Anyone been on the ketogenic diet long term?

[Dogoid]

On keto for 8 years, but i see loads of people say it's not good long term. i must be an outlier.

After the fat adaption, i never bonk( hypoglycemia ) when cycling/running like i used to when my metabolism was glucose based

 

[Dogoid]

What makes you think a high fat diet isn't healthy?

 

[Dogoid]

A balanced diet ( Western Diet ) is what's giving people Western diseases, T2 diabetes , obesity, etc. ' balanced' is vague, 'cause what's right for you isn't necessarily right for me.

Tell me what's normal, what's healthy and balanced?

 

[Dogoid]

I remember eating an apple pie after a night out made my a mates girl, had to eat it to not offend, but next day broke out in scabs/pimples due to the sugar/insluin response. It's amazing how toxic sugar is when you are weened off of it.

 

[Dogoid]

potentially unknown effects on the gut microbiome etc... do you use artificial sweeteners etc..?

I don't see the advantage tbh...not at the moment at least, beyond maybe doing it for a short period of time for something specific like weight loss - even then you could just go into calorie deficit in a regular, otherwise balanced diet anyway.

I'm not saying it is definitely a bad thing I'm just not sure why people do it rather than just eating healthily in the first place? It just seems like a bit of a fad that is all.

Agree with the gut flora, that's crucial to mental health . but as i said, the Western diet promotes the majority of your calories be carbohydrates . and carbs break down into glucose , and too much high blood sugar is inflammatory and leads to diseases like we get in the West. Glucose isn't an essential nutrient , we make it ourselves from protein. We don't need to eat it.

 

[Dogoid]

I eat veg, i eat fish, but why does meat have to be lean?

 

[Dogoid]

As babies, we are born into ketosis.