Mr X or SC, please answer ALA keto question

[LeanforLife]

Why is it that with 500mg of ALA before each meal I stay in ketosis all day when I eat 100-200g of carbs each day? Is this the same as getting into ketosis with the proper fat/protein ratios? I know ala forces the nutrients to the muslces but to me this all seems too simple. There has to be catch. Is all of the glycogen just pushed the muscle and gone. If so wouldn't this be the optimal way to diet because those calories are essentially gone?

I know I probably don't understand at all so please enlighten me.

 

[MrMakaveli]

I'm not Mr. X or S.C. but:

Depends. Regular ALA can cause false positives on keto-test strips (explained by macro and others, somewhere).

R-ALA will will lower plasma insulin but I dont think it will put you in ketosis (someone..maybe Fonz said it takes fairly high doses) but will give you the same environment.

Here ya go, Mr. X answering a smiliar question:

http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=195672&highlight=ALA+false+ketosis

 

[~SC~]

Agreed. It also depends on how many carbs per feeding to stay in/enter ketosis or not. At 100 a day, even over the course of 6-7 meals, that is still too many to have ketosis work. 200 is way too many....

~SC~