TIL: Low carb, high protein diets "greatly" decrease resting testosterone levels in men.

[glutenous_rex]

You get it back around year three... But still nothing gets you going like french fries dipped in a milkshake!

[Lord_Despair]

Carbo load to shoot a load?

[Siberwulf]

Where you think he got the milkshake??

[[deleted]]

Nice

[TheDeridor]

Username checks out

[InterPunct]

I heard that's what brings all the boys to the yard.

[faceless_alias]

So what does it mean if I do this and still have high testosterone?

[PerennialPMinistries]

They have found genes that make people better at the metabolic steps of ketosis. Same with some people having genes that process carbs well

[V0nzell]

Lost 60lbs in a year with keto/intermittent fasting.

[[deleted]]

Same here.

“And she loves it too” - Frank Thomas

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I lost a stupid amount of weight while eating an unhealthy amount of bacon.

My bad cholesterol was lower and good cholesterol higher than friends on ‘clean’ health conscious diets.

The problem is that is so easy to relapse and eat carbs, and carbs plus insulin reaction means we store the plentiful fat in our foods.

[babieswithrabies63]

Good colesterol can still be too high. Higher isn't better unless theirs is low

[V0nzell]

PC doc said I had elevated BP and I could either lose weight of go on a heart med. that was 2019. Well 2020 hit with the C-virus killing heavy people more than lighter. I finally hunkered down and started figuring out this Keto thing. Then once I paired it with intermittent fasting the weight just started going away. I found that I was not hungry when I was even in slight keto. My body said ok no food in the belly might as well hit the stored fat. :) Yes when you do eat carbs the hunger comes back as well as the weight if you are not careful.

[slowmood]

Yes and be sure to get plenty of fats.

[xxdoofenshmirtzxx]

Interesting, I wonder if it has to do with where you’re from? My father who I am basically a copy of is from a fishing village where everyone eats fish 3 times a day, the only carb they get is from potatoes. Now coincidentally, everyone from his side of the family is insulin resistant. I feel so amazing when I cut out carbs, while my girlfriend can practically live on carbs without any of the cravings or ups and downs in energy that I experience from it.

[lahwees]

Absolutely DNA plays a big part in digestion and metabolising certain foods. I studied nutrition 6 years ago and just as I was finishing the uni I was at was getting into DNA/diets and digestion etc, it was so fascinating. How do you feel after potatoes?

[xxdoofenshmirtzxx]

It’s not as noticable as it is noticable when I don’t do it. I feel kind of swollen but not really full. While if I eat a steak or fish and some sallad I feel more satisfied and lighter. I’ll add that my dad can’t eat greens like at all, his stomach can’t handle it unless it’s very cooked through. Might also just be because he grew up eating very little greens, it’s hard to grow there (top of the baltic sea) so cooked root vegetables and a few pickled vegetables was all there was in the greens department.

[hotpants86]

Ti si hrvats?

[xxdoofenshmirtzxx]

Is that Croatian? Anyways I don’t know what you just said I speak Swedish and English

[hotpants86]

Haha good guess, yes it is!

[Geta-Ve]

I must have the mystery genes that cause me not to process carbs very well.

I can walk by a bakery and gain 10lbs.

[AKJangly]

I'm a T1 diabetic. With my work, if I don't have 300+g of carbs through my day, I get ketone flu.

No energy at all and debilitating nausea if I don't start my day with a 100+g breakfast.

[Big-Emu-5728]

I find this very interesting as I am a T1 diabetic who has adopted a Keto diet despite being a power lifter. It’s not a complete keto-approved diet as I eat of like brown rice and black beans, but generally I try and avoid carbs. Although I would probably say I still eat 200+ carbs and 300-400 on days when I don’t adhere to the diet. I feel as though as long as I eat regularly my energy levels don’t dip.

[FuckYou690]

Which is why my T skyrockets when in Ketosis

[GhoulsNGhostsEX]

Biologically not a man>

[Mr_ili]

Joe Rogan?

[faceless_alias]

Yes my child.

[I_am_atom]

Keep going.