself carbs, I'll subject myself to a junk food buffett. I'm an all or nothing kind of guy. So I'll stay in ketosis 95% of the time, unless it's someone's birthday.
I don't want tempt myself to going back to bad habits it's much like being an alcoholic for me that next doughnut would quite likely be my downfall , so keeping the habit every day is what I need to do
That is exactly what I fear! And the exact analogy I think of! I used to be severely addicted to sugar... you would never tell an alcoholic to cycle on and off of sobreity! So I really don't understand how cycling on and off of keto is supposed to work!!
I think when said carbs those were meant to be sweet potatoes, pumpkins and stuff. So nothing attractive enough to form a bad habit of. 😅
Stay strong
You rack disciprine! XD but i get it, i feel the same way. I was extremely addicted to sugar. When i started the Keto i went cold sugar turkey and the first 2 weeks were hell! I continued on Keto for about 7months until i noticed it took longer for me to loose weight. I've been taking it easy with how implement more carbs however. I started off with cruciferous vegetables, then i added berries and melons to the mix, then i added legume, mainly lentils, black beans and canellini and then root veggies like sweet potatoes, yams, squash & pumpkins. I'm not so sure about adding cereals and grains, probably wont, but anyway, i feel no difference apart from it being a sorta relaxing break, i think i should be ready in about 2 weeks to get back into keto.
@@yehuiai8078 Sweet potatoes are highly addictive for me. And they inevitably act as a gateway to other sweets. Glad some people can taste "sweet" and not go crazy with it --I'm just not one of them. Low carb is the foundation of food-sobriety for me and it is so encouraging to know I'm not alone in that!
This ladder of metabolic efficiency has me thinking about the seasonal availability of food before the modern age. Forcing our ancestors to change their diet according to the seasons.
Me and my dad were just talking about this the other day..makes a lot of sense.
Makes sense, fruits were only in summer, in winter mostly meats.
Ive been bangin that drum for years! Im an avid cook and know that fruits and veggies taste much better when eaten in season. My grandparents were immigrants to this country from Italy, and my grandmother never cooked out of season even though she was here. In Italy and elsewhere they usually only sell what’s available in season in their open air markets. Before supermarkets and refrigeration, your only option was to eat what you had stored that could be kept over or had canned in/for the winter months and the fresh things were eaten obviously when they were at their prime. I still shop that way but it is so tempting to get veg and fruit from out of the country in off months, I’m only human lol.
Exactly!!! This is how it is in most African countries, fruits and veggies in the summer and spring and meat and wheat and grains in the fall and winter. That’s why I laugh at most American diets even though I’m American myself . they’re eating everything and out of season and the excuse is for vitamins and minerals.
I fully agree, maybe keto winter and fall and summer and spring more of a low/medium carb diet with adding in fruit
Been living in ketosis for over two years and now I know no other way to live. Way too many great things happened to my mind and body to change so I’m keto for life.
Carbs got me to where I am (was). Don’t want to go back, no way man!
Been on Keto 7 weeks down 25lbs have always struggled with my weight. I wish I had known about this decades ago, I have never felt better and most importantly not hungry it’s amazing!!
I love keto/IF and by August 12 I will have completed 3 years. I do like to keep up with this channel as I want to tweak up what I’m doing or understanding. I can play “gotcha” with my PCP who still doesn’t get it how I safely came off my 17 meds after the first year. He now asks how did I become “so educated “ when I long windedly told him about the D3 & MK7 relationship AND my D25 level on testing was 117.3! Oh, I’m 66 in a month... “NOT your usual geriatric “ I proudly boasted to him!
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Right back at you…I. 62 and hubby is 66…we are into adventure…love the keto and IF!
@@bar60strong23 ya gotta love us who take this as an adventure not a challenge!
Hi! Thank you so much for providing such amazing content. I’ve been doing Keto for four years, but my body needed to eat some foods higher in carbs along the journey. When I eat some carbs for some weeks, I always come back to Keto, because like you I love how I feel. Thanks again for your wonderful work.❤️
I've been doing keto and IF, especially exercising in a fasting state and it has transformed my life. I'm 63 and losing weight was impossible prior to that. I've lost 25 lbs since January and have gone from a size 12 to a 6. I have what I call cheat days where I bounce out of keto, but this is the way I want to live the rest of my life. I feel like I'm in my 40s again. Also any inflammatory issues are gone. Most likely because of the weight loss and change of diet. Thanks Tom for everything you do!
I'm with you Maria. I had no lasting success with anything but keto and IF.. I have been at goal weight for over a year now, I have a cheat meal every now and then (within reason) but generally feel at my 65 year old best on a ketogenic diet.
It's tough to be in keto in the summer - I love fresh fruit but I have 1 cheat day every once in awhile then back to normal...
@@carolmiller5713 Have you seen Thomas' research on Allulose and eating fruit? I have tried it a couple of times this summer as peaches are my favorite fruit and was fine. Didn't use much Allulose either.
@@giselesmith7795 Thanks! I will look. I do a little cheat time with fruit cuz it's summer! It doesn't seem to have too much effect and I don't eat much, just a little to ease the desire.
That’s great!
I'm not a doctor (either) but I would suggest anyone doing keto (or considering doing keto) should stay on keto until they've achieved their initial health goals (weight loss, system repair, detox, etc.), then consider a healthy cycling regimen. Cycling too early (especially for long periods) can derail your progress, especially if you eat garbage during the 'break period'.
I would agree to some degree. I would say you to be strict keto for the first three to six months then maybe a cheat weekend once every month or two after that. My cheat weekend is eat keto food with a tiny bit of high carbs food
Why? The body doesn't need grains and sugar.
@@longtimelo three years and my body has not had any sugar or grains and my doctor was the one that told me to do it. I do a physical 2 time a year and doctor tells me what great shape I am in for 62
@@longtimelo if the body needs sugar it’ll make it.
