Keto length

sugarlips said:

I'm just wondering is there a maximum period of time you can do a keto diet for.

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For your now extended lifetime?

Well done too.

sugarlips said:

I'm just wondering is there a maximum period of time you can do a keto diet for.

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Not as far as I’m concerned. Why stop something with such obvious health benefits? And congratulations!

Whilst not strictly keto, but I eat less than 45g carbs/day and have been doing so for five years. I don’t see any reason to not maintain this for ever.

Congratulations, and keep up your good work!

As far as I'm concerned ketosis is entirely natural state and our bodies are designed to work in "dual fuel" mode using both carbs and fats/ketones for our energy needs. And I believe that before we were brainwashed with all the nonsense about fats being bad for us, that's how we were actually eating. So while "keto" may currently be treated as some fancy trendy diet, in a somewhat less restrictive form it's also a normal way of eating and there's absolutely no reason not to do so indefinitely.

I've eaten normal full fat, moderate carbohydrate food for most of my long life, only eating much higher carb in more recent years when my husband took over shopping and cooking. My T2 diagnosis gave me the opportunity and justification to cut right back on those carbs, and I've since eaten a low carb/ketogenic diet for over 8 years now and see no reason to ever stop doing so.

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Andy[/QUOTE]

Hi.

Well done - the trickiest bit is the first few steps. There are many on here that have been on this diet for years and are thriving. It becomes a life style more than a diet

sugarlips said:

Hi all, hope every one I'd doing ok despite this horrible condition.
I've struggled a lot with it but mainly I have been in denial. However recently I've started a keto diet and weight has gone from 258 pounds to 236.
I also noticed my finger prick tests went from 10+ to constantly 4-6.mmlmol.
I stopped taking my Metformin and also my statins and my blood sugars are still 5-6 mm/mol.
I'm just wondering is there a maximum period of time you can do a keto diet for.

Thanks for reading

Andy

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Hi Andy, well done you! There isn't a maximum period you can do a keto diet for, as far as I'm aware. What tends to limit the period of time most people can do it, is that they can find it's restrictive, and becomes hard to maintain. I've been doing it for several years now, initially very strictly, now I just keep an eye on the carbs and probably stay below 50g a day, and I find that it controls my sugars pretty well.

I've only been keto since diagnosis in September, and intend to stay on it for life. I find it easy and pleasant, and the effects are better than I had ever imagined. I wish I'd known about it years ago when I struggled so bitterly with my weight..