Just wondering how long it takes for a person to go into ketosis? I have read as fast as 3 days and up to 2 weeks. How long should a person stay on this diet for? Thanks for any help you can give me.. :)
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Just wondering how long it takes for a person to go into ketosis? I have read as fast as 3 days and up to 2 weeks. How long should a person stay on this diet for? Thanks for any help you can give me.. :)
If you drop all starchy carbs and trace carbs are approx or less you will be in ketosis in 3 days. Do not bother using ketostix to test because they are not accurate in a weight trained individual.
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Awesome thanks Prae....
There are some low priced units that will test your blood like a glucose meter but the test strips are a little pricey.
Waste of money...still not accurate because individuals who are training will use the ketone bodies for fuel and hence the measurement can still show not in ketosis or only very light ketosis even when deep into ketosis. If you follow the proper diet you will be in ketosis no matter what and you needn't worry about measuring it.
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Dr.Phinney uses them on endurance athletes.There appears to be some difference of opinion on exactly when a person starts producing ketones,and how much,and how long you exit ketosis after a carb re feed.Also,I wonder if very small amounts of carbs throughout the day equates with one serving per day.Quote:
Originally Posted by Praetorian
Why would endurance athletes be on a keto diet...ketone bodies are not a fast enough fuel for endurance activity because you are now adding oxygen into the fuel equation. Endurance athletes on a keto diet would be catabolizing muscle to fuel their training...ie gluconeogenesis thus the ketone bodies would most likely remain much longer in the blood because the fuel source has switched to glucose.
In BB running a keto diet "properly" ie DP keto you will enter ketosis in 72 hours...trust me....and there is no need to measure it.
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Dr Stephen Phinney has been a low carb researcher for 35 years.In his book he cites numerous marathon and ultra marathoners that are in ketosis.The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Performance.The body can be trained to more efficiently utilize ketones.Dr.Attia substantiated this recently with documented testing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Praetorian
Think about the voyageurs Prae.Their diet was pemmican.
They arent athletes trying to protect every ounce of hard earned muscle...if they used up some muscle for fuel to get the job done they wouldnt care....a BB would prefer to avoid that hence not doing something that causes gluconeogenesis while in ketosis.
Have you looked at the average marathon/ultra marathon runner? Not my idea of maintaining muscle.
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They keep track of the muscle they need,and they feel they can actually maintain muscle mass....whether there is a curve I don't know.They also claim they recover much better and that the lactate threshold is improved.
Its not really difficult to see that a specific exercise/training has a completely different affect on the amount of lean mass an athlete carries. You can compare an HIT athlete ie sprinter to a steady state athlete ie marathon runner and see the difference immediately...one builds muscle the other destroys it....no study required. This is irregardless of fuel intake. I would be interested to see a comparison of athletes say in the Boston Marathon or Tour De France who were on keto diets vs carb based diets and how they finished.
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