It’s different for peri menopause women we have to cycle in and out
I really appreciate your videos Thomas. I was so insulin resistant that doing my same workout and diet for 12 weeks when I lost 34 pounds at 30; I only lost 6 pounds at 50. I am now doing healthy Keto and intermittent fasting and I have lost 20 pounds in 7 weeks. I feel great, my joints don't hurt and I can see results in my arms, legs, face and waist already. Starting tomorrow, I'm going to start working out again too. Thanks!
I don't see ketosis as a starvation response. I see it as the normal tapping into the largest energy reserve you have. HFLC, the proper human diet.
Agreed. When our ancestors had their meals, they would certainly not see it as starvation. Yet, they were in ketosis. They'd propably think we're idiots for even discussing whether they are starving themselves while literally eating what was available.
Well, not necessarily LCHF. Fat was precious and hard to come by.
You better believe our ancestors ate the fat, but it's unlikely they got more fat than protein.
LCMPMF is more probable lol
@@priestesslucy that is probably the most accurate take. Doesn’t sound as catchy though 😅
@@neinbruderja7519 I agree that keto is a great way to live. One thing I am very skeptical about is whether our ancestors lived in ketosis most of the time. There just isn't massive amount of evidence that they would be eating the ratios required. The inuits may have lived in something similar but it could be that they lived in some kind of flexible state going between the two in a way much smoother than we do.
@ yeah that might be possible too.
Nutritional Ketosis For Life. Oh, with IF/Time Restricted Eating. That's my motto.
I agree!
How about now 3 years on? How is it going? I'm on day 3.
Been doing Keto for two years now. Works fine for me.
At the end of the day, do what works best for you!
3 years here! No plans to stop.
@@maddisonbythesea3015 yep no freaking way am i going back... this is a forever lifestyle for me
@@Blackandwhitecat-u9v 23 years here. Still great
Me to, been doing it for 3 years now and is total sustainable
Seasonal keto - keto in the winter, carbs in the summer is in my opinion the evolutionary appropiate approach. We have specific genes that make us better at utilizing fats when it's cold and dark and utilizing carbs better when it's hot and sunny.
Yes! I’ve been thinking this too.
Might be some truth in it. I dont eat many carbs but been recently and am still ripped as fuck !!!!
Highly processed carbs are pure garbage in every season of life or weather. But if you want to fool yourself, have at it.
Interesting take
@@Rocketscientist66he never said anything about highly processed carbs bud
I started keto in 2020 and within 10 months, I had lost 103 pounds. I've just started my fifth year and my weight is still stable. I have also reversed prediabetes and got rid of my joint pain. So now I'm back at the gym aged 56 and I hike for 4 miles each day. For more than four years, I've intermittently fasted daily for 19 hours (including sleep) and I only consume two meals per day. For me, there is no such thing as taking a break from keto, because i see it as a proper human diet...and returning to the standard western diet will never be an option.
Eating Keto has become a way of life for me. I have been doing it for almost two years. I am healthier than I have ever been as an adult. I am afraid that if try changing things up I will end up gaining the 150 lbs I lost back. I just don’t think I can do it.
I just feel good and my blood pressure is normal and I don’t need to take meds any more.
This is JUST what I was hoping to see for a while now, thanks Thomas! ;) 6 Year and counting on deep keto.
OMG! I`ve been on a Ketogenic diet for 27 years now. I also started Intermittent fasting in 2007. Time flies.
Um, that's a little suss. Are you saying you invented the keto diet and just never told anybody?
@@dreamingrightnow1174 In 1972 Dr. Robert Atkins published his first book; "Dr. Atkins' Diet Revolution". But, ketogenic diets have actually been around since William Banting in 1864 posted his "Letters of Corpulence". So you see; "Ignorance is obviously a bliss"
@Zen Rebel Thank you very much Zen.
Can you tell us how you feel or how your blood/inflammatory markers are? Any downsides for doing it so long?
@@Isuri Hi Vidsi. All I can tell is that I will stay on a ketogenic diet combined with intermittent fasting for the rest of my life. I`ve felt absolutely fantastic for all these 27 years since curing my autoimmune disease Mb. Reiter. I got to a point where I told myself that I didn`t want to live anymore. For about 10 years I had suffered from my autoimmune disease and the only thing medical doctors offered me was antiinflammatory drugs and painkillers. The meds almost killed me, so what to do? I kind of rediscovered the Atkins diet at the age of 31 and within 3 weeks all my joint inflammations and pains were gone. If I deviate from the ketogenic diet and if I eat especially wheat the pains comes creeping back within 12-13 hours. I have no choice but to stay on this diet. My CRP and triglycerides was below the reference threshold, and I have every reason in this world to love and be grateful for "discovering" this diet.
I had ONE cheat day since restarting keto in Feb and gained 5 lbs! Took over a week to get it back off. I did keto all last year until Sept, gained 20 lbs back in 6 months. I've managed to get 15 of it back off, but no more carb cycling or cheat days for me except maybe just an occasional vegetable. My body just can't handle carbs, at least not for now.
Water weight lol
It is just water weight....
I hear about the water weight, but it's more than that. Water weight gain means water retention, unwanted bloat, and sodium retention. For those who are watching their blood pressure along with weight, this may not be a good thing. I can see cycling off keto for a short time in terms of calories and a judicious increase in carbs, but I can't see the need for high carbs during the times cycling off. I could never do it anyways given my metabolic condition. Anyway, you could have a cheat day, but not a BIG cheat. ;)
@@letitiawong5473 for every one gram of Carbohydrate there is approximatly 2-3 grams of water retaind. That is nothing to be scared of. it is something unavoidable when switching from keto to carohydrates and something eveyone should be aware of. You can not compare it to water retention or unwanted bloat. It is also the reason why someone would lose weight so rapedly when going on keto at first. BUT ultmately the goal should be fat loss not weight loss, so it should be nothing to worry about.
