You're looking at Less Wrong's discussion board. This includes all posts, including those that haven't been promoted to the front page yet. For more information, see About Less Wrong.

pinyaka comments on Lifehack Ideas December 2014 - Less Wrong Discussion

10 Post author: Gondolinian 10 December 2014 12:21AM

You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.

Comments (44)

You are viewing a single comment's thread. Show more comments above.

Comment author: pinyaka 11 December 2014 12:42:57AM 3 points [-]

Why would he be in ketosis? If he isn't eating low carb on his non-fasting days he should have an ample supply of glycogen, right?

Comment author: James_Miller 11 December 2014 01:07:43AM 2 points [-]

While I'm far from an expert, I think if you go from breakfast until midnight without eating anything you will go into ketosis if you are keto-adapted, and if you are not, you will be in extreme discomfort.

Comment author: Lumifer 11 December 2014 01:13:59AM 4 points [-]

That actually depends. In my case (n = 1) if I stop eating while NOT being keto-adapted, after some period of time I will feel physically weak and mentally slow for a while. That's my blood sugar crashing, but subjectively it just feels as being weak and slow, not "extreme discomfort" at all. I don't normally get serious pangs of hunger.

I don't think I'm typical in this respect, but I would be surprised to learn that I'm only one in a thousand or so.