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- Posted: Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:48:52 +0000
So I have done my research and decided that I am going on The Bacon Diet.
The bacon diet, AKA the Ketogenic Diet, is not for diabetics or children.
Imagine a world where you can lose fat while eating yummy, fatty, greasy, smokey bacon!
The daily carb intake for the bacon diet should be around 30 carbs. My diet will consist of about 70% fat, about 30% protein, and less than 10% carbs. Of course, you still have to eat fewer cals than you burn. All bodily functions will be using fat for energy instead of carbs/protein. After dietary fat is used up you instantly start using bodily fat.
For CKD (Cyclical Keto Diet) on Sundays you can eat high carb, low fat, medium protein. Saturdays too if you work out enough. This is the Carb-Up phase where glycogen (derived from sugars/starches) is stored in your body for use durign the week.
So what are my meal choices?
Yummy avocado + chicken + BACON + with romaine lettuce + a few cherry tomatoes! Dressing? How about balsamic vinegar + lots of olive oil + basil (FRESH!?) + rosemary + brown sugar (not too much, it be carbs after all) -> blend for a bit.
Maybe some chicken wings.
Want a snack? BACON!!!… or cheese; peanut butter + butter made into a ball is quite popular too.
What do I do for breakfast? Protein shake (quite yummy), then I drink a few table spoons of olive oil (not quite yummy). If you actually have taste buds and don’t want to drink bloody olive oil, you are probably better off with peanut butter, cashews, cheese etc. Health freaks prefer griding flax seeds for flax oil every morning, bottled flax oil has shitty Omega-3:Omega-6 ratio.
How about chocolate? Sure why not, just make sure you don’t eat >30g carbs/day… and every time you eat a piece of choco you throw in some cashews… hmmm bacon + chocolate? (Yes I am obsessed with bacon.)
Just do the math, about 70% fat, about 30% protein, <10% carbs; with a minimum of 1g of protein per lb of lean body mass per day.
MMMMM BACON.
Fatty acids are broken down in the liver, producing ketones bodies, which are used for energy. Excess ketones bodies are filtered by the kidneys and will be detectable with ketostix or alternatives. One type of ketone body is acetoacetic acid which is then broken down into acetone, which is also a ketone body. There is debate whether decades long ketogenic diets will harm the user, pro-keto side often cite inuit/eskimo diets which would’ve been purely ketogenic. Anti-keto side often argue that inuit/eskimos have genetic predisposition, and the fact that acetone is toxic. During carb up phase glycogen is stored for use during exercise. Each glycogen molecule bonds with one water molecule so initially you will lose about 10lb of bodyweight, simply from water loss. This is normal. Weekly fat loss of 2lb is quite common. Use calculator thingy, don’t trust BMI or simply the scale. Some people gain weight through muscle while losing fat at a similar rate.
What about cholesterol?
FORGET CHOLESTEROL!… at least for now.
Food cholesterol (at least in eggs) does not affect blood cholesterol for 70% of the population, for the other 30% both “Good” and “Bad” cholesterol are elevated by the same amount, so you’re safe. More info here. HDL:LDL ratio is unaffected.
Also, it’s unlikely that you will want to maintain this diet for years and years.
The bacon diet, AKA the Ketogenic Diet, is not for diabetics or children.
Imagine a world where you can lose fat while eating yummy, fatty, greasy, smokey bacon!
The daily carb intake for the bacon diet should be around 30 carbs. My diet will consist of about 70% fat, about 30% protein, and less than 10% carbs. Of course, you still have to eat fewer cals than you burn. All bodily functions will be using fat for energy instead of carbs/protein. After dietary fat is used up you instantly start using bodily fat.
For CKD (Cyclical Keto Diet) on Sundays you can eat high carb, low fat, medium protein. Saturdays too if you work out enough. This is the Carb-Up phase where glycogen (derived from sugars/starches) is stored in your body for use durign the week.
So what are my meal choices?
Yummy avocado + chicken + BACON + with romaine lettuce + a few cherry tomatoes! Dressing? How about balsamic vinegar + lots of olive oil + basil (FRESH!?) + rosemary + brown sugar (not too much, it be carbs after all) -> blend for a bit.
Maybe some chicken wings.
Want a snack? BACON!!!… or cheese; peanut butter + butter made into a ball is quite popular too.
What do I do for breakfast? Protein shake (quite yummy), then I drink a few table spoons of olive oil (not quite yummy). If you actually have taste buds and don’t want to drink bloody olive oil, you are probably better off with peanut butter, cashews, cheese etc. Health freaks prefer griding flax seeds for flax oil every morning, bottled flax oil has shitty Omega-3:Omega-6 ratio.
How about chocolate? Sure why not, just make sure you don’t eat >30g carbs/day… and every time you eat a piece of choco you throw in some cashews… hmmm bacon + chocolate? (Yes I am obsessed with bacon.)
Just do the math, about 70% fat, about 30% protein, <10% carbs; with a minimum of 1g of protein per lb of lean body mass per day.
MMMMM BACON.
Fatty acids are broken down in the liver, producing ketones bodies, which are used for energy. Excess ketones bodies are filtered by the kidneys and will be detectable with ketostix or alternatives. One type of ketone body is acetoacetic acid which is then broken down into acetone, which is also a ketone body. There is debate whether decades long ketogenic diets will harm the user, pro-keto side often cite inuit/eskimo diets which would’ve been purely ketogenic. Anti-keto side often argue that inuit/eskimos have genetic predisposition, and the fact that acetone is toxic. During carb up phase glycogen is stored for use during exercise. Each glycogen molecule bonds with one water molecule so initially you will lose about 10lb of bodyweight, simply from water loss. This is normal. Weekly fat loss of 2lb is quite common. Use calculator thingy, don’t trust BMI or simply the scale. Some people gain weight through muscle while losing fat at a similar rate.
What about cholesterol?
FORGET CHOLESTEROL!… at least for now.
Food cholesterol (at least in eggs) does not affect blood cholesterol for 70% of the population, for the other 30% both “Good” and “Bad” cholesterol are elevated by the same amount, so you’re safe. More info here. HDL:LDL ratio is unaffected.
Also, it’s unlikely that you will want to maintain this diet for years and years.
