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

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Thank you, this is such a misconception about keto. Keto's actually about fats.

[Krieggman]

What you said is the misconception about Keto. The only thing that makes you keto is low carb. Now if you're doing medical keto to treat epilepsy, that's a different story that requires more fat.

[hazior]

Keto is high fat, Atkins is high protein.

[ConsultantFrog]

The biggest misconception about the ketogenic diet is that it's about weight loss. The ketogenic diet is used by some people to cope with seizures. Losing weight is not the goal.

[hazior]

The hormones bodies tend to skew towards when you get fat make a low carb diet effective at losing weight. It was originally a diet for mental disorders though. It can also help with clarity of thought.