Yep. The only thing carbs do to me is make me hungry. Not. Worth. It.
You are saving my life! So you are better than doctors. I suffer from several chronic illness, and despite starving I could loose weight. I discovered my reactive hypoglycemia because of you. I also discovered my meds were killing my keto. I changed the timing to post workout when my insulin is already spiked, and when I’m moving more instead of before bed which kicked me out if keto nightly. My GKi went from 10 every morning to 2.1, and during the day is 3.0. So weird guy I’m so glad you nerd out!
You’re not some weird internet guy. You’re awesome and informative. Thanks Thomas!
Going on week 7 on “keto”. Started at 232 lbs. Currently at 213. I’m sold. I’m never starving, have more energy, and wake up every morning around 4:45 am alert and ready to go. I love enjoying the hour just reflecting and occasionally just play TH-cam vids to learn about a topic of interest while resting.
Sugar, soy, wheat, canola.
I went on keto for three months to lose some excess weight, came off gradually and really missed how great and healthy I felt eating keto. I missed not feeling hungry most of the time! The only downside of keto was trying to find things to eat when out and about, and having to say no to people offering food to eat or try. I'm back on again now. 😊
Thank you for covering this subject, Thomas! After a 1 1/2 yrs. on Keto, my energy level has recently dropped from great to “slug”... and so I’ll take your educated advice and cycle off for a few weeks with Paleo to see what happens. I love Keto, as it’s so easy to cook for, and I plan to stick with it. But, adding a few more healthy carbs for a few weeks, before returning to Keto makes a lot of sense. Again, thanks!
It does make sense, doesn't it?
Same here!
Btw, sometimes people are having a drop in their electrolytes. You might consider that if you're taking a multi, maybe have a swig of pickle juice now and then.
I love when people "reason" and uses common sense
How often do you cycle off keto? Can you make a video about when you cycle off, how long you cycle off, and what you eat when you do cycle off? Thanks!
Yes, it would be nice to know @Thomas DeLauer
He says in the video he get off every 3 months 9:28
@@Vamosalabaralrey But we need to know how he gets off. What is it that he changes to and how long does he stay off of the ketogenic diet.
@Violett Fem if you are hungry adding apple cider vinegar should help is not your hungry but is your blood sugar going down, Add protein and fat with apple cider it helps with blood sugar.
@Violett Fem add more fat
Love this kind of broader, deeper, wider analysis. Even tho it appears annoyingly contradictory, complex, & challenging, this is because the various pathways to optimum health ARE inherently complex. If it were simple & straightforward, we could just take one tiny, cheap pill per month.
Mmm I don't believe good nutrition and health should be complex at all, humans are the only species who have to make eating difficult. Animals eat what they know they need and that's it.
After doing keto and OMAD for 1 1/2 years I started putting on weight no matter I was eating less than 20 g of carbs a day ad exercising daily. While out camping in a national park and with a higher carb content due to lack of alternatives, I actually lost weight. Still did OMAD but with more carbs. I started back on Keto a couple days ago and I am so tired I slept 11 straight hours last night. Looking forward to feeling great and energetic on Keto as before.
What's amazing is we've been around for hundreds of thousands of years (modern sapians) and we still don't know everything about our own bodys.
I use a combination of keto and intermittent fasting. So I'm never over eating, but I'm also never nutritionally starved either.
That’s what I’m going back to doing.
That’s me too
The only reason I’ve been able to stick to keto beyond 4 months now is because I’ve never felt starved. I’ve never felt constantly hungry or craving foods. That’s the whole point. It’s sustainable long term. As a result less cortisol is produced. Less stress. Less thinking about food. Total liberation. Why can’t I stay on this as long as possible?
I've been doing Keto and IF since Jan. 1, 2020, and I can't imagine doing anything else. I think that if I came off of Keto and did something else, I would balloon back up to my original weight, and I don't want to do that. I allow myself a cheat day every 2 weeks, and I always gain weight from it. As a side note, I wish people would learn that the word "moot" is NOT pronounced the same as "mute." There is no such thing as a "mute" point. It's a "moot" point.
😆mute, moot..good point!
Adaptation is the key to survival, but once adapted and surviving, the "edge" is lost as the body gets in a rut, like it's idling, looking for something to do to fulfill its mandate to survive. Keep it guessing and it'll stay sharp.
I trying to understand the "starving" part- I always feel pretty satisfied and less starved than I ever did on carbs. But I do think your spot on with the changing things up-It's like doing the same work out over and over again, at some point it becomes unproductive and functions as maintenance only-(At least that's been my experience)
Carbs mess me up, now. If I eat anything with a moderate amount of sugar, my energy crashes and by body gets sore. I constantly test my blood sugar. No signs of diabetes. Sugar levels are great.
I don’t know what could be happening.
You could be allergic to gluten or some other type of wheat or grain?
The PROCESSED sugars are UNATURAL. You won't feel this way from eating fruits, or natural food. As soon as we eat some packed b.s. it triggers a UNATURAL response. But we will be ok
@@Isuri I would say that I do not have a gluten intolerance, but I cannot completely rule it out. However, the symptoms appear with and without gluten, and many of the common gluten intolerance symptoms are absent when I do eat it. My diet already avoids most gluten, if not completely. But, I appreciate the reminder to check that more closely.
