I'd only recommend it to people who lack the willpower to stick to a normal diet
Normal relative to what? What do you consider a "normal" diet?
It made me smell bad and have low energy
Low energy is likely due to either not enough fat intake, and/or missing electrolytes. If you're cutting out processed foods that are over-saturated with sodium, you'll actually have to start salting your food with some high quality salt. As for the smell, maybe you're just a smelly mutt? I've stopped using antiperspirant/store bought deodorant and now just use a homemade baking soda mixture and I can go about two-three days without stinking at all. Only time I start to get a funk is after a good workout and of course I'll just get a shower afterwards.
you often can't smell your own stink, remember that
from what I've read almost everyone has ammonia in their sweat from keto, it's stronger in some people though
not trying to hate on keto, just saying what my experience was
thanks for the advice
[–] 17884420? ago
I'm planning to start keto in a month and am just doing some preliminary research. To all those who say that there are nutrients that can only be derived from plants, that's completely false. One of the things I wanted to check up on was if there is a healthy animal source for every nutrient. Here is a list of some of the ones that are commonly thought to be only derived from veggies, and a keto source(s) that contains them in decent amounts (animal sources are prioritized):
Vitamins and Minerals_
Vitamin K (liver, meat, cheese)
Folic Acid (liver, nuts and seeds)
Iodine (milk, seafood, supplements)
Manganese (mussels, nuts)
Molybdenum (dairy)
Selenium (meat, dairy, shellfish, brazil nuts)
Vitamin A (liver, seafood, dairy)
Vitamin B1 (pork, seafood)
Vitamin B6 (liver, meat, seafood)
Biotin (liver, egg, meat)
Vitamin D (milk, liver, eggs, sunlight)
Vitamin E (seafood, EVOO, nuts, seeds)
Vitamin C (saurkraut, possibly not necessary?)
There are a few interesting things to note:
liver is the master race of animal foods when it comes to nutrition (there are nutrients whose only animal source is liver)
Vitamin E might be harder to get from meat
Vitamin C has no meat source. Saurkraut is pretty solid. However I found this article that is written by a carnivore and it seems to argue pretty well that on an all-meat diet, you don't need dietary Vitamin C.
https://zerocarbzen.com/vitamin-c/
Here is an excerpt:
So the idea being that without a lot of glucose, much more vitamin C can be absorbed. Also,
It's worth noting that collagen is a principal component in bone broth/meat soup, which years of anecdotal and scientific evidence suggest is highly healthy, particularly when sick. Look up "natural remedies for a cold", and collagen frequently comes up.
[–] 17884421? ago
Your diet plan looks great. Cheers and wishing you well on your /SIG/.