That's awesome that you use natural remedies and stay away from hospitals and allopathic meds!
Regarding how much to eat, when to eat, what to eat - I have found the best approach is to listen to my body. If I am hungry and I don't feed myself, my body goes into several stages of preservation assuming it is starving including increased co…
That's awesome that you use natural remedies and stay away from hospitals and allopathic meds!
Regarding how much to eat, when to eat, what to eat - I have found the best approach is to listen to my body. If I am hungry and I don't feed myself, my body goes into several stages of preservation assuming it is starving including increased cortisol and the evil serotonin rises as well. I was on keto diet for 2 years while practicing restricted eating and the results included muscle wasting, mineral imbalance, severe lack of sugars (causing my body to go into lipolysis) and I became hypoglycemic.
Thankfully, I was able to stop that train wreck, heal myself and now I eat when I am hungry, sleep when I am tired, and when I crave sugar, I reach for whole fruit purchased direct from local farmers. In fact over 90% of my food is from farmers I know and I eat what is in season.
Me too. Keto wrecked my metabolism. I now eat simple sugars - stewed fruit or tropical fruit. Fish and meat from ruminant animals as per Ray Peats Metobuc diet. My hyper thyroid symptoms much better.
That's awesome! A lot of keto followers are stuck on restricted eating not realizing they are putting their body under duress, producing excess cortisol, serotonin and becoming estrogen dominant as their metabolism plummets.
The bioenergetic model and Ray Peat forum awakened me from the chronic self-induced problems I was experiencing!
The biggest mistake I made was reducing carbs and eating higher amounts of fats (ie whole avocados, heavy on EVOO, nuts, seeds...Huge PUFA intake (ugghh!!)
...now I restrict my fats below 25% and only get my fats from butter, coconut oil and tallow (saturated fats only).
...and I eat 3-6 pieces of fruit per day. I feel a thousand times better, lost weight, sleep better, have tons of energy and positive mindset as I never feel like I am depriving myself...what a concept!!! (Lol)
That's awesome that you use natural remedies and stay away from hospitals and allopathic meds!
Regarding how much to eat, when to eat, what to eat - I have found the best approach is to listen to my body. If I am hungry and I don't feed myself, my body goes into several stages of preservation assuming it is starving including increased cortisol and the evil serotonin rises as well. I was on keto diet for 2 years while practicing restricted eating and the results included muscle wasting, mineral imbalance, severe lack of sugars (causing my body to go into lipolysis) and I became hypoglycemic.
Thankfully, I was able to stop that train wreck, heal myself and now I eat when I am hungry, sleep when I am tired, and when I crave sugar, I reach for whole fruit purchased direct from local farmers. In fact over 90% of my food is from farmers I know and I eat what is in season.
Me too. Keto wrecked my metabolism. I now eat simple sugars - stewed fruit or tropical fruit. Fish and meat from ruminant animals as per Ray Peats Metobuc diet. My hyper thyroid symptoms much better.
That's awesome! A lot of keto followers are stuck on restricted eating not realizing they are putting their body under duress, producing excess cortisol, serotonin and becoming estrogen dominant as their metabolism plummets.
The bioenergetic model and Ray Peat forum awakened me from the chronic self-induced problems I was experiencing!
The biggest mistake I made was reducing carbs and eating higher amounts of fats (ie whole avocados, heavy on EVOO, nuts, seeds...Huge PUFA intake (ugghh!!)
...now I restrict my fats below 25% and only get my fats from butter, coconut oil and tallow (saturated fats only).
...and I eat 3-6 pieces of fruit per day. I feel a thousand times better, lost weight, sleep better, have tons of energy and positive mindset as I never feel like I am depriving myself...what a concept!!! (Lol)