ThrustVectoring comments on Solved Problems Repository - Less Wrong

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Comment author: ThrustVectoring 01 April 2013 08:49:38PM *  1 point [-]

btw it's released more effectively by high-protein intake which would help explain the effectiveness of keto

Keto isn't a particularly high-protein diet. It's generally a high dietary fat diet. I mean, it can be high protein, but the general idea is high fat.

Comment author: Kawoomba 02 April 2013 06:38:16AM 0 points [-]

Corrected. Although, it's somewhat hard replacing carbohydrates without also increasing the overall protein intake. There are probably variants of keto that fit, and variants that don't. There's apparently no catchy phrase for the overall "high protein diet" reference class.

Comment author: ThrustVectoring 02 April 2013 04:52:17PM 0 points [-]

Yeah, most people who do keto or other low-carb variants tend to eat a high-protein diet. But for fat-loss something like twice as much weight of dietary fat as protein is recommended along with sub-30 grams of non-fiber carbohydrates. And the medical keto diet, iirc, was something like 4:1 fat:protein. It's a lot easier to hit the protein macros than the fat macros.