The Keto Diet
This past Friday I started on the keto diet (06-15-2018).
[disclaimer: this is a short article about my experience with the keto diet. If you don’t know what keto is, then check out this literature to get up to speed first: https://www.perfectketo.com/guide/the-ketogenic-diet/]
Opting for keto may seem like an unusual choice for a busy CEO — after all, carbs and sugars have been powering my brain for the past many years and got me here. But the reality is ketosis (the metabolic state that a keto diet brings a person into), though it’s dificult to adhere to, may be a more efficient way of delivering energy to the body and mind than carb-driven metabolic states. I’m keen to see if I can reap benefits of additional energy with keto.
Another common misconception for keto is that the food can seem too plain to be appetizing. But with the right cooking it’s pretty awesome — here’s my keto menu for this month: https://www.pinterest.com/0y8nzgm6wxbn25r/keto-menu/ Let me know what you think.
Lastly, lots of cryptocurrency folks are into the diet. Including Zooko Wilcox who founded ZCash. And Jeffrey Paul, aka sneak, who was the first person to give me a full download of its benefits. H/t, sneak. The popularity of keto among such a demographic could be a valuable indication.
I’ve never succeeded fully with sustaining keto but now I’m prepared to do it well for a few months.
What was your experience with keto?
— Ned
I’ve been on Keto for about a year. Lost 50 pounds. But my blood chem results are now as healthy as it can be. BMI has gone from 28 to 20..The early stage for me was constant dehydration. I must have drank gallons of water per day. If you get the Keto rash, drop out and try again. Orthostatic hypotension is common during adaptation ( dizziness when going from sitting to standing) so watch the electrolytes.
Dietdoctors.com had very good keto recipes. Keto Ice cream made with heavy whip cream and cacao is awesome. Stevia is the only sweetener for any Keto diet.
Good luck! We’ll soon see you much slimmer!
I too have had success with Keto. Salt intake is key to fight off many of the ill effects. I also agree that water intake is also key, but keep in mind that water will also deplete your body of salt.
You should give intermittent fasting a try, Its no diet but a lifestyle... especially for entrepreneurs :)
Agreed, I like intermittent fasting much better. I've tried keto and hate it. Plus I like pizza 🍕. Keto pizza is garbage.
Isn't Keto pizza basically just eating the meat and cheese toppings off of it, lol? I've seen people do that with forks while on that diet. Savages, I tell ya!
Cauliflower crust pizza constitutes as keto friendly pizza. Try it out, very light and tastes good.
wow just eat regular food lol, steemians in Africa could have eaten that cauliflower
Says the guy who eats candy and ice cream almost every day :P
Ah, I didn't even think of that! My fiancee was planning on getting some pizza from our local pizza joint that has that type of crust tomorrow. I'll try it out and see what it's like :)
Ooh, I still want to try alternative pizza crusts like the cauliflower one. I also want to use cauliflower as substitute for rice soon. Have you ever done that?
Check out Zucchini pasta - I'm not sure about rice substitutes.
There's also something called Carbquik that is like a carb-less dough. I tried making a pizza with that once ... it kinda worked. It's much more of a bisquit-y consistency though
How do you deny payout on comments?
Yeah, you even had go hit the pizza place when we was on the las vegas strip haha
lol
I agree! Intermittent fasting is good but with the crypto crash I have practiced "Don't ever eat because you are the HODL champion of the world!"
![](https://steemitimages.com/640x0/https://gateway.ipfs.io/ipfs/QmZaAcuHeggKtUf23bkdDqVWC1xDbviVv2sAyFX1fEg4D3)
You have seen the original before and after transformation.
Here is my latest update pictures since crypto continues to get beat to hell. I'm the leanest I have ever been!
![](https://steemitimages.com/640x0/https://www.askideas.com/media/28/Funny-Skinny-Woman-Picture.jpeg)
fasting is key. Drink pure water and avoid salt at all costs.
I like to put salt in my water jk 😂
I always have a little water with my salt!
bro is that Old Luke skywalker in ur avatar photo?
