JMBS
Twisted,
Am I right that the keto diet fails the "Don't F with Mother Nature" test? Of course the typical American diet (don't know about yours over there) fails that test miserably as well.
Yea, where is twisty nowadays? He knows alot about why not to do keto.
My thoughts on keto: It causes your body to be funtioning in overdrive at all times. To turn fat into glucose is something the body is capeble of but as a last resort.
It deprives you of essential nutrients. Even if you take a vitamin, it will not replace the fruits and veggies you're missing.
Im not saying it's bad but you change the chemical hormones inside your body to make the process of ketosis kick in.
I know there are results and that is one thing as bodybuilders we will not compromise.
It is great for a short term. Like a spring-summer cut but to think that your body can funtion for a life time on eggs, chesses and other fats is stretching the use of this "special" diet.
However, there are some people such as diabetics that will use this diet through-out but that is b/c there is already some hormonal imbalance in their body and keto maybe a fix. But even then it is not safe to say these people are exempt from the long term effects of this diet, which are still widely unknown.
Im not dissin or doggin' but a balance is optimal for longevity. Results are hard to argue with but they are not worth depriving yourself of essential carbs needed and causing a long-term issue.
The goal for me is to be overall healthy. There is a fine line between risk and reward.
The CNS will exclusively use carbs. They are the source of energy for our brains and for our bodies(PNS). You can't expect to mess with the chemistry of how our bodies are wired and think nothing bad will come out of it.
Like I said im not knocking anybody, b/c to each his own. But this is just my two cents.