Peter Attia

Is that they typically err on the side of too much protein, not enough protein?

Are they not realizing where carbs are sneaking into their diet?

And what kind of guidance do you give people?

How many grams of carbs a day do you tell somebody or do you vary that based on their activity level?

But if someone just says, look, I just want to do this on my own, just like any other diet I might follow, what would be sort of the guidance you'd give them?

Well, I think the most common reason would be weight loss.

Meaning you think you're at 3,200?

So what's the efficacy then?

So why do you think a ketogenic diet works?

Do you think it works because under conditions of caloric restriction, it's more satiating than diets that are high in carbohydrates?

So when I stop eating carbohydrates and ramp up my fat... By the way, I do want to go back to, sorry, one other point.

You keep saying high protein.

Can you define high protein in this context?

Are you talking high by the standards of...

the RDA?

Or are you just saying one gram per pound of body weight?

Is that sort of your guidance?

But that's hard for people, I think, sometimes.

I mean, you can obviously back calculate into that by the calories, but do you find it easier to just say, look,

Keep your carbs at 50 grams and try to get them from high fiber carbs.