@@danielthalion Yea. I thought that was the case, as well. We removed sugar, fructose, and artificial sweeteners. I log everything I eat and my smart watch prompts me to log hunger, energy level, mood, GI comfort, productivity, and any symptoms I may notice. Certain fruits and vegetables trigger my “sleepy-time” response. Tomatoes tend to be one of the worst offenders. Strawberries and cantaloupe are my favorite fruits, and I’m ok eating them in small quantities. However, eating a moderate amount crashes my energy and sometimes makes me throw up. I miss my salty McDonald’s breakfast hash browns, but potatoes in any form are the devil. The DEVIL. My stomach can’t handle peppers anymore, spicy or not.
Please share more info on how you cycle in and out of keto. Thanks for all the info!
Your information is legit Thomas! Hope you can continue to impact the millions and improve people's health 🙏
When I eat sugar I have pain. Wonʻt be going on your on-again off-again idea. For me, as a carb-aholic, I have gotten off carbs and itʻs like being an alcoholic -- BAD idea for an alcoholic to start drinking for a while after quitting.
I'm fascinated by people talking about having a direct reaction to certain foods with pain/inflamation. Enough people say it that I figure it's group think or they're really onto something. I have a lot of joint pain, so I'm hoping it's the latter.
It amazed me how my joint pain went away within 2 weeks after I went
I get that about feeling like an alcoholic. Everytime I go of keto I start having some sweet stuff like fruit but it quickly turns into piling more and more high glycemic carbs and sugar into my diet, it's like I can't stop. When I take breaks from keto now I avoid all sugar and eat Mediterranean and it's helped a lot.
Keto Is the ultimate health secret elisir dude, on so many aspects. Way beyond just Weight. Inflammation. Mind and body health. Energy. Sleep, performance ...the lot.
@Andy Man Fasting and zero to little carbs i'd say, + high quality animal nutrition ( total grass fed ruminant animals and their organs/ total pasture chicken and eggs and pork/wild caught fish and shellfish/full fat raw unpasteurised ) and low glycemic fruit when seasonal and for hidration ( berries/cucumber/watermelon in summer) and same for veggies when in season, organic and local ( asparagus, fermented cabbage -sauerkraut )
Worked for me, and i'm from "pizza/pasta" land, but am half from "fish and chips" land:))
and...stop calling me Shirley !
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@Andy Man hihi... what a great film that was ! have a great day , ciao
Perfect timing for youtube to suggest this video to me, have been on keto for 2 months, next week is break time 😁🙏
I’ve totally reversed my fatty liver using a keto diet 🙂 my Dr was amazed
Similar here, not even keto, just low carb, but with keto & carne meals here & there.
I know someone who did that too. Also another who was severely type 2 diabetic, maxed out on meds, he went on low carb and in 2 years isn't even considered diabetic anymore. His cardiologist actually uses him at medical conferences and such to prove the claims that its true
I believe this is true. It's amazing that a lot of MD's are stuck on old information and just can't get over the fact that carbohydrates, especially processed, are toxic for most of us. They tend to be very knee jerk about animal protein/fat and mine told me she was concerned I would develop fatty liver and diabetes and encouraged me to have BARIACTIC SURGERY. I came back a year later and all my numbers had improved to normal range and I was 27 lbs lighter on low carb.
@@dreamingrightnow1174 dont you love that?! Eating proteins, veggies and other things that grow in nature is not good but have your organs rearranged cause that will work! My God father had gastric bypass, years ago when it first came out. He had to travel to Fl from NJ cause that was the only doc at the time doing it. I dont advise anyone to have that surgery. I saw what he went through! I actually had someone tell me yesterday ohhhh eating like that will kill you. Stop. I said well my blood work is coming back beautiful and I feel amazing but thanks for the concern! I stopped telling ppl anything but "I eat nothing prepackaged or from a box or bag. Just proteins veggies and fruit. And they say "omg thats wonderful!!!!" 🙊🤦♀️
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I did that too in 7 months. 😊
Struggle to think how eating eggs meat lettuce healthy oils and berries is somehow triggering anything near starvation responses...appreciate the interesting dialogue tho...plus a 10% increase in your lifespan ie 20% of back half...is a good trade off...
YES!!!!!! So glad you said it!! I was thinking the same damn thing! 🌮🥩🍄🍓🥥🥗
My diabetes nurse practitioner wants me to eat more carbs and not fast more then 12 hours because I might get light headed
@@kentuckyburbon1777 I bet she does. Diabetes professionals would all go outta business if you stopped eating carbs.😉 You'll get lightheaded if you're low on electrolytes... calcium, potassium, sodium. So find a Ketorade recipe and drink up. Redmonds+NoSalt+ACV+water+lemon
@@KJB0001 yeah, i’ve been on the keto diet for six weeks and my sugars are pretty damn good. If I ate all the carbs they recommended 250-300 per day I’d probably end up in insulin before long. It’s a sin.
@@kentuckyburbon1777 Recommending 300g/day of Carbs is criminal and any doctor, RN, practitioner, organization who tells you to eat that much should be sued for negligence.... and arrested on attempted effin' murder. Might as well prescribe two packs of ciggies a day.
I always wondered about this. I have to live a keto lifestyle due to reactive hypoglycemia. My body cannot process sugar and carbs. I am on a continuous glucose monitor. The only way I can have any quality of life is being on the keto diet. I don’t want to lose too much weight down the road. I just started a few weeks ago.
Hello, this is my situation too, I end up worrying that I should take a break from the keto diet, but then my health will suffer. I don’t feel I have a choice, I wish there was a video on keto and diabetes and how we have no choice but stay on keto for life., and the benefits of life long keto for diabetes! I like Thomas but after watching videos like this I feel like I am doing damage to my body by trying to control my diabetes through my diet.
Dr. Berg has a couple of videos about this. As I recall, the answer is to add more fat and perhaps a few more carbs (berries).
