Saracatt
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I'm seeing a new Functional Medicine doctor. He seems quite knowledgeable from the discussions I've had with him.
I went because I still have some work to do with my hormones and I wanted someone to run the right tests.
However, now they are telling me that they want me to go on a ketogenic diet. They rolled out all of the meal plans with the awful almond flour pancakes and sugarless dessert replacements. I have been down this road before.
On a ketogenic diet I am a mess - running on coritsol, stressed, can't concentrate, no energy, can't sleep, chronic pain.
After a little over a year of Peating, most of that is better. I feel calm and I can concentrate, I have energy, I sleep like a baby. I just still have a hormonal imbalance, and my gut needs some work. I think the thing I need to fix now is gut infections that are causing endotoxins to overwhelm my liver and keep me from detoxing estrogen.
I may have overeaten on sugar for a while, but I am now balancing out and I find that I don't need half as much as I did, and I can go for longer periods of time without out feeling hungry or low energy, and I don't need to lose any weight. I've always been thin.
It's frustrating because every functional medicine type doctor that I can find in my area seems to recommend low carb. Are there any doctors out there that know about Peat?
I'm not as clear on the science as most people on this forum. What would your biggest reasons for not going back to a low carb diet be?
I went because I still have some work to do with my hormones and I wanted someone to run the right tests.
However, now they are telling me that they want me to go on a ketogenic diet. They rolled out all of the meal plans with the awful almond flour pancakes and sugarless dessert replacements. I have been down this road before.
On a ketogenic diet I am a mess - running on coritsol, stressed, can't concentrate, no energy, can't sleep, chronic pain.
After a little over a year of Peating, most of that is better. I feel calm and I can concentrate, I have energy, I sleep like a baby. I just still have a hormonal imbalance, and my gut needs some work. I think the thing I need to fix now is gut infections that are causing endotoxins to overwhelm my liver and keep me from detoxing estrogen.
I may have overeaten on sugar for a while, but I am now balancing out and I find that I don't need half as much as I did, and I can go for longer periods of time without out feeling hungry or low energy, and I don't need to lose any weight. I've always been thin.
It's frustrating because every functional medicine type doctor that I can find in my area seems to recommend low carb. Are there any doctors out there that know about Peat?
I'm not as clear on the science as most people on this forum. What would your biggest reasons for not going back to a low carb diet be?