Every week I receive a number of emails from people I subscribe to, who cover diets, health and wellness, but lately I have noticed a trend that I don’t really like. Trying to discredit one diet or eating plan in order to promote another without truthfully covering all the facts is wrong, and this has happened recently with the Ketogenic Diet. Eating plans aren’t always primarily about weight loss some are to help in medical conditions, but weight loss can be a secondary effect.
The Ketogenic diet was designed back in the 1920s to help combat and manage childhood epilepsy, but is now also helping type 2 diabetics control their blood sugar. Because this eating plan is very low carb and high in good fats it has been jumped on by the weight loss fraternity, and is now being classed as a fast weight loss fad diet, which it most certainly is not. This is not a short term program; people who have followed this eating plan for years are incredibly healthy. I personally don’t fully follow the ketogenic plan as I still like to have some fruit at times, and this would not be acceptable on a true keto plan. I have found that the Low Carb High Fat (LCHF) diet works really well for me, in conjunction with fasting, as it has helped me lose around 70 lbs. so far, and helped to control my type 2 Diabetes without the use of medication.
When I was first looking into changing my diet and basically my lifestyle by going LCHF, if I had followed the advice of the first report I read I would still be grossly overweight, and on a multitude of medications. Change is never easy as you have to break away from what you have become comfortable with, but if you feel you are ready, and then you must do your research. You have to sieve through the BS and find the people who are speaking through experience, and then learn all you can. One of the best people I have found for LCHF and fasting is Dr Jason Fung, you won’t go far wrong following his advice. Once you have decided on the direction you want to go, document all the information you have, then take it with you when to speak to your Doctor, it helps to convince them that you have looked into it, and know what lays ahead, but NEVER try anything without getting medical advice first!!!