Someone in your comment already said this (and mentioned dr berg) and I think if you add more fat when you want to shift slightly up in healthy carbs periodically your blood sugar may not spike. Everyone's different so you'll have to see what works. I watch Serious Keto channel on YT and he eats things as checks his blood sugar and ketones at set times to see the effect and saw a much small increase when he added a fat. He's not diabetic but it was interesting. You might want to check him out and Dr Berg if you haven't yet. Good luck.. I understand wanting to eat a tomato now and then, lol.
Consistency is the main goal for me. Because whenever I eat high carb foods even just for a day, I'm having anxiety. Lol. But when I'm consistent to keto and IF, I never have anxiety attacks. I feel more relaxed. Even if I feel hungry, I just don't think about it, and it goes aways after half an hour..
I eat carbs and can feel it within a few hours, anxiety and heightened emotions really bad
Ok...I thought it was my imagination.....fell off the Keto wagon yesterday....was up all night with anxiety.....interesting.
@@angyyyee2671 same same.
@Thomas Delaure...thank you sir.
Been keto for around a year. On my way to a four stone loss. What I would like to know is. Does keto effect your PSA levels. As mine have rocketed to 14 this year. But Docs after prostate biopsies and blood tests can find no trace of cancer.
Go look at Dr. Berry
Crazy that you have made this video when i have just literally found the perfect balance of keto/carbs in my diet.
Ive been doing strict keto on/off (mostly on) for past 2 years and loved how i feel and look. As an extremely bad sugar addict this is the only diet that works for me to lose weight and stay in shape so i am fully committed to making this diet work long term.
However, i found with my job being very active and going the gym 6x per week, the stress was too great on my body and my sleep and performance suffered as a result.
I would hold alot of water around my mid section aswell and could not carry on even though i looked great it was too taxing on my body (i test my ketones and am always between 0.8 - 2.5)
So i started experimenting with refeed days and found once every week to have a carb refeed and it worked wonders for my sleep stress and physique, but after a couple of days back into ketosis i would be back in a stress out state poor sleep poor performance low energy. (It only takes me a day to get back into ketosis)
So after 2 years of trying to find the right balance of keto/carbs, i decided ontop of my keto diet to do 5-7 rice cakes of a night to help with the sleep, with a protein yoghurt (no fat in this meal/snack) as a pre bed snack....
and wow!!!!!! my sleep is deep and consistent, the water weight from stress has completely gone, i feel full of energy the next day (my sex drive has gone thru the roof) and best of all i test my ketones and they are where they are usually at midday! My muscles are sooo full and my strength is great and i feel euphoric all the time as i did when i first started keto.
My carbs usually end up about 50-70gs per day but its not effecting my ketons much atall!
I cant believe its took me 2 years of blood sweat and tears to figure this out i thought maybe it was depression or whatever but no, ive been doing this for the past 3 weeks now and i literally cannot fault it, im so happy.
And ill be happy if i can help anyone else suffering with fatigue on the keto diet that has tried literally everything else by reading my experience!
Hi. Are you still doing the carbs at night to help with your sleep? How is it going?
That's great! I'm just a few weeks into keto again. In the past, i always stopped it because of crap sleep it caused.
Lately I have been thinking of adapting to the keto then slowly figure my carb limits. I really want to have flexibilty metabolically. I want my body to learn to burn carbs well. I just need to find that balance.
You need more l-tryptophan from eggs and chicken...Or carbs
Thanks for that. I have been doing clean strict keto for over 4 years .
Recently I began to gain fat again. I fasted every day 16/8 sometimes 20 or 22 hours. Nothing, I wouldn't loose, even gained weight and inches.
After research and listening to Thomas. I realise our bodies adjust to the way we eat over time, so we have to shock it sometimes.
I am busy doing a fruit and veg, avocado, fast for three days. Then I will go back into ketosis after that to see if that helps.
@@jacquelinegrandemange9031 how did that go for you?
So, you mention taking a break from the Keto diet. I've tried doing that and all of the issues I had before going on the diet came back almost in the same day. I remember back during the holidays I took time off because it's impossible to do Keto during this time so I took 4 days off. Awful 4 days. Yeah I got to eat a huge variety of food I hadn't eaten in 3 months but I also got back GERD, gas, bloating, inconsistent sleep patterns, brain fog, etc. I feel 3 times better on Keto than off so why would we want to take a break? And for how long? I can still do IF but being off Keto means it's much more difficult to fast 18 hours. I did IF this time last year for 4 months and ended it in June for no reason but I remember having to really force my will to wait until noon before eating and when I did, it was a Whataburger meal. I maintained my 185 lbs then but now I'm closer to 160. I would think eating that now would cause me to gain back my weight which I don't want to do.
So I'm asking instead of taking an extended break, what about the occasional cheat day? Like the holidays, there are times when I am faced with eating out with no options. Like for Mother's Day today. My wife wants to go our favorite Pho restaurant and we haven't been in 7 months because of me. So I'm going to take off today and resume tomorrow. Yeah it'll kick me out of Ketosis but so what? I'll be right back into Ketosis by Tuesday. It's not like I'm going to gain back my 30 lbs over one day. Because I've been on this for so long, it won't take me long to be full any way. Taking Keto off for a day doesn't mean I can't continue to do IF.
During the holidays I managed to find keto recipes for all my favorite holiday treats/foods. Fudge, pecan pie, cookies, even egg nog. I made the traditional versions for people who were not keto and everyone was happy. At parties I would stick to foods I knew (or thought) would be low carb, sipped a single glass of red wine for the duration of the party/get together, or just drank water. Like you, I feel awful if I go off keto so I found ways to enjoy holiday foods and stay keto. I did gain a couple of pounds during the holidays due to eating too many calories but I still felt great. Those few pounds were easy to get rid of once I was back in my normal routine.
