re: Is keto best?

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Sorry, this is just not true.

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yes it def is true

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If you haven't even tried it yet, why are you declaring such as if you know?

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bc keto isn't the optimal diet for it

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yes it def is true

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Sorry, it just isn't.

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bc keto isn't the optimal diet for it

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Depends on what "it" is. It's highly likely that keto is as good as anything else you are considering doing. Certainly your body is designed for keto.

It’s not optional for the type of training I do currently

Now if I want to drop a few pounds and tone down the intensity than yes keto might be great for me

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So this is a sort of silly question

Why is performance so important during training? Shouldn't you only really be looking for the edge during the "test" or whatever it is that qualifies you?

Or is the idea that better performance while you're training accelerates your training progress?

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training to just past the test, is training for failure.

Optimizing for recovery makes sense for sure.

But couldn't optimizing for performance increase chances of injury from over training?

I'm not trying to argue. Genuinely curious.

No, you want to perform as best as possible to drive progress. You don't show up on test day full of carbs and suddenly add a ton of weight to your lifts, doesn't work like that.

Keto is a fine diet especially for overall health but there are dozens of studies that show so long as protein is high, the rest of the make up of the energy balance doesn't matter in the long run or it matters so little it isn't worth stressing over. The forementioned is speaking of weight loss.

For muscle gain and performance especially in heavy wieght training, carbs are needed to activate mtor and to keep cortisol at Bay.

Keto is best and really only good for when one is trying to lose body fat. Fat is the easiest macro to store as body fat so when in a surplus you want fat relatively low.

I like keto and when not in a performance meso cycle, I tend to eat that away but it's not magic nor is it the end all be all, nor is it optimal for gaining muscle, nor does offer any real relative advantage, other than hunger blunting effects, over a balanced iso caloric diet. The one thing it does do is it usually forces people to eat better quality food and that is one of it's few advantages.

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bc keto isn't the optimal diet for it

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You conception of "keto diet" probably isn't. But the great thing about HFLC is it is a highly adaptable way of eating. I stay fat-adapted, never have keto flu, and I vary my macros pretty broadly (by feel, not measurements or counts) depending on my goals at the time.

If you follow the real fitness guys and ketogains Reddit, you'll see some ways in which it's done.

Ahhhh, the ole health/fitness board downvoters with no legit rebuttal.

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nor does offer any real relative advantage, other than hunger blunting effects, over a balanced iso caloric diet.

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There's a lot of evidence to the contrary.

ETA just a quick e.g.:
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Neuro-inflammation has been shown to play a critical role in the development of depression. Beta-hydroxybutyrate (BHB) is a ketone body and has recently been reported to exert anti-inflammatory effects via inhibition of NLRP3 inflammasome. 

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Still not optimal for lean muscle gain strictly because of stimulating mtor and the ability to store fat as body fat so much easier than other macros.

I honestly think a high protein carb cycling approach is best for lean gains.