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re: One of the best things about Keto - Diabetes control
Posted on 12/26/18 at 4:35 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
Posted on 12/26/18 at 4:35 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
I have questions! Is it ok to combine IF with Keto? Someone give me the basics of Keto in layman terms pls....
Posted on 12/26/18 at 8:27 pm to TexasHand
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I have questions! Is it ok to combine IF with Keto? Someone give me the basics of Keto in layman terms pls....
Yes it is advised you combine Keto with IF for the best effects. In my opinion you should do a 72 hr water only fast to kickstart your body into ketosis. After that initial fast resume an 18 hour fast and 6 hour eating window daily. Eat a macronutrient profile of 75% fat, 20% protein, and 5% carbs but the biggest thing is you need to keep carbs <20g net carbs daily. If that is only 3% of your total calories then so be it. That is the only limit.
Keto in the most simple layman’s terms is your body switching from using glycogen as it’s primary fuel source to the abdundant amount of fat on your body.
Posted on 12/27/18 at 12:27 pm to TexasHand
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I have questions! Is it ok to combine IF with Keto? Someone give me the basics of Keto in layman terms pls....
If you're diabetic and do IF it's important to do it with some form of carbohydrate restriction. If your plan is to say, divide a 6 hour eating window it 3 meals 2 hours apart and you're heavy on the carbs - your blood sugar wont recover enough by the time the next meal and it'll just keep ratcheting up throughout your eating window.
From there there is some debate, as IF will still likely keep your average blood glucose OK (as will be measured by A1C), however there is belief that it's the height and duration of the spikes that ultimately will cause the tissue damage associated with diabetes.
If this is the case, than even if you're sub-100 throughout most of your IF period if you're averaging 180+ throughout your eating window you're not doing yourself any favors, even if by those numbers you're clocking in at a sub-6 A1C.
For non-diabetics and for type-2 diabetics whose endocrine failure is strictly insulin resistance, your insulin level will mirror what blood sugar does in those of us with failing pancreases. If you subscribe to things like the insulin-carbohydrate theory of obesity or inflammation, than you are also best served by restrictin carbohydrate intake as part of an IF regime.
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