keto, intermittent fasting, omad
Hi everyone,
I have been on a diet under 50 total carbs a day since 2018. Before that, I did intermitten fasting for about three years, at the end i was doing a 20 and 4 split. I've recently combined the two and I'm enjoying it but I am almost certain (havent tested blood) that im knocking myself out of ketosis due to protein consumption at high volume in a small window.
The macro for the one meal a day looks something like this:
(weight:157)
Calories: 2500
Fat:207g
Protein: 121g
TCarbs: 51g
NCarbs: 30g
I exercise daily, minimum 5 mile run and 3k on a row machine, weight training mixed in throughout the week. I havent tested my blood after eating one of these meals.
I am guessing its the large amount of protein being converted to glucose (how i understand it?) but maybe all the carbs in a small window- (usually consuming this within 1 - 1 1/2 hours after breaking fast)
I should mention I am trying to up my current protein by probably 30g
Ive ordered new ketone blood teset strips to see for certain but for now im going to spread the meal longer over four hours and see if I can prevent heavy crashing.
Thanks for any insight.
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You can answer your own question by doing finger prick evaluation with a good monitoring device. Start at 30 minutes, then one hour, then 90 minutes, and then 2 hrs. You needn't do this all the time. Do it once, but as a prelude make darned good 'n sure your walk-up to the test is 'typical'. No snacking if you don't snack, no meals if you go a typical length before your first big consumption, etc. Make the one trial (who wants to keep pricking fingers!?!?) count for being veridical and typical...IOW, thinking about statistical analysis, if it is to be an N of only 1, make good and sure it's a representative 1. Then, take those test results to the bank and use them as a guide.