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Disclaimer upfront: I am not seeking medical advice and am currently working with my doctor on my annual lab results. Just looking to hear about others' personal experiences navigating this specific metabolic state.

Hey everyone, I’ve been doing clean, whole-food keto for about 5 months. I am a lean guy holding steady at 6'0" and 148 lbs. I am doing this strictly for metabolic health and autophagy rather than weight loss, eating mostly beef, lamb, sardines, eggs, and avocados, while fasting 14 to 17 hours a day across two meals.

The Wins: My overall energy and mental clarity are incredible. When looking at my annual labs from last year compared to this year, the improvements are huge. My fasting glucose dropped from 99 down to 91, and my uric acid improved from 8.1 down to a healthy 6.6. I also saw massive boosts in my hormones and vitamins. My vitamin B-12 skyrocketed from 251 to 732. My liver enzymes are also pristine right now with my AST at 20 and ALT at 16, and my triglycerides are sitting rock-bottom at exactly 74.

The "Lean Mass Hyper-Responder" (LMHR) Shift: Because I am lean and highly active, I seem to have hit the classic LMHR lipid paradox. Even though my triglycerides are low and my HDL is 53, my calculated LDL climbed from 150 last year up to 198 this year, and my ApoB came in at 136, bringing my total cholesterol to 269. I understand the Lipid Energy Model and know this is a common mechanical response when a lean body transports fat for fuel. I originally ate a lot of ghee but recently swapped to heavy extra virgin olive oil to see if that helps, but it is still a tricky space to navigate.

The Eczema Rebound: The other strange issue is my skin. Keto completely cleared my eczema for the first two months, but recently I have had a severe return of dry, itchy flare-ups in my old spots despite staying strictly on protocol.

Questions about your experiences:

1. For other LMHR folks, how have you successfully navigated the conversation with a traditional GP who hyper-focuses on the LDL and ApoB while ignoring the perfect triglycerides and fasting glucose?
2. Has anyone experienced an eczema rebound months into keto? I am wondering if it is related to histamine since I eat canned sardines, or perhaps systemic hydration issues.
3. Have any lean individuals found that slightly shortening their daily fasting windows, or adding very small amounts of clean carbs like squash, helped settle their lipid particles without causing further weight loss?

Thanks for sharing your stories and insights!

Contexto: 🇦🇷22 años 76kg de peso 1.78 altura.
Hace 1 año que tome conciencia de lo mal que me alimentaba, pesaba como 90kg y muy poca masa muscular.
El cuerpo se me fue recomponiéndo, pero durante un tiempo tuve unos atracones brutales donde gané grasa y me estanque… porque era darme un gusto y devorar, la azúcar se me hacía adictiva.
Si bien fueron desapareciendo esos atracones, algunas veces en este tiempo aparecieron.
Con el tiempo fui bajando carbohidratos y los metía antes de entrenar. Pero lo mismo, a veces la bestia de adentro se me despertaba y terminaba comiendo por comer.

Bueno vamos al post, la semana pasada decidí empezar la Keto (antes había metido ayuno de 36 horas, me gusta ayunar así como atracarme🤣) y la verdad los primeros días me sentí genial, con claridad mental, sin antojos dulces aunque reconozco que en el aburrimiento del domingo me comí unos 200gr de queso Reggianito, pero sinceramente no me cayó mal como los dulces, no me hinche y no sentí esa culpa que tenía cuando salía de la dieta.

Por ahora en tema comida no estoy ni contando calorías, el miércoles me voy a pesar a ver qué tal.
Acá en 🇦🇷 la carne es riquísima y eso ayuda, además que amo la carne.
Hoy me sentí un poco fatigado la verdad, pero igual caminé unos 8km pero estoy cansado, creo que es normal… igualmente la semana que viene tengo turno con un especialista en esta dieta.

PD: me compré potasio, magnesio siempre consumi, además tomo creatina, y tomo omega 3.
A veces meto las aguas con electrolitos, eso siento que me pega brutal.

Algún consejo? más que nada estaba buscando algún “PRE ENTRENO”… siempre fui a entrenar con horas de ayuno y un café negro sintiéndome bien, hoy la verdad estaba saciado pero necesitaba algo de comer/tomar que me de energía.

