/ck/ - Food & Cooking

probably better to be skinny fat than a skinny weakling

or htfu and work out. pussy.

>Low Blood Glucose
Carbohydrates in your diet supply your blood glucose. Blood glucose is a necessary part of normal human physiology, because it is the means by which your cells gain energy to function, develop and grow. It is the fuel for your gas tank. With an inadequate amount of carbohydrates your cells are left hungry.
>Hypoglycemia
A condition known as hypoglycemia can occur if you don't have enough blood glucose. This is characterized by a glucose less than 70 mg/dL, but you wouldn't be able to tell your blood glucose unless you tested it. Otherwise you can look for the symptoms of hypoglycemia. These symptoms include confusion and weird behavior, double vision, blurry vision, heart arrhythmias, nervousness, sweating, hunger and tremors.
>Ketoacidosis
Prolonged carbohydrate deficiency can result in a condition known as ketoacidosis. This happens when your body turns to fat stores for energy. Fat, though, takes energy to break down and liberate from its stores. In addition, only some cells can run on the energy produced by fat; certain organs, like your brain, need to have glucose. Your body produces ketones to run your vital processes and reserves the glucose it has for your brain and other cells that only use glucose. Ketones are produced as the energy from fat, but they can raise your blood pH. Ketoacidosis is the condition in which your blood is becoming too acidic, which can be very dangerous, even resulting in death. Symptoms of ketoacidosis include fatigue, dry skin, flushed skin, stomach pain, vommiting, nausea, shortness of breath, fruity-smelling breath, confusion, anxiety and passing out.

>>11852561
… Counting calories.

Also, insulin is fat-sparing.

>>11852660

>>11852561
just become fat. it is hella fun.

>>11852660
irrelevant pasta. none of this applies to keto.

>>11852561
its not a meme, but it is a little odd, it runs contrary to established wisdom so you'll get a lot of shit from npcs. intermittent fasting also works well and is a lot less intrusive. just skip breakfast each day, and don't snack between meals or after supper.

>>11852561
keto is pretty much shit unless you're very healthy. I use keto for about 2 weeks every 6 to 8 months to manage body fat. (because you have to live on a caloric surplus to get ideal test levels and decent gains) It works but you feel like shit and you have to be on a deficit for it to work. Once you're in keto you should do a lot of steady state cardio. So that you don't have to be on it as long and don't fuck your vascular health as much. If you don't have good BP and resting heartrate you should not even consider it.