[stikit]

I respect your enthusiasm and journey to get healthy. My experience is I went on a low fat, low simple carb, low sugar diet (commonly referred to as vegetarian) and lost over 30 pounds and reduced my LDL by 60 points over 4 months. I think it’s unfortunate that the Keto industry has chosen to brand themselves low carb/high fat. Rarely do they distinguish good fat from bad fat and good carbs from bad carbs. Keto gets its benefit from low simple carbs , not high saturated fats.

[moneywoes]

Is it possible to elaborate, what are these bad fats? Meat?

[stikit]

I avoid or minimize saturated and trans fats. When I do eat meat now I eat lean meats. Eat whole non-boxes foods, mostly vegetables,legumes,oat meal, brown rice, some whole wheat and fruits, some chicken , turkey fish, and eggs. Red meat and dairy rarely.

Edit on initial reply: “Keto gets its benefit from avoiding low simple carbs , not from avoiding complex carbs or consuming high saturated fats.“