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opendoor · 02-05-2020, 07:45 PM

I'm not even sure why people feel the need to inject pseudoscience and snake oil into keto/IF discussion. The diets have their merits and they can stand on those.

I've seen keto work miracles on friends who've been overweight their entire adult lives. They simply were unable to stick to a traditional, balanced calorie restricted diet but have been able to keep going with keto because it does a much better job of satisfying their hunger and they find they have more energy despite being in a caloric deficit. Granted there might be some caveats to reducing carbohydrate intake to that degree, but any side effects are dwarfed by the myriad of health problems that being overweight/obese causes. And anything that reduces peoples' intake of processed carbohydrates and sugar is a good thing.

But that doesn't change the fact that the mechanism of the weight loss is eating fewer calories than you expend or that there are many other ways to lose weight just as well.

02-05-2020, 07:45 PM	#156
opendoor Franchise Player Join Date: Apr 2007 Exp:	I'm not even sure why people feel the need to inject pseudoscience and snake oil into keto/IF discussion. The diets have their merits and they can stand on those. I've seen keto work miracles on friends who've been overweight their entire adult lives. They simply were unable to stick to a traditional, balanced calorie restricted diet but have been able to keep going with keto because it does a much better job of satisfying their hunger and they find they have more energy despite being in a caloric deficit. Granted there might be some caveats to reducing carbohydrate intake to that degree, but any side effects are dwarfed by the myriad of health problems that being overweight/obese causes. And anything that reduces peoples' intake of processed carbohydrates and sugar is a good thing. But that doesn't change the fact that the mechanism of the weight loss is eating fewer calories than you expend or that there are many other ways to lose weight just as well.