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Avocado, olive oil and bacon
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Celery and cream cheese or salad dressing

What's your take on keto after nearly 5 years? Any negative effects?

Lots of spinach salads. Delicious with salad dressings, olive oil, cheese, and pecans. And of course brocolli.

Bro, I hope the digestion goes smoother (hehe). I myself am hoping for the same, and I can totally sympathize. So far, keto has been pretty good on the BM though, so I'm happy about that. Have...

How are pecans for keto?

the % should be for caloric intake. So in actuality you would be consuming 71 % fat (432/608), 27% protein, and 2% fat. Just in case you don't know, fat has 9 calories/gram, protein and carbs have...

Hey I think you should just try and cut carbs completely from your diet, and try to eat a lot of fat. If you cut carbs and eat a lot of fat the results will come, no questions asked. But do not...

An interesting read on the low fat diet craze
http://www.nasw.org/awards/2001/The%20soft%20science.pdf

Thanks

Are beans alright to eat on a keto diet? I remember reading somewhere that lots of the starch in beans does not get digested or turned into sugar. Any ideas?

http://ib.berkeley.edu/labs/brooks/

Read about the crossover concept. Seems relevant enough. It basically states that fat burning as a source of energy is maximized at about 40% of maximum...

I have no idea what optimal amounts of calcium are but just try and get a decent amount of it. Eat your cheese, and your vegetables, and reassess your progress, and your body in a week or a month. ...

Those all sound like a real improvement in quality of life, particularly with the effects on your dyslexia, which are wonderful to hear. So enlighten me with your new found multilingualism (is that...

My mouth tastes gross, particularly up in the naso-oropharyngeal border, and I'm thirsty but well hydrated as far as I can tell from my skin and lips. I think I've been officially blooded as a...

I just remembered it as I clicked on the submit reply button. My lips are much less chapped. They would always chap eventually, no matter if I drank a lot of water, a little water, or moderate...

What do you mean by it being pathological? No cavities sounds sweet!



I also noticed that I slept less last night, it was weird. I was lying in bed expecting to fall asleep after I woke up...

I'm not worried about it at all, but thanks for the tips. I can't seem to be worried about ANYTHING at the moment, I just finished a semester's round of final exams, I am on this amazingly delicious...

Hey everybody,
I am a new ketoer and I am thoroughly enjoying it. I choose to not micromanage macronutrient ratios, and simply throw cheese, butter, oil, salad dressing, or cream cheese on meats,...

How long did it take YOU to get into a state of ketosis? Sharing is caring. And in a ketoer's case also very informative, so let's hear some numbers!

I am on day 3 and I just bought ketostix...

I don't think you are asking too much, but I think that it's more important to keep your eyes set on the prize. Learn from mistakes you made this month and apply solutions in the future. It's the...

If you are going to cut out dairy, a calcium deficiency is a very important thing to consider. I would recommend getting it from nutrient rich fibrous vegetables. According to whfoods.com, spinach...