Dr. Anabolic
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Is it possible to follow the ketogenic diet and reap the benefits in the mornings and afternoons, but eat carbs in the late evening (75-150g)?
Hear me out...
My initial thinking is no way this would work as it usually takes weeks to get into ketosis and carbohydrate consumption would break the ketosis. But I have read of several people benefiting from this approach. I was listening to Ben Greenfield who does a similar approach of ketosis during the day and in the late evening he will workout and consume 100-150 or so grams of carbs. This is a very high endurance athlete we're talking about though...
I'm still not sold on only ketogenic dieting, especially long term as I am not sure it can be sustainable for me. If I could get the benefits of ketosis during the day--- perhaps take exogenous ketones in the morning, a high fat high protein lunch, high fat snack in the afternoon, exercise around 5:30pm, then have a high protein moderate carb dinner (100g) around 830pm.
The beauty of this if it works is I am still getting SOME carbs. This is important to me as I eat out with my family about 1-2x a week and would like to splurge on a carb'ed up meal. Not to mention it isn't as "extreme" as straight up keto. I feel the body needs some sort of carbs and I just don't feel comfortable completely eliminating all carbs.
Hear me out...
My initial thinking is no way this would work as it usually takes weeks to get into ketosis and carbohydrate consumption would break the ketosis. But I have read of several people benefiting from this approach. I was listening to Ben Greenfield who does a similar approach of ketosis during the day and in the late evening he will workout and consume 100-150 or so grams of carbs. This is a very high endurance athlete we're talking about though...
I'm still not sold on only ketogenic dieting, especially long term as I am not sure it can be sustainable for me. If I could get the benefits of ketosis during the day--- perhaps take exogenous ketones in the morning, a high fat high protein lunch, high fat snack in the afternoon, exercise around 5:30pm, then have a high protein moderate carb dinner (100g) around 830pm.
The beauty of this if it works is I am still getting SOME carbs. This is important to me as I eat out with my family about 1-2x a week and would like to splurge on a carb'ed up meal. Not to mention it isn't as "extreme" as straight up keto. I feel the body needs some sort of carbs and I just don't feel comfortable completely eliminating all carbs.