[xavivives]

I did not see a doctor. Not before, not after. The truth is that even if I had seen one I wouldn't take in account her opinion anyway.

The current standards for nutrition are based on a diet rich in carbohydrates. Any response from a doctor (at least the ones I have access to) will discourage this event. It just doesn't fit on their models. Plus they have to play safe. I appreciate all the people who are concern about my health. I'm doing fantastically well. Thanks.

I do believe that ketosis is the "default" state for the human being. I have plenty of reasons for that and I'll try to explore more arguments in other posts. Its a very broad subject and I wanted to narrow the scope.

I didn't do this experiment out of nowhere. I've been running in ketosis for long time and I know myself pretty well. I've been reading and educating on the subject. I'm not completely stupid. I know the risks and I know there is a lot we don't know about. But if I've done it its because previous runs and experiments gave me the enough confidence.

This post doesn't suppose to be a scientific study, not to give any medical advice (I'm taking note from your comments and I'll add a warning). Its just my experience based on what I thing should be a more commmon approach, to focus more on the fundamentals than on a micro view.

[OldSchoolJohnny]

Personally I've come around to your point of view. Every week I play a very intense sport consisting of a lot of quick short sprints back and forth for hours and I've self experimented with going the full carb loading route and also the full ketosis for weeks route and repeated a few times over the years. When I play after the low almost no carb eating way I have far more stamina, much greater than people half my age who are playing with me. However I also find it takes a bit longer to warm up and get my wind under low carb but only by a few minutes.

I highly encourage anyone to try this out for themselves the difference can be startling.

[js2]

Still, it might have been interesting to have your blood work done before and after to see what the changes were. There's compelling evidence for fasting. See Micheal Mosley's Eat, Fast and Live Longer documentary:

https://vimeo.com/103656060

Personally, I'm following a 5:2 intermittent fast this year while also maintaining 63 mi/week running, including 9 mi on the days I fast.

[DrScump]

  See Micheal Mosley's Eat, Fast and Live Longer

Also see Mosley's The Truth About Exercise:

http://www.kpbs.org/news/2013/apr/08/truth-about-exercise-mi...

[xavivives]

True. I'll try to get a blood test next time. What are you guys recommendation on what to check?

[js2]

I am not a doctor. You should definitely talk with a doctor. But, you can google for "health blood markers" which typically includes measuring cholesterol and glucose to start with. For example:

http://www.marksdailyapple.com/blood-test-markers/

http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/107/3/499.full

https://labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/cardiac-ri...

Also, it's probably not a bad idea to measure your blood pressure regularly which you can easily do at home.

[somberi]

I too, would like to know what blood tests are useful in this effort.

[vskarine]

here is scientific explanation for some of this:

http://www.pponline.co.uk/encyc/strength-and-endurance-train...

and

http://www.pponline.co.uk/encyc/strength-and-endurance-train...

[DrScump]

Everything on that site is subscribe-walled (one could use a phony email, I suppose), and even his cookie disclosure has a phony link. I stopped there.

[mnw21cam]

There is a very hard to see "No thanks" button in red just below the nagware.