Dr. Georgia Ede

You can lower your insulin levels through exercise. You can lower your insulin levels through calorie restriction. If you restrict your calories below 750 grams per day, many people will go into ketosis. That's another version of a fasting-mimicking diet made popular by Dr. Walter Longo. So there are many ways to lower your insulin levels. The ketogenic diet is just one way to do that.

You can lower your insulin levels through exercise. You can lower your insulin levels through calorie restriction. If you restrict your calories below 750 grams per day, many people will go into ketosis. That's another version of a fasting-mimicking diet made popular by Dr. Walter Longo. So there are many ways to lower your insulin levels. The ketogenic diet is just one way to do that.

But the ketogenic diet is the only way to safely, sustainably maintain a state of ketosis long-term. So you can initiate, you can get into ketosis using these other strategies, but you can't fast forever. You can't exercise all day long. You can't restrict calories below 750 for the rest of your life.

But the ketogenic diet is the only way to safely, sustainably maintain a state of ketosis long-term. So you can initiate, you can get into ketosis using these other strategies, but you can't fast forever. You can't exercise all day long. You can't restrict calories below 750 for the rest of your life.

But you can safely and comfortably eat a well-formulated ketogenic diet, which is very low in carbohydrate, moderate in protein, not excessive in protein, and relatively higher in fat, depending on your energy needs. indefinitely.

But you can safely and comfortably eat a well-formulated ketogenic diet, which is very low in carbohydrate, moderate in protein, not excessive in protein, and relatively higher in fat, depending on your energy needs. indefinitely.

For the better part of 12, I mean, more often I'll say I've been following a ketogenic diet for 12 years. And I agree with you, it's not always easy. I'm not perfect about it myself, but I have been on the ketogenic diet the lion's share of the last 12 years.

For the better part of 12, I mean, more often I'll say I've been following a ketogenic diet for 12 years. And I agree with you, it's not always easy. I'm not perfect about it myself, but I have been on the ketogenic diet the lion's share of the last 12 years.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes and no.

Yes and no.

So it's – well, it's definitely – there's no question about it that it's hard to eat a low-carbohydrate diet in a high-carbohydrate world.

So it's – well, it's definitely – there's no question about it that it's hard to eat a low-carbohydrate diet in a high-carbohydrate world.

So there's that. There's the environmental temptations and the social temptations and the habits and the addictions. Sugar addiction is a very real biochemical phenomenon. So there's that. But I mean, I've been, I had a weight issue growing up. Everyone in my family did. And I've been on lots of different diets in my life. This is the easiest one to stay on.

So there's that. There's the environmental temptations and the social temptations and the habits and the addictions. Sugar addiction is a very real biochemical phenomenon. So there's that. But I mean, I've been, I had a weight issue growing up. Everyone in my family did. And I've been on lots of different diets in my life. This is the easiest one to stay on.

I can't say about any other diet that I've followed for 12 years. And the reason why is this diet really stabilizes appetite hormones. So your cells are getting energized in between meals. You're not getting those spikes and crashes in glucose, which cause spikes and crashes in appetite hormones, satiety hormones, stress hormones, reproductive hormones, brain chemistry.

I can't say about any other diet that I've followed for 12 years. And the reason why is this diet really stabilizes appetite hormones. So your cells are getting energized in between meals. You're not getting those spikes and crashes in glucose, which cause spikes and crashes in appetite hormones, satiety hormones, stress hormones, reproductive hormones, brain chemistry.

You're not on that roller coaster anymore. So your cells are being satisfied. They're getting the energy needs satisfied in between meals. And everything is quiet and calm on the inside. It doesn't mean you're 100% protected against temptation. So I describe it to my patients with food addiction. I describe being in ketosis as a suit of armor.

You're not on that roller coaster anymore. So your cells are being satisfied. They're getting the energy needs satisfied in between meals. And everything is quiet and calm on the inside. It doesn't mean you're 100% protected against temptation. So I describe it to my patients with food addiction. I describe being in ketosis as a suit of armor.