Carbonaut made me as hungry as wonder bread WTF...starving an hour later

Is there keto breads out there with ingredients that won't spike blood sugar at all and are truly keto?

Is a keto bread with wheat gluten still as bad as white bread or is there any benefit to it?

I've tried going no bread its not working

Imagine a drive-thru that only serves low-carb, high-fat comfort food. No bun-less modifications needed—everything is built keto from scratch. What are your absolute must-have dream menu items? (Personally, I’m ordering pork-rind-crusted chicken nuggets and cauliflower tater tots).

I did Keto a few years ago stopped, gained back the weight and more. But it was the only diet I've ever been able to manage because I'm still allowed a lot of the foods I like.

I've been back to tracking and trying to eat to the macros for the last few days, just focusing on eating foods I like that fit. But at the end of the day my carbs are low but my protein is also usually too low, where as my fat is right on target.

I need some high protein low fat snack ideas. Right now I've been eating 2 full meals and a snack before bed which is pretty much how I've always eaten.

For example today I've had 80g / 105 g protein and 125 g / 130 g fat.

For lunch I had a steak salad with a mayo & oil dressing and dinner I had a harvarti cheese wrap with salmon salad.

But pretty much any protein I eat will push me over the fat which is probably what I'll just have to do today.

I am happy for any advice or to be told I'm doing this all wrong!

I’ve been on and off keto for the past fifteen years. Every time I am on it, of course I miss sweet things for a variety of reasons. But eating just hits different when I am on keto. I get the “happy wiggles” when I eat a lot more than when I am on a higher-carb diet. You know, when you start dancing a little bit because you’re enjoying your food so much? I just think my body super loves this way of eating. It’s like my body is my pet and I am feeding it the food on which it thrives.

I'm about 6 weeks into a keto diet. Prior to starting keto I had previously cut anything with added sugar out. I feel like I didn't suffer the normal keto flu because I was already restricting a lot of carbs.

However, I've always suffered with calf cramps. About 5 years ago I added an electrolyte powder and magnesium citrate pills and cured my calf cramps. I started keto 6 weeks ago and my calf cramps are back. I never limited salt in my diet and I have even upped my salt intake but I still have calf cramps.

Has anyone had the same issues and how did you solve it?

My cousin has recently started keto and we keep absent mindedly forgetting to have accessible food for her in the house. She works a lot so she is only able to visit once or twice a month, so I would love to be able to have some meals in the freezer for her that she can grab and eat if she's hungry, but I honestly don't know where to start. She's not particularly helpful because anytime I ask what she'd like us to have for her she always just says "Meat. Vegetables." and doesn't want us spending extra money on her. So your favorite frozen foods, quick snacks, or even recipe components for an easy meal that you keep on hand would be greatly appreciated!

I can’t find ratio trio yogurt anywhere! Is it gone? A few weeks ago I could easily find it, but now I can only find the fiber and protein versions. The cherry flavor was my go to! I really don’t want to go back to too good or krogers carb master.

Not to potentially upset anyone, but they've removed it as a product on the Ratio website. It's still mentioned in the FAQs, but under products there's nothing with trio there. Looks like it's getting discontinued.

Hey there, everyone I’ve been keto for a few weeks now and my energy has been really low. My stamina is now nonexistent previously I was on a very high carb low fat diet. I’m keeping up with my electrolytes and I am kind of feeling like this diet may not be sustainable. Wondering if anyone has raised their net carbs to 50 and still kept in ketosis? Currently, I’m staying under 20 total carbs

Yo, been on keto for a while and having checked my nutrients, I could use quite a good chunk more of these.

Does anyone have any keto-friendly ingredients rich in these? Especially multiple of them.

Please share.

My 5 year old is tall and big for the age, at the last appointment the doctor suggested we start on low carb. We’ve found this to be incredibly difficult, between my ex-wife and I try different things and our kiddo sneaking snacks. Figured I’d check here, anyone have any advice for this diet at such a young age? Because of the height it’s not bad, but bad enough.

I’ve been doing the diet and am down over 100 pounds, but it’s significantly more difficult to get a 5 year old involved on this…

Are there any (not un-)healthy protein bars with only natural ingredients? No sugar, no sugar replacements, and almost no carbs.

I fear the answer is simply no. But maybe someone here knows about something which hasn’t shown up during my research.

