Calories in calories out is another argument, although again I believe that opinion is changing but everyone has their own view.
No there is no argument unless you can demonstrate an oddity it the laws of thermodynamics. Anything else is semantics and obfuscation.
What you seem to have done is cut down a bit on your carbs, although still eating some. If it works for you and you feel good then it's good. How much weight have you dropped?
The problem with this thread is you get some people on here calling other peoples choice of eating , a fad diet.
In reality I choose to cut crap (imo) like bread, pasta, spuds and eat things like cheese, cream, fatty cuts of meat, pork belly, sirloin with fat on and salads or veggies. Because this goes against the so called norm or food pyramid, it's a fad diet or even dangerous.
It's good that people share what works for them without the diet police stepping in. Complicating simple steps, with high brow science when in reality it's simple science. Bullet proof type coffee for example, butter, coconut oil and coffee whipped up, staves off hunger, gives energy without eating or raising insulin, again down to choice.
Calories in calories out is another argument, although again I believe that opinion is changing but everyone has their own view.
This perfectly demonstrates your point! It has been eaten, it can't give energy otherwise! You can see where confusion reigns....
The other issue regarding 'fad/alternative' diets is that whilst they may well cure one problem i.e weight-loss, they may cause myriad other problems regarding cancer, inflammation, cholesterol, osteoporosis etc. etc. These things take a long time and a lot of research and data to asses. Because somebody plucks some experience or research out of the air, creates a great story and sells it as the next best thing doesn't mean it's healthy in the long term. That's why skepticism should rightly abound - Because A. Celeb feels great on Goji Berries, fag-ends and Colonic irrigation does not make it a basis for anything. That's why diets should be denounced as fads until there is some longer-term and solid 3rd party reviewed evidence to support it.
The role of Insulin which we have been discussing on and off for example has now been studied by sufficient august bodies over a long enough period of time to draw a pretty firm conclusion over it's importance in regulating blood sugar, driving excess towards fat synthesis (and some other effects). Right now I don't think there is much dispute over it having a significant role in Obesity and weight-loss.
It might be the same with Keto. We understand the basic mechanisms of what it does and how, the
short-term effects are fairly well documented in terms of weight-loss etc, effect on blood cholesterol etc. etc. What i think is still not known are the longer term effects or impacts of such a diet on wider society.
I can assure you, that if any nation or peoples found a provable long-term magic bullet diet to pitch to its citizens that kept them healthier and reduced the health burden on the state, they would be rushing towards it.
But look around, there are advocates with 'science' for Keto, Vegan, low carb, LCHF, LF, Paleo, Mediterranean, FODMAP, WW, Atkins, The Zone Diet, Food Combining, the 5:2 Diet, The Dukan Diet, the South Beach Diet etc, they can't all be right (except potentially in Insulin management)....but there adherents can 'prove' that they not only work, but are long-term sustainable, healthy and will let you live trouble free until forever....
I simply advocate caution and try to frame the 'Science' in some kind of reality..