@Patrick Dezenzio I went too quickly from the Standard American Diet (SAD) to a limit of 20 grams of carbs per day with a fasting period of 20 hours and a feeding period of 4 hours, and languished for weeks with the keto flu. I eventually learned about dirty keto vs clean keto and more specifically what foods and drinks work better. Mildly suffering the keto flu for way longer than many folks, I was keenly interested in this concept of cheat days. However, I'm too timid to cheat much at all for fear of backsliding. I'm actually down 50 pounds in 4 months, and am just about at my target weight, so it's not the weight I'm concerned with. I'm more concerned with my pre-diabetes (diagnosed by two different M.D.s), my insulin resistance (assumed since I have pre-diabetes), my fatty liver (self-diagnosed), and maintaining my energy. Thomas DeLauer's suggestion is that one could and maybe should cycle back and forth between keto/IF for 3 months followed by a diet with considerably more carbs for 3 weeks. I'm too timid to go with more than between 20 and 45 grams of daily carbs. I'll have a fairly tame cheat day once a week followed by a 24 to 40 hour fast, and then it's back to the daily keto/IF. (My eating strategy keeps evolving.) Another prominent TH-camr, Dr. Eric Berg (DC), states that to reverse a fatty liver it could take up to (as I recall) 8 months of uninterrupted ketogenic eating. I'm not sure I've got the intestinal fortitude to do that (pardon the pun).
Keto for five years now ... and I still hear jokes from coworkers / friends . 🤣
They can't help themselves, aye? My neighbour, 10 years older than me and sick with so many issues, tells me I need to eat, lol. I'm a healthy weight and no issues and she refuses to admit I'm healthier and eat enough for me!
I've been Keto since 2011 (as Atkins Induction) and started I.F. in November 2016. The people who used to give me crap about what/when I eat are now asking if I get Botox or Laser resurfacing. I just say, "low insulin spiking diet and autophagy", which just pacifies them 'til they can go Google it to find out they're synonymous with Keto and Fasting. 🙄 All my labs are better that average. My dad started Atkins in the 70's as a professional cyclist looking for his top performance. He is 77 and looks nearly 50. People think we're on a date. 😅 Hang in there. Those bitches will come back wanting to know what eye cream you recommend. 😏💃
@@KJB0001 😂😂😂😂
Julie, your coworkers are probably just jealous, because you look hotter than them. I'm liking this way of eating, even though I only have 20 lbs of weight to lose. Was it hard to make keto a long term lifestyle like you did?
@@wayne12693 no it’s like being a vegan just a lifestyle . Not to mention on holidays if I splurge I feel like crap .. Good luck !
"Kaputt!" That came unexpectedly, but for me as a german was very funny to hear. 😄
Agree! Second generation German American here.
My dad used to say that 😕
Same here, I am also from Germany, ;O) Br
kaput is american slang for broken. turns out its just German, lol
In American English, it came from Yiddish (Jewish language), which is very similar to German.
Cycling on and off is good advice. I did a metabolism diet that was very effective just before I started nursing school and one of the things it did was 2 weeks at a certain number of calories and and then increased (or decreased - I don't remember) for one week.... it also called for 30 min of exercise 30 minutes after a meal twice daily.
Best *diet* I've ever done. I'm doing keto lifestyle and working in fasting. I think I might incorporate the scheduled exercise too.
I’ve lost too much weight. I’ve added carbs but still have keto breath. I can’t find any info on why. How often do you need to eat carbs and fruits to get out of keto?
Just brush your teeth and all will be well
I love reading the comments from the keto family- personally been doing it for over 3 years never felt better. Have had some high carb eat days here and there and noticed an all over aches that sold me- so when someone asks me what they should do to start i always say get as much sugar out of your life.
I started Keto because I'm a type 2 diabetic. I had a stroke in January and had to make a change. My question is, how long or how will I know when I've been on keto long enough to make my insulin resistance drop and be safe to cycle off for a while? I'll never go back to crap food like doughnuts but I'd love a bowl of spaghetti or a couple rounds of sushi. My blood sugar initially on keto dropped to about 120 (off meds) from 170 on meds. It's been going back up slightly the last couple weeks (about 135 off meds) so I think the insulin resistance is fighting keto and tapping my protein for glucose. Oddly enough, I started back at the gym at about the same time my glucose went up also.
Notice that Thomas never says Umm. I hope I become such a clear thinking person and speaker when on keto for long enough.
What????
I doubt that has anything to do with it. Don't you know anyone else on ketogenic diet
@@deborahlockwood9035 When people go on a low carb diet they usually or should increase their vegetable intake. This results in a higher potassium intake that results in faster cognitive function. Most people who don't calculate their macros don't have half the potassium they need and are underfunctioning. It is a fact. And people who have a high carb and fat diet have sluggish bowels. As my mother used to say, "sluggish bowel, sluggish brain." That is also a fact.
Going keto corrected my 10 year medicated hypertension. Had a pizza and bread day recently, prob 250g carbs that day, bp next day was 147/94 at rest. I will stay around 40g carb, no more. Still looking for a pizza crust recipe that isn’t fathead. My idea of cycling is pure protein day, fast day, OMAD day, 2mad days.
Do you still recommend IF when cycling off of keto? I’ve found it’s MUCH harder when carbs are in the equation!
I Love it "I'm just some weird dude on the Internet" You Go Mr De Lauer !! Great Info !
Every one of your videos is super informative and I like the fact that you present a lot of studies! Thank you very much ♥️
As you are so trim and fit, what foods do you now eat that a keto beginner would absolutely not? Like tomatoes? Popcorn? Do you ever plan ahead for a day or a vacation period off of keto?
Not as fit and trim as Thomas is, but I can say after doing OMAD and reducing carbs for 1.5 years and losing 30kg being normal weight, I can basicly eat anything I want in moderation and not gain weight. Take a break around christmas and eat tons of food, good easter dinners, ice cream maybe once a month, and no problems at all. If I go to a party and eat unhealthy and drink beers on a friday, I just make sure the next few days are healthy.