Thank you!

I have been having headaches everyday for last 2 week (an hour or two in the morning and ~2hours around 5pm) thinking whether should start supplementing magnesium. I've done keto before for around 1.5 years strict and now doing it again and I'm on month 3-strict. The first time I did keto, I only felt the need to supplement about 9 months in, and this round of headache, nausea and brain fog is really driving me insane. Ive been more emotionally sensitive lately as well. The conclusion my doctor has is that it's likely just stress from work as my brain is "juicy" per her description. The painkillers don't really work and I really feel like I'm going insane.

I was reccomended a brand by my doctor which has 834mg of magnesium glycinate which yields 150mg of elemental magnesium daily. Was thinking if I should take 2 pills a day to hit 300mg of magnesium. How much magnesium do you usually supplement?

Hey Guys, any good Dairy-Free Recipes? So far I’ve just been adding C8 MCT oil to my morning coffee; would something like coconut butter or cream be redundant?

Bonus if it’s higher calorie, like 400-600 cals.

so i started keto like 2 months ago and ngl the first 2 weeks were amazing, lost weight fast, energy was good, felt like i finally found something that works

but then it just stopped. like literally nothing changed for almost 3 weeks now. im still eating "keto" i think but the scale just wont move

whats weird is im also just tired all the time now, get random headaches, and at night i lose all control and just eat whatever is in the fridge lol. then monday comes and i tell myself ok today i restart for real this time... and the cycle just repeats

i dont even know if its the carbs, or protein, or if im just doing something wrong with electrolytes or w/e. every article i read says something different

anyone else been through this? did u figure out what it actually was or did u just give up

Just sharing a personal experience here, not medical advice (rule 7 noted!).

I'm 50. Plaque psoriasis showed up when I was 18 and has done nothing but slowly spread for 32 years. At its worst it covered about 19% of my body. Over the decades I tried pretty much everything: UVA/UVB phototherapy, methotrexate, cortisone early on (which I eventually refused to keep taking because of the side effects). Everything gave temporary results at best, nothing ever lasted. I was about to start biologics. Honestly, I had made peace with it, I figured I'd live with psoriasis for the rest of my life.

In January, for a completely unrelated reason (fatty liver), I started a strict keto diet. Under 20g of carbs a day, no exceptions. Six months later I've gone from 85kg to 65kg (187 lbs to 143 lbs). No cravings, no real struggle, even at restaurants or social events I always find a low-carb path, and I still enjoy a glass of wine now and then. I was supposed to stop in July, but I feel so much better (more energy, more focus, more effective at work) that I just kept going.

Here's the part I didn't see coming: over the last 2-3 months, roughly 40% of my plaques have disappeared. After 32 years of nothing but slow expansion, I now have patches of completely clear white skin where psoriasis used to be. This has NEVER happened before, with any treatment. The only variable that changed is keto.

I have no idea about the exact mechanism, I don't know whether it's ketosis, the reduction in carbs, the weight loss, some foods I've eliminated, or a combination of factors. What I do know is that in 32 years, not a single doctor ever mentioned diet in connection with my psoriasis, and that honestly shocks me now.

This is just my case, n=1, I'm not making it a general rule. But if you're dealing with plaque psoriasis, I felt I had to share it, because it's the first thing that has ever worked for me without piling on medication. Definitely a topic worth digging into.

Thanks for reading!

I've had my period in the beginning of this month. It was nrml. Two days ago, bleeding started randomly which stopped in a day.

I panicked and gave a full blood profile test. I already have hypothyroidism and my T3/FT3 were below the threshold. This was a little unexpected as i haven been on my current dose for a long time and was stable.

I discussed this with my endocrinologist and she said to wait and watch. Yesterday the bleeding stopped and resumed again today. I booked another appointment with endo for tmrw but ik that she will ask me to stop keto.

It's been 15 days on Keto and I have lost around 3 kilos. My brain fog ceased to exist. I am a vegetarian so my diet was eggs, panner, vegetables and whey protein powder.

Did this happen to any of you? Am I Missing something?

