Category: Experiments

New Adventures in Carbland

My current series of experiments have me doing a lot of carbs. I was shooting to average around 150-180g a day. But now I’m up to around 280g a day (roughly 8-9x what I was under keto). I’ll have more on that as the results of the experiments role out. (Or — shameless plug — …

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Ketofest 2017 Presentation

This has turned out to be one of my favorites thus far. Just two quick notes: I was karate chopping throughout as a way to visually have them advance slides as the clicker wasn’t working well that day. If you’re already familiar with the boilerplate beginning that I usually have, you can skip ahead to …

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Energy Status Experiment

Back in May, I wrote on my isocaloric carb swap experiment where I had 3,000 calories/day of keto shakes for five days, then “swapped” out 500 calories of the shakes for 500 calories of bread for the following five days. The first five days I averaged 30g of carbs, but the second five days I …

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Energy Status Experiment, KetoCon, Science Supporters

Last weekend I arranged a demonstration around my appearance at KetoCon. This Energy Status Experiment kept my calories roughly constant while making a change to my stored glycogen and I wanted to time it so I’d get around the lowest low at about the time of my presentation on Saturday, September 2nd. Needless to say, …

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The Game of Glucose

When I started my journey of Insanely Tracking Everything™ lifestyle, I naturally took to using a glucose meter frequently. I would capture mornings when I wake up and evenings when going to bed. But I likewise tested meals regularly as well. Early on I happened to come across an article about the FDA insisting on …

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