I cycle on, and off of the keto every day with small doses of carbs till after taekowndo on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. That's when I increase my carbs for muscle performance before I lift on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.
I am 51 about to turn 52 and I have been doing the 16/8 fasting for about 6 months. I have lost 30 lbs and my wife keeps telling me that fasting is for young people. Do you have any worries about my age and fasting. I like it, I typically fast Monday thru Thursday and Fridays are full cheat days, I eat anything and everything. Sat-Sunday I watch what I eat but much cleaner than Fridays.
your not old.
Interesting information, been doing keto for 3 years and feel great, at goal for 2 plus years maintaining. Plan to keep doing
Why is it considered a 'starvation state' when humans ate very low carb diets as hunters and gatherers, and some people even today live only on meat and milk
4-HNE is a linoleic acid metabolite. Since you should not eat more than 1% of your daily caloric intake from linoleic acid., it should not be a stressor on a species appropriate diet.
over 2 years on a clean keto life style. However once I hit my target weight I loosened up on the quantity I could eat of cetrain macros...but still kept to only eating clean ingredients. So while on a cut I wouldn't grab macadamia nuts here and there and only a rare treat...once at my target weight id allow it in a larger amount. It has served me well ... basically I cycle strict and lose macros but never between clean and dirty keto. For myself this has worked and is the only thing that I have been able to stick to :)
Thank you for this video . It's nice that you are humble unlike ,the majority of internet self proclaimed health advocates .
I ate Keto/low carb for over a year. I went on vacation and took a break. Three years later I’m still trying to get back to keto .
Listen to some smart Dr's who are also KETO Dr. Eric Berg his wisdom is incredible and he is another fountain of info like Thomas here.
... And @Dr Wendy Pelz for extensive knowledge and guidence (especially for women) for intermittent fasting.
OK Dr. Berg is a chiropractor not an actual doctorm
@Violett Fem Really, he even says it. He still does research and gives good arguments but he is not a medic.
As someone who’s taken and passed Dr Berg’s kept coaching course, I find myself liking his advice less and less as time goes on. Ken Berry and Rob Cywes are actual medical doctors who are more up to date on topics like gluconeogenesis and vegetable consumption, and Dr berg is completely wrong on topics like muscle building. He’s stuck in some pretty old ways and his advice only goes so far for most people, I’ve found
@@taegongilstrap I would say that is a positive. How has the Western medical mafia helped folks' health through eating?
I'm some weird dude watching another weird dude. Love the content!!!
Always is so good to hear you I’m down 26 pounds in one years thank you very mucho but now I’m stack in this and my goal is total 30 pounds down 😔
Do you suggest switching to Paleo/Whole30 if you still have weight to lose though? I've lost 30 so far. I went from Whole30 to Keto/IF and I haven't had the urge to switch back to W30 yet. I still have about 30-40 more pounds to lose.
Curious what's whole 30
How long for it take you to loose that 30?
@@kellymckay5874 whole30 is an elimination diet that removes dairy, added sugar, all grains, soy products, processed food from your diet. it was a good transition for me to get onto keto b/c it was more slow & steady of a process.
@@frostygal i started whole30 in the middle of january 2021 and did that for 45 days and then transitioned slowly back onto dairy about once a day. so it's been about 3 1/2 months :)
@@jessicalabella6601 that is so awesome!
Great video! Very important info thank you!
Another thing to note here; long term keto dieting does raise Sex Hormone binding globulin which will lower your free testosterone but after taking a 1-3 months break your free testosterone should go back to normal and potentially skyrocket (mine skyrocketed)
Use boron (10mg) to free up that testosterone again Thomas has a video on it lol
@@smallpaulfitnesstm2576 fair point but from my understanding the use of boron long term could be toxic the same way mercury is, and the spike I saw from cyclical carb use was off the charts, my free test was slightly above the reference range
@@emperorsheev6309 oh wow I dont remember him mentioning long term use thank you for that note!
@@emperorsheev6309 funny I do notice changes in aesthetics when I cycle back to carbs where my hair growths quicker amongst other things
@@smallpaulfitnesstm2576 carbs have their place but don’t get me wrong, keto is by far the healthiest diet in my opinion and our ancestors were probably in Ketosis at least half of the year. Makes a lot of sense from a physiological perspective to cycle between them through seasons.
Awesome video. Confirmed my thinking on the process. To properly maintain sensitivity to both glucose and ketones, switch back and forth from time to time. One very minor correction to your talk. At 10:27 you say the word Mute, when it is actually Moot. As I said, very minor, but I thought you might appreciate the difference. :D On a personal note, after 4 months on Keto, I had a complete metabolic work up done. Previously, my fasting glucose was 106. Now it is 89. All my other metabolic markers improved, and I'm waiting on my lipid profile with HDL and LDL particulates. My doctor is amazed at the results, tells me what I'm doing is working, and to keep it up. I've even convinced him to look into Keto further for himself. He told me "you look different from the last time I saw you" (4 months ago). I'm 65, I went from 237 to 173, and I still have some visceral fat to get rid of, but making amazing progress. My Total cholesterol was 275 before I started. looking forward to seeing what that current results are... Keto for the win baby!