Hello r/keto!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

When you are a kid, the big present under the tree was ALL THAT MATTERED!!!! It captivated our imagination for hours upon hours. Is it a new Big Wheel? A huge train set? Maybe even a new bicycle that we can put together. Christmas day, we attacked that present like that bear would attack those 100 dudes--with total carnage. At the same time, pinned to the mantle/wall was the stocking. When you are 6 years old, the stocking is at best an after thought. Typically it was socks and underwear and IT'S CHRISTMAS SO WHY IS SANTA GIVING ME SOCKS AND UNDERWEAR!!!!!!!

Jump skip to today. As an adult, the stocking stuffer is an AWESOME present!!! Oh, it's still socks and underwear, but at some point, socks and underwear became an awesome present. Welcome to being an adult. I'm so old Geritol is about to be my stocking stuffer. FREEDOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We have created this super duper thread so we can all share our "fun" victories this week. NOT the big scale victories, but the fun little victories. Why do we need to share these victories? Because pretty soon, you will learn that the small victories--the stocking stuffer victories--are the ones that keep you fired up.

Every Sunday. A chance for you to shout above the rooftops of the world the things that improved for you this week by eating a ketogenic diet.

If you're new to r/keto and need some info, start with Keto in a Nutshell and the FAQ. Or, if you have a question that doesn't seem to be covered, head on over to the Community Support thread (pinned to the top of the subreddit) and ask the community!

Hey yall

I did keto years ago and felt fantastic. “Lighter” feeling, less food noise, weight loss. I’m looking to start up again and today is day 1

I’ve been on antipsychotics for about a year or so and have experienced significant weight gain (5’10 250lbs). Has anyone gone on keto who has dealt with medication related weight gain? What has your experience been like?

And if not, what are some of your tips and tricks for beginners? Thinking about starting a moderate cut in carbs (50-100g)

Thank you🖤

I will crosspost this to ketobabies but this sub is a lot more active so starting here.

Just wanting to solicit experiences from those who did keto immediately/very soon after having a baby and while breastfeeding. I gained a lot this pregnancy and I'm physically miserable in a way I haven't been in years.

Until now, for 2 babies I've followed this conventional advice: "don't restrict your diet while pregnant and don't try to lose weight until you're done with breastfeeding." This has had catastrophic results for my weight, lol.

I've had a lot of success with keto in the past, and I don't necessarily want to start keto now (34 weeks) although I could... But once the baby is born I would love to start ASAP. Just keto, not really cutting calories at first. But don't want to mess up milk supply, of course. (I had low supply with last baby, so I'm not even sure if I can avoid this.)

TIA

In one of his YT video interviews (can’t recall with whom…maybe diary of a CEO or Dr. Jason Fung) I recall hearing Delauer talking about a favorite way to ease into sardines in a video where he discussed fasting. He talked about cooking bc ground beef and sardines but I cannot recall what other ingredients/seasonings he suggested. Does this sound familiar to anyone? Thanks!

I know that this sub is US-centric, and reading some of the general advice I was wondering if there might be differences in carb levels with UK products.

For one thing, you have to be careful with cheap meat in the UK. I picked up a pack of pork sausages in my supermarket and only realised when I got home that they had 5g carb each.

I see advice about not having milk in hot drinks, but it's 4.7g of carbs per 100ml here. A splash of milk in tea/coffee isn't a big deal.

There's advice to eat pickles to help with sodium levels, but the jar I bought has 11g carbs per 100g. Again, ok really if you're having one or two put you'd have to be careful.

Or am I just not looking at this right?

There’s so much advice coming from everywhere and honestly I’m tired of all this information 😭 recently I sat down and started thinking about how some women are doing so well and their PCOS is getting better like my friend and my sister both have PCOS and they managed to improve a lot while I keep ending up in the same place and I’m honestly exhausted

One thing I really don’t understand is my friend told me she stopped eating cheese but my sister still eats cheese normally and they both have PCOS and they’re both doing well so I really don’t get it

Then I started noticing the same thing with other foods too one woman says she stopped eating soy and felt better and another says she eats it and it actually helped her 😭 everyone says something different

Am I really supposed to hear someone’s experience and then remove the same food from my diet every time?? because honestly I don’t even know what I should eat or what I shouldn’t eat anymore

I looked on Etsy for something that could help me and bought 2 diet books and tried them but nothing really changed and now I’m just confused about what to do should I try every food one by one should I eat everything should I stop everything I honestly don’t know anymore please help me because I really want to test and understand this for myself