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RE: My ketogenic lifestyle, or how I traded cake and cookies for mental clarity, better performance and consistent energy levels.

in #health7 years ago

Haha that is a mommoth rsponse yeah ;)
Agreed about people not trying long enough! But I have to say it is so hard in this civilization to eat totally clean.. I try it with a lot of my clients but it is allways a long process to make people free from sugar addictions... Sugar is literally everywhere :P.
What kind of sports do you do I am curious about.. And also I wonder how your diet was befor you went keto.. did you allready eat healthy? Because eating lots of greens and less sugars give loads of health improvements to people even without going keta :).

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I was always quite health-conscious regarding eating habits, and have experimented with many different diets. A few years ago I went vegetarian for two years, and then I took it further and became a vegan but that only lasted about six more months (I couldn't give up dairy, ha!). After that, I started reintroducing animal products in my diet.

However I always had a terrible sweet tooth and it was clear to me that I was a sugar addict (even if most of that sugar was coming from "healthy" sources), which gave me crazy mood swings and cravings. Hence, I decided to give keto a try and it finally got me rid of my addiction! (or at least made it a lot more manageable).

About sport, I practice martial arts, currently focusing on Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (as you can see in some of my previous articles). It is one of the most demanding physical activities I have experienced, a combat match looks something like this: