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Keto did nothing for me. I was on it for over a year and didn't cheat. Nothing. "Only" had 20 to lose, but nada. Just to add to the "it's different for everyone" discussion.
I think I will post something about "Traditional Diets" of indigenous peoples, since Keto likes to link to that.
The traditional diets I know about are very heavy in starch, and generally not too high in meat (some exceptions of course). This kind of discounts the "Paleo" claim.
Now off to look at some infallible Google sources, lol.
I've been doing "dirty" keto since late 2019. I had major abdominal surgery for 4 hernias and my surgeon told me if I didn't lose some weight I would be right back there. I was close to 215 and 5'2" tall. I told him, no thank you, and started with stricter keto. Over the 3.5 years I have lost 60#, but as I said I don't do strict keto. I have given up soda, sugar, any type of high carb fiber flour and don't miss them, or at least don't miss them enough to cheat. When I do eat something I absolutely shouldn't I don't feel well at all. I read labels (I never did before) and don't use any type of artificial sweeteners.
I found someone online who makes wonderful low carb recipes and I use them. She does a lot of low carb baking so I don't feel deprived. I used the pandemic to totally change how I made food. Now anything too sweet makes me feel nauseous. As mentioned I don't do strict keto as I couldn't sustain, but I've kept my weight at 150-153# now for almost 2 years. Not as much as I would have liked but I think my body has settled in and at 72 I don't exercise as much as I should. At my last, and final, check-up with my surgeon he actually gave me a hug and said he was proud of me. My PCP is also happy because I was borderline diabetic and now my A1C is way down. I know this diet isn't everyone, but this has been the only one that I have tried that has actually worked. I can't say that theren't things I miss, but I know my limit and follow it.
I do eat out some, but I get proteins with a side of salad. I don't eat any of the bread they give you, and if I get a "sandwich" I pull off the bread and eat the filling. Or I have found some places (thank you Red Robin) will do a lettuce wrap on your sandwich. And they have put a bottomless side salad on their menu as a side.
I know nothing much about the Keto diet nor really any of the others nor have I actually done them, but I seem to personally like the Paleo diet better as in the ingredients you eat for that one, but in bookstores on the magazine racks, I'll see 10 mags about Keto, but none or maybe 1 about Paleo for some reason.
These rankings are based on a survey, not on a scientific study. The link in the OP no longer leads to the article*, so I don't know who was surveyed.
Most doctors get limited nutrition training, and the info changes all the time.
Doctors trained in the 1980s or '90s may still believe in the ill-conceived Food Pyramid. I think that terrible bs fueled the obesity epidemic.
* the link now leads to a page that offers info on Mediterranean, keto, and paleo diets. No sign of the food pyramid.
I know nothing much about the Keto diet nor really any of the others nor have I actually done them, but I seem to personally like the Paleo diet better as in the ingredients you eat for that one, but in bookstores on the magazine racks, I'll see 10 mags about Keto, but none or maybe 1 about Paleo for some reason.
Keto is basically a shift in proportions of food types consumed; more protein and fat, fewer carbs.
Paleo is a form of keto, but more restrictive, which seems like it would be harder to follow.
Maybe those keto mags talk about paleo!
I know nothing much about the Keto diet nor really any of the others nor have I actually done them, but I seem to personally like the Paleo diet better as in the ingredients you eat for that one, but in bookstores on the magazine racks, I'll see 10 mags about Keto, but none or maybe 1 about Paleo for some reason.
Have you started doing the Paleo yet? I've heard it's more restricted than Keto.
Have you started doing the Paleo yet? I've heard it's more restricted than Keto.
You can have fruit and sweet potatoes on Paleo you can't on keto. Though you can't eat dairy on Paleo and you can on keto.it depends they both restrict different foods.
Nothing is anyone's fault anymore. It's all because this person did that to them, or this person didn't do that to them, or they had the wrong parents, it goes on and on. But there's this pesky reality of cause and effect. If you do this, then you get that. Sorta sums it up. Science is real.
Keto does work, I lost quite a bit of weight that way. But then it goes right back on if the calories aren't watched. It's an extremely unhealthy diet because if you do it right you're putting your body into a state of ketosis. The idea is to get the weight off fast and then eat a healthy diet. Anyone w/ blood pressure or cholesterol issues should avoid it.
In the end it's the age old stuff that works for a life plan. Watch your portions and calories, avoid fatty foods and empty calories that will make your cholesterol levels high and clog your arteries, drink a bare minimum of alcohol (totally empty calories), eat lots of veggies and fish, avoid red meat and get plenty of exercise.
Keto was practiced for many thousands of years.
It's how we evolved. We hunted meat and if we couldn't find it we ate what we could find. Then we went back out hunting.
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