There is so much conflicting info about ketosis on the web... I am really confused.
I'll list my foods again:
Avocados
Olive oil
Salmon (50 g on salmon days)
Egg yolks (3 on yolk days)
Walnuts
Cucumbers
I was researching on this board about ketosis, and I found this post by RRM:
I'm someone to regularly eat huge meals (mainly fats) but I have always had the same color on my ketostix for 29 days... mornings, afternoons, evenings, always the same. HUH??Its never the foods that 'spike you out', but the number of calories consumed in one meal. Not just from sugars, but even more so from protein (so have studies shown us), and also from fat.
So, you can perfectly consume high GI foods, as long as the total ingested amount is just right to replenish lost blood-energy.
As much so, you can readily 'spike you out of ketosis' by consuming a meal containing only low GI foods, simply because its a bit too big or because it contains lots of protein.
Also, well at first I lost some weight (maybe 0.5 to 1 kg, not sure), then I gained it back (because of eating too many calories), then I lost another 0.5 kg so overall I haven't gained or lost a lot and I've tried very hard not to ever run on empty (except when sleeping of course) and to eat 9 meals a day, but... is it true that burning muscle for fuel would result in dirty protein in the blood? Ok now I believe when in ketosis (and on my diet) I mainly burn fat, but some sources say ketosis means you're burning protein (muscle). I was wondering... in the past (before going raw) when I would eat way too little calories, I would be skinny yet retain water... was this because I was burning muscle tissue for energy (resulting in dirty protein in my blood/skin) or could it be because when we lose body fat, this will be replaced with water or is that another myth???
I only eat maximally 10 g of animal protein (yolks or salmon sashimi) a day, so I am in ketosis not because of a high-protein diet. I am on a high raw fat, low raw carbo diet (not very Waiish actually).
Again, my main goal is to lose my cellulite, so to be on a very safe diet/ habitual system that will not allow any water retention other than hormonal, for one or two years. Apart from that I want to slow the aging of my skin, be as healthy as possible and I want to be as fit and fat-free/ toned as I can while eating plenty of calories or never eating too little calories.
So... with my raw fatty diet and with being in ketosis, am I putting myself at risk for osteoporosis or is that only when people are eating loads of protein foods? Am I causing cell damage?
Is there any reason according to you, RRM why I shouldn't be in ketosis?
I am willing to try this diet for several months or even longer just to see how it would work for me. So far I'm doing fine. I don't really miss the sweet fruits all that much, to be honest. I could not do this without cucumbers though (otherwise I would be too constipated anyway from the nuts and avo's).
I have been in deep ketosis for almost a month, I think if I would eat some medium glycemic fruits I could probably change to being in mild ketosis as opposed to deep ketosis... I am just wondering why it would be preferable to be in ketosis... I read that ketosis causes water to be forced out of the fat cells... (?) so maybe this could help me get rid of cellulite? I read that eating more sugars will make me hold more water.
For me, it doesn't matter... I could keep doing this without a problem or stop it and be fine with that too. The reason I even started this is to lose fat without feeling depressed but I haven't really lost any weight yet (I'm taking it slow). I do feel pretty stable mentally, although a little stressed (PMS).
O ya, another thing is that supposedly (no idea if this is true either) ketobreath is cause by either too much or too little animal protein intake. I definitely have ketobreath ... but is that even true? According to this one site it could be corrected by eating the sufficient amt. of protein, which for my body that would be about 47 g or something a day (!!!) hahahahaha. Ya right. So supposedly, if you were to eat too little protein, you would burn muscle tissue which would also result in ketobreath. Why is it that people can't figure out whether ketones come from fat or protein???
The other way to get rid of ketobreath is to drink liquid chlorophyll... not a Wai thing either . I guess I'll be a cutey with horrible breath then lol.