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> high protien, high fat, and zero carb

Basically a keto diet, of course it works due to ketosis.



I think the problem with Ketosis is that people are too busy trying to eat a lot of fats. You just need healthy fats, protein and vegetables.


You don't need vegetables.


A carnivore diet is not necessarily a ketogenic diet, although it is a zero-carb diet. If you eat enough protein then your body will make glucose from it and keep you out of ketosis. But I agree that a diet of only red meat is absolutely ideal no matter which angle you look at it from.


If you eat enough protein then your body will make glucose from it and keep you out of ketosis

Cite for this, please?


They’re probably talking about gluconeogenesis.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gluconeogenesis


Yes, but that's not a cite that says eating lots of protein can take you out of ketosis; it's just a Wikipedia article on gluconeogenesis.


I didn't believe it either... it seems to be mentioned in a bunch of keto literature online, like this one [1]. Some folks say it stimulates insulin, and some say it upregulates gluconeogenesis. I haven't found anything authoritative, so I remain skeptical.

[1] https://www.verywellfit.com/gluconeogenesis-2242007



So, it's just a thing you think might happen, because there is such a thing as gluconeogenesis? I went looking, and the only cite I found was a study suggesting this does not in fact happen.




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