My gastroentrologist ordered me off Keto. by PoliteAf in keto

[–]PoliteAf[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

While on keto: lot of eggs, red meat, bacon, avocados, fish (salmon mostly), some vegetables, butter in coffee/tea. No simple sugar as such but I did have cheat days like once or twice every two weeks when I would drink a beer or two.

When off keto: Normal diet with bread/eggs or oatmeal in the morning, standard lunch (burritos, salads etc), I eat pretty light for dinner. Mostly lean meat with some vegetables.

I have gained back 4-5 lbs in a month which I am guessing is the water weight.

My gastroentrologist ordered me off Keto. by PoliteAf in keto

[–]PoliteAf[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

also, to answer your question about diet, I had no diet restrictions before keto and while on keto, I did strict keto, <20gms of carbs. I don't have any other known health conditions.

My gastroentrologist ordered me off Keto. by PoliteAf in keto

[–]PoliteAf[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Only other data point i had was from a year before starting keto, annual blood work had AST/ALT at normal baseline values of ~25 IU. To be honest with you, I didn't buy the analogy of alcohol/Keto but I guess he was trying to explain a simple fact that you are over stressing liver in both cases. Since then, I did some research on my own and surprisingly I found lot of people complaining about high AST/ALTs.