Yes it is you are the first one to notice.
hahah sorry just wanted to trigger you :)
Intermittent fasting and keto are perfectly to combine since fasting is the ultimate keto boost
No, he shouldn't. Why starve yourself when you can eat keto and get the same beneficial effects of intermittent fasting but without being hungry?
You don't starve yourself, before commenting... research what it is.
I hope you are aware of our newest competitor UUNIO. Their only aim is to be better than steemit by giving everyone an equal vote and by removing the 7 day payout period, to create life long payout possibilities for past efforts. Sounds scary if they achieve it the way they want to. The concept removes a lot of our problems instantly. But they are still in very early ICO stage and they don't have a big community, so you have time to improve steemit.
"Equal vote" to good to be true.
Removing the 7 day payout period is interesting. But equal vote, lol, there's no chance it will work.
Think about all the grub spammers we have here. They're a little annoying, but don't matter too much. People like that will quickly eat that eco system to nothing.
Combine it with a reputation system to filter out spammers, and it will be fine. Like with a bad rep, your vote only is 1/20 of everyone else and spammers won't be a problem. ( I realise that our current rep sytem will not work for that)
Hmm. I mean if they create a great reputation system that works in a meaningful way, then ya. Then that's the breakthrough, and it'll be bigger than even social media. Easier said than done. Is there reason to believe they have this? Like is that the point, they think they've figured out a way to do reputation and ratings?
I don't mean just spammers btw. I mean, that grubby motivation. The people who break UUNIO won't be spammers per se, they'll be a level up trying to pass off as normal users but actually just cybil attacking it.
The reputation system would have to be amazing and revolutionary for there to not be an easy angleshoot.
Check out StackExchange sites. They use a system that depends on a minimal number of users to work. Doesn't work for few users. (Hence they close sites betas when few questions or < 90% answer rates.)
There are many reputation systems that depend on percolation to work. An exciting subject with a lot of literature being published as we speak.
It's a really hard problem, I agree, to make a reputation system which works with even small numbers of users online at once and using the front end. My own belief is basically that separate actions requires separate reputations and that actions must be randomly reviewed. But is still a percolation based system at the moment. Can be gamed if few users are online, with a predictable recurrence of this.
Definitely an exciting subject. I followed you and am interested in the reputation system you're working on.
As far as StackExchange goes, I'm not familiar with it, but it doesn't look like you receive a token or money reward? So the incentive to game it is completely different, and you don't need as sophisticated of a reputation system in that case. Apples and oranges.
If UUNIO is giving out tokens for upvotes, any little imperfection will be gamed hard.
Thanks for subscribing.
My channel will be describing the details of what we're making.
And it will be open source.
Check out: https://Mathoverflow.net and https://StackOverflow.com.
And in general: https://stackexchange.com/
Correct: they don't give out tokens. But their reputation system is much more sophisticated.
And they reverse votes when it seems somebody as indicated by correlation upvotes or downvotes somebody regardless of what they post.
They have random review and thresholds for certain actions.
Reputation actually controls moderating power in that system. So people still desire upvotes; somewhat like tokens. And popular discussions get tens of thousands of views. People want that.
Thanks for the info.
Right, I'm not saying there isn't any motivation to want the votes, but winning moderating power and views is a lot different than winning tokens of value. For one, those things only matter when the network is successful, so it's inherently contained to be something that you don't want to go too far with.
Their model works for those incentives, but it doesn't mean something similar would work for UUNIO if they're giving out tokens.
Incidentally I just made a post about ratings systems if you're interested (was thinking about it and was already starting it during these comments lol).
p.s. I see that you also knew to avoid Ties in the blocktrades world cup 😆 kudos, see you at the finish line if there's any justice in the world
A team of eight including myself is planning on making an alternative reputation system for Steem: one which can also double for and be used in academic publishing and reviewing.
Removing the 7 day period is massive. Why would anyone in their right mind use dtube when YouTube pays out indefinitely into the future rather than stopping after a week. Passive income is the best.
