BACON IS FOR CLOSERS...

[somarco]

I will have to try to hunt down the links, but there are actual studies that have shown

1) Those with higher cholesterol have lower all-cause mortality, and

2) Those with lower cholesterol are more likely to develop Alzheimer's or dementia.

So we now have a population where most of those 50+ are on cholesterol lowering medications. I mean, I think maybe 1 out of 10 of my FE prospect isn't taking some statin.

So we now have a medical healthcare system set up to kill people early and have those who don't die early lose their minds.

Just doing your work for you, so don't throw shade on my post that supports your post.

 

[DayTimer]

Do you kill the ingredients or buy them already dead?

I am not responsible for any leaf hitting my plate. I do it to be polite when in the company of ... company.

There actually are some veggies I like: asparagus, Brussels sprouts, cabbage cooked with pork butt, pork and kraut ... But I really do not enjoy gnawing on leaves.

 

[DayTimer]

Just doing your work for you, so don't throw shade on my post that supports your post.

I don't follow.

 

[somarco]

I don't follow.

Memory issues? Perhaps your cholesterol is high?

You posted . .

I will have to try to hunt down the links, but there are actual studies that have shown

1) Those with higher cholesterol have lower all-cause mortality, and

2) Those with lower cholesterol are more likely to develop Alzheimer's or dementia.

So we now have a population where most of those 50+ are on cholesterol lowering medications. I mean, I think maybe 1 out of 10 of my FE prospect isn't taking some statin.

So we now have a medical healthcare system set up to kill people early and have those who don't die early lose their minds.


So I did the research and found this . . .

@DayTimer

Changes in cholesterol levels in either direction to low cholesterol or persistently low cholesterol levels were associated with higher risk of mortality. Particularly, spontaneous decline in cholesterol levels may be a marker for worsening health conditions.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5908176/

"We found that high cholesterol levels were significantly related to brain plaques associated with Alzheimer's disease,"
strong evidence that watching our cholesterol levels may help ward off Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia

Lowering Cholesterol May Help Ward Off Alzheimer's

 

[DayTimer]

So I did the research and found this . . .

I'll have to come back to this later ... too tired and hungry to figure out what I'm not getting.

Here is what I am about to settle down to: Chicken leg quarter with a side of drumstick and thigh.

 

[goillini52]

The headaches are the keto flu and it is the result of your body learning to do with less glucose.

The water pill is diuretic (removes water/makes you pee). The keto diet is also diuretic. You are likely dehydrating yourself. That being said, perhaps talk to your doctor before changing your medication. I would tell him/her that you decided to go on a no sugar diet. Don't use the phrase keto unless you know your doctor is on board with keto - otherwise you'll get a bunch of reactionary BS. No doctor should have a problem with a patient who cuts out processed sugars and carbs and sticks to meat and non-starchy veggies.
If your doctor does have a problem, I strongly suggest a new doctor.

I am sure the water pill will not be needed so long as you cut the sugar and processed carbs, but dammit, Vic, I'm and insurance salesman, not a doctor!



If weight loss is a goal and you are losing weight then you are fine. Many folks who tried keto and quit because it "didn't work" likely failed because they started drinking a ton of calories in the form of buttered coffee and coconut oil shakes.

Remember that when we eat, any calories not immediately needed will be stored as fat. What a keto diet does is then allow those calories to be released from the fat tissue and subsequently burned as energy, whereas a high sugar/carb diet leads to the body's inability to release energy from fat, thus causing one to need to eat even more, and thus store more and more fat. You can still gain weight on keto. The purpose of the keto diet is to reverse the metabolic damage and derangement that will allow your body to burn the fat you have accumulated. Once you lose that fat and get to goal weight, you will likely be able to eat sticks of butter dipper in your coffee and not gain an ounce. But if you are overweight, lay off the fat and let your body be its own fuel source.

Right now, you can actually eat a bit leaner meat than you will need a month or two or three from now because you want the fat for your current "high fat" diet to come from YOU!

I suggest you do not worry about chasing some magical protein:fat ratio. I started with and continue to drink two to three cups of coffee per day, each with a tablespoon or two of heavy cream. I tend to eat my steak and burgers grilled, my pork pan fried in bacon grease, and my chicken oven roasted. I add little to no fat: very little butter ever and sometimes some olive oil if I'm politely being forced to eat a salad.

With this diet you can eat all the butter you want.

 

[goillini52]

I have been getting horrible headaches every day since I started.

I recommend some good weed for the headaches. I'm pretty sure that pot's Keto friendly(unless you get the munchies and eat chips and cake).

 

[Life Hawk]

With this diet you can eat all the butter you want.

Added butter to my second cup of coffee... trying to cut out sugar and creamer slowly so I don't end up in prison for something stupid I did for not having enough caffeine that day.

 

[shonceman]

I recommend some good weed for the headaches. I'm pretty sure that pot's Keto friendly(unless you get the munchies and eat chips and cake).

And I heard it's legal in Illinois now, right?

 

[DayTimer]

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Added butter to my second cup of coffee... trying to cut out sugar and creamer

I still drink coffee with heavy cream ... can't imagine putting sweetener or sugar in my coffee any longer. But coffee used to be nothing other than excuse for me take a couple of teaspoons of sugar.