Four years on, and three hundred pounds lighter, as you might imagine I’ve had a conversation or two (hundred) on the subject of weight loss and dieting with folks.
Invariably I mention a ketogenic diet (LCHF) as what I believe the human body was designed to eat* and just as invariably I receive this response…
“Oh, I did that and it didn’t work for me.”
I literally had this exact conversation with a young weight lifter at work who is convinced that giant sugary shakes, so long as they are filled with fruit, are the ne plus ultra of healthy. When I mentioned a ketogenic diet he insisted he had done, and doggone it, it just didn’t work for him and to boot he felt awful for weeks.
It has become my custom at this point in the conversation to ask some pointed questions about what they ate and their basic understanding of the keto diet. As a rule they either ate too many carbs or didn’t eat enough fat.
In his case he did not eat enough fat. His statement, and I quote was in all it’s glorious indignance, “but I ate steak!”
You may note that none of the cuts of beef, steak included rise to eighty percent of calories from fat. Mind you he had no idea what I was talking about, none.
My simple formulation of a properly formulated ketogenic diet is less than 20 grams of carbs (with ideally zero from highly processed sources) and more than 80% of calories from saturated fats. Animal fats being preferable.
On the flip side many I speak with try the amazing tactic of essentially trying to smuggle highly processed carbs into their, ahem, ‘well designed’ ketogenic diet as though you could debate the correct number of carbs with your metabolism.
Heh, um no.
The truth is that the human body thrives on a ketogenic diet. That loud noise you hear is the sound of folk protecting their addiction. Don’t worry, it rapidly goes away as they get into ketosis!
*Though I do think when you have achieved your weight loss goals it may be possible to transition to something more like standard Paleo or some such. I do think straight Keto is a medical diet which helps you lose weight and restore your metabolism to proper functioning and you may or may not need to be on it forever. However I do not think the human body was designed to eat any grains whatsoever.
Vida con Carne 
