Actively avoid ketosis? page

[shrona]

Do you actively avoid (or try to achieve) ketosis? If so, what is your reason?

I tracked for the first time, and came to realize it is easy to slip below 10% carbs just eating eggs, meat, and veggies. I've been reading some of Kurt Harris' stuff (paleonu.com), and he has a few posts on ketosis which I sort of understand. He now avoids ketosis by eating 20% carbs, but I am curious what others are doing!

[DianeThePurple]

I don't worry about it. I came here from Atkins (by the book, not the product line, don't get me started) so I don't consider ketosis to be a problem.

[Griff]

Why would you want to avoid ketosis? Ketosis is GOOD.

[Dave_o]

Ketosis makes my pee smell funny..

[the bacon hut]

Ketosis makes my pee smell funny..

Ketosis leaves a funny taste in my mouth. Only asparagus makes my pee smell funny. But I don't try to avoid either of them.

[ProtoAlex]

Hell I'm around 5% energy from carbs and totally happy right there. That's even with heavy weight lifting every other day and a brisk walk at least 5 times a week. I keep at it because I love the long lasting energy that ketosis provides and because it means I'll never have to worry about my blood sugar again (yay!)

[cillakat]

Iirc, he's avoiding ketosis now mostly b/c he massively upped his physical activity, appetite did not increase and he was loosing weight. There sugar are benefits to ketosis (ie fasting) and it's wroth it to go there a couple times a week for the autophagy and mitochonidrial energy production boost. (see one of E Deans recent blog posts on evolutionarypsychiatry).

It's probably good to visit ketosis regularly but not live there and never leave it, yk? Variation is good for us.

[peril]

I find I usually slip into ketosis (at least from the taste in my mouth) during workouts, but I generally eat shortly after, which may or may not knock me straight out. Would there be benefit delaying the meal or at least having a VLC meal so I stayed in ketosis longer?

[ilikesubtitles]

Iirc, he's avoiding ketosis now mostly b/c he massively upped his physical activity, appetite did not increase and he was loosing weight. There sugar are benefits to ketosis (ie fasting) and it's wroth it to go there a couple times a week for the autophagy and mitochonidrial energy production boost. (see one of E Deans recent blog posts on evolutionarypsychiatry).

It's probably good to visit ketosis regularly but not live there and never leave it, yk? Variation is good for us.

But doesn't it take a couple of days for your body to really be in ketosis anyway? So if you spent every Monday and Wednesday, for example, eating under 30g carbs, but eating more all other days, wouldn't you have never entered ketosis? Correct me if I'm wrong.

[spakesneaker]

I don't really worry about it... I try to stay under 100g carbs a day but not necessarily under 50, although I think some days it is under 50g. I suppose, though, that if I did stick to ketosis I would lose weight faster, but right now I'm having some trouble eating just meat and vegetables, and it would be hard for me to stick to this plan without fruit (in the form of berries).