Mr. X, Question... All vets comments please

[tiggerizme]

Hey Mr X I took your advice and got that book about the Bodyopus diet. Man that sounds grueling but I am always down for a good challenge. Makavelli said he was on this diet for 9 mos..... Props to him. I read the whole book today. Yeah, the whole damn book.. The only question that I didn't have answered by Mr Duchain is what sort of vitamins should I be taking along w/this diet and how much of each.

How many mg of each to keep me operational as if to say. The diet sounds like it covers pretty much everything but we all know vitamins keep the body moving.

Please let me know. Thanks. Any peeps out there been on this diet? Give me some feedback on what you went through. Thanks.

 

[Black03SVTCobra]

Bump interested as well

 

[alex2678]

Don't have exact numbers from Duchaine himself, but generally speaking, Ketogenic diets should include a Vitamin D supplement (5000 I.U.) for possible calcium loss, thiamine (A B Complex-Vitamin supplement to cover all the B's), some extra iron from your "1 a day", magnesium, and zinc would be good too. For optimum health, it's best to take these things all year long no matter what kind of diet your on anyways.

 

[tiggerizme]

@alex2678, thanks for the notes. Have you ever taken this diet?

Makavellie you out there? View this thread and give me some feedback. Thanks.

 

[alex2678]

It's definitely not for everyone, but I've always liked it, being somewhat carb sensitive myself. I played "lab rat" on myself a few years ago and experimented with it for a bulking diet. 12 weeks I did high protein/high fat/low carbs for 6 days a week and one carb up day. I ended up gaining mostly muscle and some fat from the high calories. After 4 weeks of lower calories my abs came back and I was back to a normal bodyfat. My next bulking cycle I did a traditional 60/30/10 high carb low fat diet. My muscle to fat gain was around 50/50 and it took forever for me to lose the gained fat. Maybe it's just my body type but that was my experience with it. It can be really tough to stay on and since then I've just incorporated more of a traditional bodybuilding diet with carbs/proteins and fats, but it's really worth a try to see how you respond.

 

[Makavelli]

CKD's are the best diets to follow when you're 10% bodyfat and over. They are also very effective for people that tend to gain fat easily. I did it for 9 months with great results. I've tried every variation to it also and have my own way of doing it. I don't use this diet anymore since I don't get above 8% bodyfat.

I just took a regular multi vitamin and I always take 6 grams a day of Vit C. There is a mineral that can keep you out of ketosis, but I can't remember which one it is. I haven't done that diet in a few years.

 

[tiggerizme]

@makavelli, thanks for the insight bros. I guess this diet will go a long way.

 

[Black03SVTCobra]

anyone know what mineral it is that can keep you out of ketosis?

 

[alex2678]

Niacin maybe? I know they give it to livestock to get them out of ketosis.

 

[Makavelli]

Niacin maybe? I know they give it to livestock to get them out of ketosis.

That's it. Damn...these low carb diets have me thinking toooo sloooooowwww....