What Did You Have For Breakfast?

My wife and I split one small container of Greek Yogurt w/ fruit. The whole container has 19g of Carbs, and only 3g of fat. Since we eat low carb and high fat (to provide energy in place of carbs) we add one tablespoon full of Heavy Whipping Cream to the yogurt and a few pecans or walnuts. It is a delightful, healthy, breakfast that reminds me of tapioca. Taste great and holds us until lunch....
 
Barbara971 said:
I look forward to that!
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Thanks. I'll introduce 'keto' with this video by Dr Michael Eades. He's a very good presenter and I think you'll find his talk both entertaining and educational enough to whet your interest. However, if not just say so and I'll let it go and simply wish you the best.


If you're interested, this is how I got where I am. To be continued.
 
amwassil said:
Thanks. I'll introduce 'keto' with this video by Dr Michael Eades. He's a very good presenter and I think you'll find his talk both entertaining and educational enough to whet your interest. However, if not just say so and I'll let it go and simply wish you the best.


If you're interested, this is how I got where I am. To be continued.
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I saved the video in my YouTube Keto playlist (created one just for it!). The ‘this is how I got here’ sub stack writing…which I haven’t read in it’s entirety…I have a question. Is this your personal information? I have a strong interest in this, as I have hypothyroidism and prefer to use a natural approach as much as possible, and a Paleo diet seems to fit in with some thyroid specialists recommendation. Thanks for all this information!
 
Barbara971 said:
I saved the video in my YouTube Keto playlist (created one just for it!). The ‘this is how I got here’ sub stack writing…which I haven’t read in it’s entirety…I have a question. Is this your personal information? I have a strong interest in this, as I have hypothyroidism and prefer to use a natural approach as much as possible, and a Paleo diet seems to fit in with some thyroid specialists recommendation. Thanks for all this information!
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You will find this of interest by Dr Stephen Phinney.

RE me: yes, Belisarius and I are one and the same person.

PS: in my own experience with keto, eating more fat and eating nearly no carbs has resulted in boosting my metabolism, not slowing it. Dr Ben Bikman calls this the 'keto metabolic advantage', as per:

 
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My usual Special K with cashew milk. Pretty boring...
amwassil said:
I'll introduce 'keto' with this video by Dr Michael Eades
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Thanks @amwassil that is a great video. I rarely take the time to listen to such long videos, but this one was the exception. Really good info!

I don't agree with him completely on the meat thing. I believe diet varied a lot from place to place, not all paleo-people had access to plenty of meat. We got better at finding and eating higher calorie plants, natural grains, potatoes, etc at about the same time.

I have always been a bit skeptical of the paleo-diet thing first of all I doubt the popular diets have much in common with our ancestor's diets. And remember that paleo-people lived much shorter lives than ours. Didn't have time to develop many of the diseases we worry about today, heart problems and cancer. So they didn't have that to worry about in their diets.

He is right about how our health deteriorated when we switched from hunter gatherers to agriculture. However I suspect this had more to do with switching to a more limited diet, and more disease from close living than anything.

Vegetables are good for us, and I believe we should eat them. A good mix with meats is also healthy.
 
Alligatorob said:
He is right about how our health deteriorated when we switched from hunter gatherers to agriculture. However I suspect this had more to do with switching to a more limited diet, and more disease from close living than anything.
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Maybe you missed it. Eades discusses (and disposes of) this very idea in his comparison with the hunters and farmers of Kentucky. Starting at 23:00.
 
Alligatorob said:
I have always been a bit skeptical of the paleo-diet thing first of all I doubt the popular diets have much in common with our ancestor's diets. And remember that paleo-people lived much shorter lives than ours. Didn't have time to develop many of the diseases we worry about today, heart problems and cancer. So they didn't have that to worry about in their diets.
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You might find this discussion of interest regarding how long our paleolithic ancestors lived or didn't.
 
amwassil said:
You might find this discussion of interest regarding how long our paleolithic ancestors lived or didn't.
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Thanks, I know it is true that if paleo-people lived past childhood their life expectancy was not so short. Still few lived beyond 70, which most of us do today. Life expectancy dropped dramatically when we started widespread agriculture.

Infant and childhood mortality is somewhat different from life expectancy, or was for most of human existence.
 
Barbara971 said:
I saved the video in my YouTube Keto playlist (created one just for it!). The ‘this is how I got here’ sub stack writing…which I haven’t read in it’s entirety…I have a question. Is this your personal information? I have a strong interest in this, as I have hypothyroidism and prefer to use a natural approach as much as possible, and a Paleo diet seems to fit in with some thyroid specialists recommendation. Thanks for all this information!
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You may find the following articles pertinent to understanding your thyroid condition and possibly what you can do about it.

Amy Berger has 3 articles about thyroid on her website:
and two articles she wrote for Biotics Research:
Additionally:

Amber O'Hearn: The Effect of Ketogenic Diets on Thyroid Hormones
Stephen Phinney: Does Your Thyroid Need Dietary Carbohydrates?
Tucker Goodrich: Thyroid and Low-Carb: What Do Thyroid Hormones Do?


PS: I had my keto coffee for breakfast today.
 

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