Years ago I went on a commercial keto diet. I've forgotten what they called it. You cut out all carbs until you went into ketosis, then you added back carbs a bit at a time. They had you check urine while you dieted. I wound up adding back 80 grams of carbs and still remained in ketosis and still lost weight slowly. My friend, who was on the same diet could not go above 20-30 grams. I guess that means I'm a pretty decent fat burner, but you wouldn't know it from looking at me. 😀
Love it when Thomas says that we can go on and off keto. That is reasonable. And we have to enjoy life too. 😅🌷
I dont think so. Keto and IF is not something to on and off. U will start inflamation and etc when off and decrease it when on again. No need. Once ur on keto, find other things to make urself happy other than eating crap food or carbo. Keto is not a diet, its a healthy life style proven in thousands of years. In last 100 years or so with development of food "industry" of satanists, we were forced to forget or never know real food and healthy life style. Once u get on keto, never leave it. The brain fog that disappears and clear mental state and the feeling of trust it gives u alone should suffice u to stick to Keto and IF. Believe me, Ive experienced it and know what Im talking about. Yes Thomas is a good presenter with a lot of knowledge, thanks to him, but promotes go on and off and do paleo and others time to time because he's selling products for different diets so u can buy them and he can make more money. Watch out!
I have a good question for you
If I take small amount of carbs after working out everyday do I get the same benefits from going out of keto for like 3 weeks and have bilingual as u said sugar burning and fat burning
was hardcore carnivore for a year, lost 40 pounds the first three months. I have added some vegs back in but at least 6 days a week, I am under 20 carbs. Sunday's I cheat a little more but bet I am still under 100 carbs
The thing is what do you ad back in on a regular basis ? Pasta, bread, bagels, fried chicken, frappes, cake ?
It would also be interesting to know how 4HNE is affected by carb cycling?
Honestly, I think Thomas has got the right idea about diet shifting. I know a lot of people have mental and emotional challenges around eating (probably all of us with weight issues, including me), so I understand not wanting to let go of the thing that works. I also think that each human has a completely different psychological and metabolic and health situation, so I also believe that there is no "one size fits all" approach. That said, considering the incredible span of human history and the variety of food sources available to our ancestors(or unavailable as the case may be), I think that most human bodies were not meant to eat one restrictive diet in life. Many of our ancestors were probably the best adapted to shifting diets, and fasting as their dietary environment changed. I will say what the scientist says: I could be wrong. Either way, I look forward to hearing more science about the effects of changing between discrete diets.
All of this talk about not staying on Keto is worrying. I just started and have 200 lbs to lose and out of control diabetes. Does this mean that it’s not ok for me to stay on it for a long time? I don’t need any more medical issues. 😞
Ok, question: how do you eat veggies and stay low carb? I track my meals, love big old salads, but there are enough carbs in salads to blow my daily carb limits. How do I resolve this?
When you count carbs, you don’t count the green leafy veg or stuff like broccoli 🥦
When I cheat I usually go for small portions and never go over two days -putting Keto on hold but sticking it IF. Some of the things I cheat with are cheese pop corn, a pint of Mitchell's Butter Pecan ice cream, a serving of mash potatoes, or a Chipotle bowl with rice. FYI -I also decrease my eating window, keeping with IF, eating only within 4 hours from start to finish.
So far this has sustained me and I cheat once about every 4 or 5 weeks out.
And what you feel like , the same?
I think Thomas does Meditranean..Maybe paleo a little cheat but gets back into it..he stl tries to readclabels and makes healthy choices..I just miss the odd toast and fruits..but I'm pretty happy..need to exercise still need to drink more water..Tge restaurants and grocery stores need more healthier foods
Low carbs minimal sugar is always a good thing. I do eat bad carbs at times to balance but I count them
ive been doing KETO for over a year and ive "cycled out of KETO" 3 times during that time. twice to reset my metabolism and once because we went on vacation and i just felt like cheating. I think just to enjoy life you should cycle out of any diet you might be on....
Going on vacation for a week next week, what was your result after cheating?
@@stacymata2327 you'll gain weight but most of it will be water weight, so once you get back into keto you'll drop it in a couple days. I recently took 2 weeks off keto and gained 6 lbs. i lost all of it in 1 week. mostly just put on water weight. felt gross most of the 2 weeks and actually couldnt wait to get back on KETO, but wanted to reset my metabolism so i took the 2 weeks. like i said, gained almost all water weight and it dropped fast
@@aerosmith7569 That’s what I suspect! TY!
I’m not sure if I understand this video well, but I’m thinking this is what’s happening to me right now. If anyone has any tips or advise. I’ve been on Leto for almost 7 years. Always feeling great, controlling my weight. I went back home for three weeks last summer, went off keto then got into it right back. And my body seems not to respond to it at all, except that I feel good not eating carbs. I fast, I eat as I always shave and I gained almost 25 lbs, all in my stomach, love hadles area etc. I tried IF but it’s has been a struggle this time, although I had no problem with fasting up to 50 hrs before. Would this be a case? My body is just used to kept too much. I’m running out of ideas and I’m of eating carbs cuz I can’t control myself in the long run.
Good video! How do you know if your body is used to a specific level and it is time to switch back to another diet?
I’m not starving, I don’t think anyone living in today’s western world knows what starving is. I just have a mild hunger every now and then, no big deal.
what about the risk of becoming insulin suppressed from long term keto?
I just experienced all those benefits of changing diets, going back to keto tomorrow,love both keto and high carb effects on body.
Awesome video as usual! I’m a fan of the hermetic effects
I don't have the cojones to switch off of keto after all this time but I've definitely plateaued. Been two day fasting each week to get weight loss going again. I do think it's healthy to go Paleo once in awhile with fat burning as the primary state. I miss nuts and fruits sometimes, but I'm thankful for cravings to be under control.
We're all different. As soon as I upped my carbs over 20, I gained weight. I even experimented with carbs over 20 plus longer intermittent fasting (more than 18 hours in my case) and I still gained weight. For me, I will forever be paying attention to what I eat and monitoring how it reacts. I've been keeping a food diary and I weigh myself once a week on the same day. With the food diary, I can always look back at the previous week to figure out what might have affected my weight to go up. While I'm my own experiment, I appreciate you sharing what works for you. It is a great reminder for me that we're all different.