Low-carb healthy fat living. Intermittent fasting. What’s your why?

TIND: yeah me too, here is an NIH on it https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3057039/
Also, apparently there is no real scientific evidence that a very low carb (keto) diet can help neuropathy, but there may be a fair bit of anecdotal evidence. It seems like common sense that keto/low-carb/fasting might have a positive effect if the neuropathy is due to sugar levels,

Is there a Low Carb High Fat diet I can follow?
Thanks
Ginger

Hi Ginger @gingerraspiller, Here are a few suggestions that you may find helpful:

-- @rjwilliams has some great suggestions in a post earlier in this discussion here: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/336065/
-- 30 Low-Carb Dinner Recipes You Can Make in an Hour (or Less!):
https://www.brit.co/quick-low-carb-dinners/
-- The LCHF Diet Plan: A Detailed Beginner's Guide - Healthline:
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/lchf-diet-plan-and-menu

I am type 2 diabetic , a senior citizen. The diabetes is well managed . Lower abdomen mild pains, gas , with constipation off & on troubles me. All stool, blood ,HIBAC tests etc are normal. BMI is 25-26. I am very active and walk almost 7-8 k steps a day / 5 days a week, inc trade mill steps for app 30 minutes.
I look forward to a good vegetarian diet ( no eggs). Only lentils/ kidney or chick peas , white rice, wheat floor preparations, fruits & vegetables etc etc are in present diet) . I wish to to maintain my weight , overall health parameters as also duration/ timings of my food intake to, restrict peaks in my BS levels.

Welcome @jain1044, I eat a lot less red meat now but can't do the vegetarian diet. I've found that the duration and eating window has helped me maintain my weight range for a couple of years now. I normally switch between a 16, 18, or 20 hour fasting period depending how I did on the scale in the morning. I use the Zero app on my phone which makes it extremely easy to keep track of my fasting target - https://zerolongevity.com/.

Have you tried intermmittent fasting?

I never went on an intermittent fasting . From 9.30 pm till next morning , I am on 10 hrs fasting .
I am a total vegetarian & not looking for any type of meat, Fish or chicken

Intermittent fasting definitely helps to lose and maintain weight.

I fast for 18 hours daily. I believe that autophagy is improved by exercising while fasted - only makes sense that in a fasted state your body will be burning fat and anything else it can find like useless proteins. So I do interval work each morning before breakfast (I fast from 2pm to 7 or 8 am the next morning). I also do hot baths - 20 minutes daily followed by a quick cooling off (cold showers in winter and sitting under an overhead fan in summer). I have also gone vegan with the exception of a can of sardines every couple of days and take fish oil.
Over the last 1.5 years my body has changed so much it is hard to describe - I feel better now than I did at 50, I am now 75. More alert, chronic back pain is gone - able to run again, dry skin on my face is gone, periodic skin cancer (basil cell) is no longer reoccurring, mood is better, motivation is better... it just goes on and on. I highly recommend listening to Huberman podcasts on health. He is a neuro biologist researcher and professor at Standford that interviews top research scientists. The amazing thing is that all that I am doing now has become easy - no one seems to believe me. Screaming into the void is how I feel when I tell people what is there for them if they change their lifestyles.

I am finding out I have more and more family members with type 2 diabetes. I also have spinal stenosis which is starting to create a lot of back pain. I want to feel healthy and sleep better!

For all of those that would like a deep dive into the topic of intermittent fasting, here's an hour long talk by Dr. Jason Fung - Intermittent Fasting - Busting the Myths Lecture:
https://youtu.be/S8AsjlM-nwI