Experiment with ketosis for that length of time only, and if your ancestors didn't experience winter, this might not be the diet for you.
However, I feel like my gut health could use some improvement — anyone
experiment with ketosis plus a few tablespoons of resistant starch like cooked, cooled rice a couple times a week?
I really appreciate you sharing
your experiments with ketosis; I'm interested in it I just haven't consistently been able to stick to it — pesky carbs!
When I've personally
experimented with ketosis, I used various methods of testing to make sure my ketone levels and blood glucose levels were within healthy ranges:
I knew that Jimmy Moore had the same thing happen to him and the more I looked around, the more cases I found of people
experimenting with ketosis and then finding themselves with alarmingly high LDL - Ps.
Not exact matches
That said, it is recommended to
experiment with «cyclical
ketosis» whereby you practice weekly carb - up days (focussing on root veggies etc instead of high sugar sweets etc) to boost hormone production.
I would appreciate feedback from people who have
experimented with resistant starches and stayed in
ketosis and also kept their blood sugars between 4.5 and 5.2 around the clock.
Then,
with your newly minted degree in fat - and keto - adaptation, you can consider and
experiment with assorted long - term options, including going back into nutritional
ketosis any time in the future to shed excess fat, protect against disease, and enhance cognitive and athletic performance.
According to Onnit's Director of Total Human Optimization, Kyle Kingsbury, a former pro athlete who has
experimented with low - carb diets for years, getting 40 — 60 % of your calories from fat, 20 — 40 % from protein, and 20 % from carbs is a good balance that will give you the weight loss and focus benefits of
ketosis without the potential for low energy or slow recovery from exercise.
The limitations that I noticed were that they were given a markedly hypocaloric diet (650 - 725 calories) and their macros broke down to 25 gm carbs, 25 gm fat, and 80 - 100 gm protein... which doesn't exactly match up
with what I've been trying to do
with my nutritional
ketosis experiment.
Maybe I ruined my thyroid
with my nutritional
ketosis experiment.
After a full year in «strict» (i.e., no «cheat» days) nutritional
ketosis I wanted to
experiment with other eating patterns.
An interesting
experiment would be to test your gut bacteria
with the American Gut project now and the after your go at
ketosis.
This should be a sobering picture for anyone
experimenting with prolonged
ketosis (starvation).
Once you get a positive reading that you are in
ketosis, you can
experiment with different servings of carbohydrates and see what amount allows you to stay within the range.
I've
experimented with extensive carb depletion and
with carb fasted long runs and training in the past, but never run a marathon at race pace in
ketosis.