Tried this by sheer accident, completely unintended, last month. I was in ketosis for about 3 weeks or so because I was messing around with longer periods of fasting (about half of Febuary was just water for me in total), and I thought "Why not avoid carbs completely because I don't want to spike my insulin"(I bet this is probably confused somehow, I don't understand nutrition very well). But yeah 3 weeks of no sugar, and... I really did notice an improvement in mood. At week 3 even my weekly appointment with my therapist was more upbeat.
And then.... I had carbs, I forget what, probably some bread. And then... ice cream, because now that I had bread, why not? And I felt like such shit... it was more fascinating than anything because I've tried a couple of addictive drugs before for longer periods of use(but never felt like I was truly "addicted", even smoking a pack for a year, or several drinks a day for several years, a few other addictive substances, etc), and nothing honestly felt "dirtier" than sugar in that moment. Not only did I not feel good getting the sugar, I felt horrible after it. Like I was drugged, but with no positive upside.
Kind of blew my mind. But... I realize that people can differ body chemistry wise, so... people will just have to experiment with this for themselves. One problem is I think things like this really show you if they work in the longer term. So about 2 or 3 months would be my guess, that should show most people if this is something for them. And... that's just hard, being totally realistic. I definitely struggle with any kind of consistency and I imagine most people are similar.
And then.... I had carbs, I forget what, probably some bread. And then... ice cream, because now that I had bread, why not? And I felt like such shit... it was more fascinating than anything because I've tried a couple of addictive drugs before for longer periods of use(but never felt like I was truly "addicted", even smoking a pack for a year, or several drinks a day for several years, a few other addictive substances, etc), and nothing honestly felt "dirtier" than sugar in that moment. Not only did I not feel good getting the sugar, I felt horrible after it. Like I was drugged, but with no positive upside.
Kind of blew my mind. But... I realize that people can differ body chemistry wise, so... people will just have to experiment with this for themselves. One problem is I think things like this really show you if they work in the longer term. So about 2 or 3 months would be my guess, that should show most people if this is something for them. And... that's just hard, being totally realistic. I definitely struggle with any kind of consistency and I imagine most people are similar.
