If you Know your !@#$ about Keto Diets..answer me this....

[SonnyBlack]

Sup bros...I am currently thinking of starting my first CKD diet and I wanted to know if these certain items might affect the diet and throw you off Ketosis:

1.) Diet RC (with Splenda)
2.) Crystal Light
3.) Coffee
4.) Equal (sugar substitute)
5.)Smoking Cigarettes(Atkins says it might...go figure!!!)
6.) 5-HTP (L-tryptophan) as a supplement for mood swings

Also I heard that you should eat mostly eggs and steaks while on this diet...but I am kind of confused as to what kind of steaks you should eat with this diet that have the right fat/protein ratios and wont throw you off ketosis.

 

[SonnyBlack]

bump

 

[Mr.X]

My newly published CKD manuel:

http://www.mesomorph.net/bros/docs.php?ID=46

INTERRUPT KETOSIS:
The only supplements that seem to reliably interrupt ketosis (that I've found at least) are vanadyl (seems to affect liver glycogen status) and citrimax (Hydroxycitric acid). Citric acid (found in many diet sodas) kicks some people out of ketosis, but doesn't affect everybody. Aspartame also seems to affect some people but it isn't consistent. The anti-oxidant n-acetyl-cysteine can give a false positive for ketosis but that's all that occur to me.

Basically, the only way to really negatively affect ketosis are by raising blood glucose, or affecting liver metabolism.

GLUTAMINE AND KETOSIS:
Some research has found that glutamine interrupts ketosis, probably by affecting liver glycogen content. While I know of some folks who use glutamine with no problems during the week, others have all kinds of problems establishing and maintaining ketosis if they use glutamine.

NUMBERS 3 (COFFE), 5 (SMOKING), 6 5-HTP, WILL NOT KICK YOU OUT OF KETOSIS.
Mr.X