[weego]

The whole blog feels like a confused agenda masquerading as hand-wavey pseudo-science. Do not like.

Ketosis is really quite well studied at this point, I don't really think this adds anything to the mix. Also why conflate fasting and ketogenics?

[kaonashi]

> Also why conflate fasting and ketogenics?

He made the distinction between ketosis, a ketosis-inducing diet and fasting as far as I could tell:

> I’m suspicious that there are big differences between nutritional ketosis (induced by reducing the intake of high glycemic index foods) and ketosis induced from fasting. In other runs done in nutritional ketosis I didn’t feel that energetic (but it’s hard to compare since I’ve never done it that far in distance). That’s something I may explore.

[DrScump]

Ketosis should have a uniform effect, whether induced by fasting or keto eating. What makes the former more fatiguing, psychological effects aside, is the lack of instantly-available free fatty acids.

[gherkin0]

I agree. This guy seems like the type to latch onto weird fitness ideas, the weirder the better, without really understanding what he's doing. His last experiment on his blog was with some system to only sleep 2 hours a day split up into a bunch of naps.

> Also why conflate fasting and ketogenics?

Isn't fasting basically a ketogenic diet where you are your own food?

[civilian]

Idk, devil's advocate, polyphasic sleep schedule is definitely something to try if you're curious about things. There's a handful of notable people from history who used polyphasic sleep schedules because they felt that it gave them more energy and waking time each day. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyphasic_sleep

At the very least I think we can get behind the idea of a post-lunch afternoon nap, which is a very limited form of polyphasic sleep.

[gherkin0]

Oh, I totally agree. It's just, like most things, you can take it too far. Only sleeping 20 minutes every 4 hours for a total of 2 hours of sleep per day is too far in my book.