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Originally Posted by jokacz
Ketogenic diet? Sounds like Dr. Stillman's quick weight loss diet from the 1970's. That worked off of ketosis too.
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They are quite different actually. The only thing own common is low carbs. Stillman also preached no fat, 6 meals a day, diet pills etc. It often led to malnutrition by cutting both fats and carbs out.
Ketogenic diets turn a body to a fat burning engine rather than sugar burning. They want high fat, moderate protein, very low car diet with only 1-2 meals per day. The diet stabilizes insulin levels, actually lowers cholesterol (despite high fat diet), and drops weight. I was originally skeptical until I read about ultra endurance athletes using it successfully. It works.