Every decision our engineers make with respect to the blockchain is intentional and designed to ensure that Steem is sustainable and scalable. We have seen countless projects over the years that raise money through ICOs making bold claims but that fail to back them up with actual code. We welcome all competitors, but will not adjust our strategy or plans based on supposed claims made by people looking to piggyback off of our brand. If someone creates better code, we're happy to integrate it. Unfortunately, the competitors never seem to materialize. There are many reasons for the 7 day pay out. People dramatically overestimate the value of so-called "evergreen" content while dramatically underestimating the cost to the blockchain of infinite payouts. But we wish UUNIO all the luck in the world ... they're going to need it.
That response made my day! Thank you.
" bold claims but that fail to back them up with actual code. " Exactly what I was thinking. Right now they have nothing, just "we want to do this and that"
But the best thing about your response is, that you actually are aware of competitor strategies and seem to have discussed it in the developer team. That's great.
But: We all would appreciate more communication though. Weekly updates about what you are doing, planning and thinking would be greatly appreciated. I know you heard that a thousand times already, but the communication frequency sucks!
"If someone creates better code, we're happy to integrate it. " Thank you!
Going keto + IF was one of the best decisions in my life. Well-being much better, I have a lot more energy. Brain fog practically does not happen. You can sleep less and sleep better. Man ceases to be a slave of food. There are a lot of benefits, it's difficult to name them all.
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If it helps you then awesome. If you ever had issues with it you might want to rethink it.
@teamsteem thank you for being on top of this.
Wow good for you, I’ve heard good things about the keto diet and do believe our bodies aren’t designed to digest the processed carbs and sugars that are the norm in American Diets. I tend to try to make everything myself so I can control the ingredients and eat fresh as much as I can. But I also like to bake 😬... a strict keto diet could be tough stops editing the cheesecake photos for her future post
Good for you for putting your health first especially with such a busy schedule. Also, it’s nice to see this personal side of you on your blog!
For sure we aren't designed to eat anything processed. Cutting out processed carbs like bread and pasta might make sense (too delicious for meeez tho 😆😊). But we certainly aren't designed to eat another species' growth formula either lol. And afaik Ketos love their cheese and butter.
So I have a hard time believing Ketos have a real commitment to what our bodies are designed to handle.
I think it's just an improvement over the standard American diet in that it cuts out the processed foods, and still hits some of the same comforts. But hard to square the circle of where loading up on cheese and bacon can be healthy.
I'd rather just smash in healthy foods (fruits, veggies, grains, nuts) and not have to treat everything like a science experiment, of like when and how you do everything.
I feel like I'd want to go to the doctor like every week if I was on Keto, to make sure everything looks okay lol.
(Not hating, and curious how this works out for Ned, just sharing a perspective for whatever it's worth.. I just really don't think Keto is a good long-term thing.. it might be a good cleanse, I'd like to see Ned slide into High Carb / low fat / low processed / VEGAN after he decides this is cray cray 😄 .. no shortage of beautiful people posting delicious recipes here on Steemit to help)
Also doing this by intermittent fasting, my belly size decreased already.
IBS friendly?
Wow, your keto menu looks way tastier than mine lol! Longest I've ever gone was 3 months but I'm trying to get back on it again. I'm convinced it's a superior fuel source for most people... best of luck!
I've done the atkins diet before. Which if you do it correctly. Has you using the keto sticks to measure ketosis. And Keto diet is all the rage in Silicone valley now.
The diet certainly does work. However fucking bread. And then you get tired of doing the diet.
If you are serious about radically altering your diet and will stick with it. Then fine. Many people, myself included, have stopped eating certain foods.
I no longer drink soda or coffee. I also stay away from sugary drinks like gatorade. I no longer eat foods/snacks with food coloring. I can taste the food coloring and it's just nasty. I stay away from fried foods. So no wings, french fries etc. Everything I eat is grilled, steamed or baked. I stay away from artificial sweeteners. And I also stay away from Vegetable Oil. Vegetable oil is bad for you. Causes an inflammatory response in your body. So stay away.
In any case. I wish you luck and hope you stick with it.