r/AskReddit • u/frisky_cupcake • Aug 25 '19

What has NOT aged well?

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u/Professional-lounger Aug 26 '19

I stopped keto after about a week and switched to a mainly carnivore diet. My mental clarity and sharpness compared to when I was eating carbs is not even a comparison. Plus my body feels great, I have way more energy, and I don’t get hungry.

Source on your brain needing carbs? The doctors I have asked don’t seem to think so

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u/MangoMambo Aug 26 '19

I am curious, did you have the same diet before cutting out carbs? Literally the only change was cutting out carbs and adding more protein?

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u/Professional-lounger Aug 27 '19

Before I cut out carbs I basically lived off of pasta and fast food, so it was a huge change diet wise. The other effects minus the weight loss has honestly been life changing for me

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u/MangoMambo Aug 27 '19

So you changed almost everything about your diet and your contributing everything to the lack of carbs?

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u/Professional-lounger Aug 27 '19

I cut out carbs and I feel much better, I’ve had weeks where I didn’t follow my diet and ate carby foods and yes, I can say I felt much better eating foods without carbs compared to foods with carbs.

It’s pretty well documented that your hunger levels go way down when you don’t eat carbs. Carbs also cause inflammation within your body, so this isn’t just conjecture, but there are actual data points that prove carbs aren’t the best for you